Heightened sanitation
Daily cleaning, installation of cabin HEPA filters
Low season |
March | Best time to beat the crowds with an average 4% drop in price. |
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High season |
August | Most popular time to fly with an average 14% increase in price. |
Average price round-trip |
$611 | (avg. price over the last 2 weeks) |
Good deal round-trip |
$315 | or less |
Good deal one-way |
$239 | or less |
Avianca and United Airlines have all waived their change and cancellation fees on flights from Colombia to Newark. Confirm policies on booking site.
Entry restrictions
The United States has restricted the entry of all foreign nationals who have passed through or have been in China, Iran, Most European Countries (Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Monaco, San Marino, Vatican City), the UK, Ireland and Brazil in the past 14 days.
With the exception of certain travelers which includes certain family members of US citizens or permanent residents including; spouses, children (under the age of 21), parents (provided that his/her US citizen or permanent resident child is unmarried and under the age of 21), and siblings (provided that both the sibling and the US citizen or permanent resident are unmarried and under the age of 21);
There is also an exception for travelers with the following visas: A-1, A-2, C-1, C-1/D, C-2, C-3, CR-1, CR-2, D, E-1 (as an employee of TECRO or TECO or the employee's immediate family members), G-1, G-2, G-3, G-4, IR-1, IR-4, IH-4, NATO-1 through NATO-4, or NATO-6 visa;
Members of the US Armed Forces, spouses, and children of members of the US Armed Forces;
Travelers with invitation of the USA government for a purpose related to the containment/mitigation of the Coronavirus (COVID-19);
Travelers with documents issued by the US Department of Homeland Security, US Customs and Border Protection, or US Department of State indicating that the traveler is exempt from the restriction;
B1 crew crewmembers that are engaged in lightering, Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) activity, wind farm activity, private air/sea crew and other similar crewmember activities;
Students with an F-1 or M-1 visa and their F-2 and M-2 dependents, if they arrive from or have been in Ireland, the UK or Schengen Area in the past 14 days.
Quarantine requirements
Travelers returning to the US are advised to stay home as much as possible, avoid being around people and consider getting tested for COVID-19 after returning from travel and participated in higher risk activities.
All other info
Travelers are subject to COVID-19 measures set by the state/territory of their final destination. For more information go to CDC website.
There are currently 715 active cases of COVID-19 diagnosed in US and 0 deaths as of Dec 14 2020
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Scores according to KAYAK customer reviews
Pros: "Comfortable seats and updated plane."
Cons: "The Gate & the boarding process, The Landing was with enormous ears pressure"
Pros: "Crew were a pleasure. Friendly and very professional. Seats are very comfortable."
Cons: "My seat back TV did not work. The tray table was very dirty, spilled food or drink from a prior passenger on it. I carry Chlorox wipes & wipe down the tray table & latch, arms of the seat & tv controls."
Pros: "Efficient, on time, clean and sage"
Cons: "Fees for everything but air, seats jammed way too close, no entertainment options"
Cons: "Arrived to Newark at 3:30 am -- unacceptable!"
Pros: "The flight crew was incredibly nice and informative"
Cons: "We took off 2 after later than originally scheduled."
Pros: "Cabin crew was warm, friendly, engaging, fun, yet professional and prompt with their service"
Pros: "The entire traveling process"
Cons: "Nothing at all"
Pros: "fast boarding and no lines for baggage drop"
Cons: "delayed flight almost stayed up all night."
Cons: "All 3 connecting flights you sold me were not able to connect with each other, they lost my luggage because of you my trip is ruined, I hate kayak.com and I hate my experience with you, how can you be so ignorant to people's needs"
Cons: "It is very difficult to contact the airline via phone. I had to wait almost an hour to speak to a representative. I was told I could call 36 hours before flight to get seat reservations. They should improve phone service. Otherwise flight was very good."
Pros: "I know the pilot did the best he could but the landing in Newark was the worst I ever went through. About 20 people vomited, including myself. The crew was very thoughtful and picked up the bags before landing."
Pros: "Only liked the price of the travel ticket."
Cons: "Our flight was delayed. Stewardess' were rude. The only reason we flew JetBlue was because of the price. Always flew JetBlue but recently very poor customer service."
Pros: "Our flight broke halfway to NY—cabin lost pressure. We had to turn around and for an hour 45 mins without AC, emergency land in Orlando (instead of landing in an airport we were flying over). Then we were stuck in Orlando in the middle of he night. Long story short I got in to Newark at 5am and my bags went to LaGuardia."
Pros: "Everthing"
Cons: "Na"
Cons: "Delays,delays"
Pros: "love jetBlue"
Cons: "No WiFi and tvs were not working"
Pros: "Good service great price!!"
Cons: "Could be more comfortable.... Recliner did not work"
Pros: "Everything about Jet Blue was excellent. Especially impressive was their baggage handling. In Ft. Meyers, my bag was on the baggage claim before I got there. In Newark, where baggage claim in usually lousy, my bag was there in less than 5 minutes. I'm definitely going to fly Jet Blue more. Lew"
Pros: "Very good"
Pros: "Free upgraded seat"
Pros: "Boarding at Cartagena was perfect, crew very friendly, courteous and fast. Crew on board was mostly good, one particularly friendly and helpful. We took off on time and arrived in FLL early."
Cons: "On board the seat recline and TV buttons were all broken. Seat was very uncomfortable. A lot of advertising on the TV that couldn't be changed and also by the crew before disembarking. Some crew members seemed to not want to be there."
Pros: "Nothing"
Cons: "Unprofessional crew, plane that seemed to have technical problems, entertainment system that was nonoperational, seatbelt sign on entire flight, strange fumes that several passengers complained about."
Pros: "The flight attendants were so sweet and thoughtful."
Cons: "Bad attitudes, long lines, and no options. TERRIBLE experience and my vacation had to be canceled."
Pros: "The flights are good, plenty of room and great service."
Cons: "The 3 hour delay for "weather" was a bit much after sitting all day in the airport. Since no storms were in the NJ area until after 2am. The delay I'm guessing was due to Gov Christies ridiculous FAA changes. I cannot hold JetBlue responsible for this but anyone flying into the north east should count on a delay or canceled flights."
Pros: "One crew member who was patient enough to take care of me"
Cons: "Little entertainment and 5 hours delayed, plus the Colombian officers were so dump to select me for a revision of my hand luggages just before I'm birding my flight...the had 5 hours to do that and they do it minutes before I board, wrong timing, that's stupid!!"
Pros: "Seats are comfortable."
Cons: "Flight delayed about an hour. Booked more than 4 months in advance but apparently seats were not assigned on this segment. Not even at check-in, only at gate. We were early, but they could not seat our family together. Not acceptable. This part worked fine on our way to FLL, so there's no excuse for not working on the flight back."
Pros: "Roomy"
Cons: "3 hours delayed"
Pros: "Great flight"
Cons: "Everything was great"
Cons: "It was delayed due 3 hours! Terrible"
Pros: "Staff was VERY friendly"
Cons: "Flight was delayed an hour and a half!"
Pros: "Short flight"
Cons: "1 hour late"
Pros: "Jet Blues onboarding person did a great job of managing expectations during a 2.5 hour delay imposed by Newark airport officials."
Pros: "Snack choices are good, boarding from back is efficient and very cordial crew"
Cons: "No updates on a delayed flt being posted on departure board, when I went to check at gate flt had boarded and I missed flt. UPDATE DEPARTURE BOARD WITH RIGHT INFO!!!!!!"
Cons: "Delayed boarding due to air traffic was unavoidable. However, allowing earlier passengers to board with multiple carry-ons, of which some were questionable in size, did not allow passengers boarding later to have any room for theirs. Desk agent did ask for six volunteers to check their bags on a full flight. Adherence to the rules of size and number would be fairer to all passengers. Crew was very nice. Previous experience with Jet Blue was very positive."
Pros: "The crew was excellent - they did their best in a bad situation and should be commended for that - they let us get out of the plane after learning after we boarding that we would have to wait 2 hours to take off - they let us get out to go to the bathroom and get something to eat and bring back to the plane - it was very cold in the aircraft and there were not enough blankets to go around - additional blankets should be available - the chips that were served once we took off are not sufficient for passengers that were at the airport 2 hours earlier, experienced a 4 hour delay and still face a 3 hour flight- meal arrangements should be offered when passengers are facing such long delays - the free WIFI was a plus and the seats are comfortable"
Pros: "Jet Blue is an amazing airline. So comfortable and with great service. My flight was delayed for hours due to an equipment problem. I saw this and called them and they instantly moved me to a flight that would leave much earlier at no fee and also gave me Even More Space at no cost! Every time I fly them I remember how great it is. Too bad I don't live by a hub. More EWR flights, please!"
Pros: "Fast boarding, clean aircraft, friendly crew. Pitch space is very good and in "even more space" it's excellent"
Cons: "The choice of food could be better, for me the seats where not that comfortable but I loved the extra space. I'm 6 feet+ tall"
Pros: "Timely departure and arrival, great check-in, gate, and in-flight service."
Cons: "N/A"
Pros: "The inflight experience was very good (full sized drink and choice of snack), plenty of leg room and comfortable seats."
Cons: "The check in line was painfully slow (lack of staff - only 2 stations open with a long line waiting). Also, the onboard entertainment system is a bit outdated (no on demand function, works much like an old style TV)"
Pros: "Crew was great, the flight was smooth, and the experience was awesome"
Pros: "Very clean plane and on time and plenty of good service"
Pros: "As always had an amazing experience from our check-in with Julieta in Cartagena and free check-in of carry-on baggage and all the way to our arrival in FLL. We were even blessed in flight with a free upgrade to roomier, more comfortable seats because of a seat that would not recline properly."
Pros: "I had a early flight, 7:00 am it was on time, no turbulence, just a smooth ride. We even arrived early ! I would recommend Jet Blue to anyone that's would like to fly safely and comfortably."
Pros: "Boarding process"
Pros: "Only airline to offer to collect and pack the passenger laptops and tablets at the gate in their middle east airports and deliver at US destinations, enabling passengers to use their equipment till they board the flight in middle east."
Cons: "Seats in economy are average for long duration flights and are getting older."
Pros: "Staff was bery friendly"
Cons: "Tv's were fuzzy, plane was old"
Cons: "The flight could have happened"
Pros: "Yes !!! They change my seats for take my family closer..."
Cons: "I think the fly is with much people. One seat in the middle with no body is better in this time for Security COVID."
Pros: "Plane was new and I also liked the fact that they did not charge you to breathe you only have to pay extra for everything else even a cup of water cost three dollars"
Cons: "They charge you for everything including water for three dollars. Their baggage has a maximum weight of 40 pounds unlike any other airline. They make you pay for carry-ons. They make you pay to pick your seat. You have to pay extra for everything so the bottom line is spirit is probably the most expensive airline to fly. The seats are tiny the trays are tiny, they don’t have TVs, seats do not recline. First and last time Flying with them. My bags were 42 pounds and 46 pounds and I had to pay and additional $30 for each of them."
Pros: "Nothing, I am so disappointed, my reason for going to New Jersey was to say goodbye to my Father, the doctors at the VA Hospital Brooklyn told me that my Father is dying. I am here in Houston Texas while my Father is dying in Brooklyn, N.Y. My heart is hurting."
Cons: "They could have paged me, not all employees speak clearly. If you really care, call me right now for O am sitting in the airport going nowhere. Theresa Matthews (832) 891-9022"
Pros: "What a lousy airline, cheap doesn’t mean bad service."
Cons: "Lost my flight, no calls for boarding, just a line was the explanation no one cares, lousy employees and they don’t care."
Pros: "Everything was great"
Cons: "No comment"
Pros: "Good flight overall."
Cons: "It's more about the airline than anything else. The cost of the checked bag should be included in the fare price. Because I couldn't log into my account online prior to check-in, I ended up paying $52 each way for my bag. As far as the aircraft itself, I found the seats and leg room space to be smaller than other airlines."
Pros: "Crew was kind, after some coaxing waited for a family member of a fellow passenger who wandered too far from gate to make it back in 10 minutes."
Cons: "Need updates and alerts on delayed flight!! I was checking my phone every 15 minutes from the restaurant next to the gate, reloading the status page, and the status that it changed from delayed two hours to taking off now happened within a 10 minute window. Next thing I know they are calling for final boarding, last call, even though half the flight didn't make it there yet because they didn't update that the delay was cancelled until minutes before boarding. I understand we all need to take off ASAP, but they've got to understand if everyone was standing at the gate, there would be no room to stand so we all disperse and know we can check our smartphones for updates."
Pros: "They refunded us"
Cons: "Refused to accommodate us or put us on a different flight."
Pros: "Good staff on flight. There was plenty of empty seats and I got moved to a more convenient spot."
Cons: "Website is not clear. My carry on had unclear dimensions and I had to pay extra at the airport."
Pros: "Quick Flight"
Cons: "Baggage Fees"
Cons: "Terrible landing. Descent had way more twist and turns than any other flight and seemed much longer than normal."
Pros: "The plane seemed new"
Cons: "Paying for every single thing - including carry on bag and water. The low price no longer remains low when charged for everything. Flight crew and other positions didn't have good customer service either."
Cons: "Don't have any intertainmen in the flight....TV no snacks you have to paid it.."
Cons: "Getting checked in and checking a bag was chaos. Then we waited nearly 45 minutes for our baggage to come."
Pros: "Nothing"
Cons: "Long lines, flight was unavailable for boarding 45 minutes before take off after already checking in. Machines for printing tickets didn't work. Flight was clearly overbooked, which seems to be their scam, and the service was rude. Tickets were cheap for a reason. Flown with other budget airlines and weren't chaotic or disorganized like this garbage airline. Rather take United and get punched in the face"
Pros: "We got home safely"
Cons: "all the extra charges especially paying for a seat assignment"
Cons: "Seats absurdly tight and uncomfortable, no legroom and no real tray table. Had to pay for water."
Pros: "Clean"
Cons: "No tv"
Pros: "flight was cancelled, next available was delayed due to weather which I understand is not controllable. Was able to book a flight on another airline and was more than halfway home when the Spirit flight took off"
Cons: "Inaccurate information from email alerts stating flight was delayed when it was cancelled. Paying to have an assigned seat is ridiculous! If I buy more than 1 ticket at a time please figure out how to program the seat assigments so everyone sits together. I understand charging a fee for first class, business, class, exit row, ETC. but come on the seats didn't even recline. The personnel were all polite but that doesn't help when the information from them is wrong. I don't care how big a smile you give me or how many times you say I'm sorry."
Pros: "Just one staff member."
Cons: "Lack of Integrity and Structure."
Pros: "The plane was very clean and the trip was smooth"
Cons: "I had to pay $50 per luggage"
Pros: "Departure on time."
Cons: "Seats were not comfortable and was in a seat that did not decline although the seat in front reclined making an uncomortable flight. Cabin door also would not open after flight. Had to wait for maintenance crew to get passengers off the plane. Flight crew was rude."
Pros: "Crew was nice"
Cons: "Not enough leg room. Very small seats. Flight was delayed and they changes gate three times."
Pros: "The flight down was good. On time and a nice plane."
Cons: "The flight home was a disaster. The crew timed out and we didn't get off the ground until 4 hours later. Horrible, no advice from the crew we were boarded and they just got up and left no one knew what was going on. A Spirit rep advised us we would have to de-plane and they had to get another crew in. Not a good way to make and keep customers. It was my first time with Spirit and probably my last. If you don't know what your crew is doing how do you run an airline."
Pros: "The pilots were great."
Cons: "I will never fly Spirit Airlines again. Delays on the ground, in the air, & at the Newark Airport."
Pros: "Nothing"
Cons: "2 hours in the air"
Pros: "Everything"
Cons: "I loved everythinn"
Pros: "I liked the fact that it was a cheap flight, at first."
Cons: "Everything is extra??? Really??? The reason I bought this ticket was because it was cheap, but I had to pay $50 EACH WAY to bring my bags? That's awful and unjust. I will NEVER fly Spirit again because of all their extra fees. So not worth it, especially when you're packed into the plane like sardines."
Cons: "So terrible, me and my flying mate were booted off the plane because they "downgraded" the plane to a smaller plane. The plane essentially became over booked. They claimed we were chosen because we checked in last but we had checked in and even bought more expensive seat assignments a day earlier. Now I have these Spitit airlines flight vouchers as compensation that I don't even want to use. The small silver lining in this debcole is that they booked me a flight with a different airline."
Pros: "The crews sense of humor"
Cons: "Being charged for every little thing from literally the time we checked in to the water on the flight. For all money "saved" initially we were charged for everything along the way to the point where we ended up spending close to what we would've paid on a legacy carrier"
Pros: "The crew was fantastic"
Cons: "Everything else about your airline is complete and utter garbage. Turbulence was out of control, people were dropping like flies, without a single announcement."
Cons: "It was a terrible experience!!! Stinky way to end a vacation!! From the moment we entered the terminal, SPIRIT handled everything poorly. They had 5 agents working to handle 5-6hundred passengers. There was only one agent walking the floor answering questions. He was nice enough to me but in his frustration, he was very rude to other passengers. People were getting nervous that their planes were boarding and they still hadn't checked their bags. This caused people to try and cut in front of other people in line and of course those passengers became angry. After finally getting through that mess, we got to our gate in a different terminal (which was also confusing because our boarding pass said terminal 3 which we went to first only to find out that we needed to go to Terminal 4 to check in and then walk over to terminal 3 to board). Once we boarded the plane they told us that the computer system was down so they could not put in their flight planes so they let us off the plane. We re-boarded the plane and finally landed home around 2:00 in the morning. By the time we got our luggage and drove home (20 minutes) it was 3:15. Overall Stinky!!!!!"
Pros: "Crew was very friendly. Departed and arrived on time for both flights."
Cons: "Snacks/food was expensive. To not give free water, even just a glass of it seems extreme. Seats were ok for a short flight, but would have caused back pain if much longer than my flight, which was just over 2 hours."
Pros: "Flight was delayed both ways on a round trip. Didn't offer any compensation or even a complimentary beverage"
Cons: "No wifi, when I asked for a glass of water to drink I was told I had to buy a bottle. Had I known how cheap Spirit airlines is I wouldn't have flown them. They will be my last choice of an airline. Next time I fly. !!!!!!"
Cons: "Super cheapo airline - makes me feel impoverished from the second I step on board."
Cons: "Cost of checked luggage"
Pros: "Not much"
Cons: "Uncomfortable seats, cheap, children crying everywhere."
Pros: "Good fare and crew"
Cons: "No food or entertainment"
Pros: "Great crew. Efficient. Timely kept schedule"
Pros: "Nothing"
Cons: "Baggage fees extremely high..even if you take it on the plane. If you do t have access to a computer a charge to check I at the airport. Have to pay for membership. Time you pay all the high fees no cheaper then other airlines hat have better service."
Cons: "i was seated next to a women that clearly needed two seats. when she boarded someone should have seen this . I was stuffed into a seat and couldn"t move for my 21/2 hr flight. I didn"t want to make a sene but Really? BETHIE DAYTON"
Pros: "on time, nice flight"
Cons: "I had taken a flight from newark to fort lauderdale and because there was a delay from newark I was late arriving into fort lauderdale. I had asked the staff at the gate in newark what I should do and they reassured me I would make it. I then approached the flight crew and told them my situation and they also reassured me it would be fine but I landed in fort lauderdale and my connecting flight took off. I then had to go from terminal two to terminal three to get a new ticket which Spirit did not pay for or even have. I also had to stay in a hotel that night that was $150 with not even a % off was offered. I understand that weather is not in your control but then the people at the gate and the flight crew should not have given me false hope without even contacting anyone else. I was on the way to see my fiance who is in the U.S. Navy, who had been deployed and I missed his coming home. The only good thing I have to say about Spirit is that your crew in Fort Lauderdale working the tickets were very nice and calm even with the line out the front of the terminal and around the side of the building. This is a problem I ran into every flight of Spirit I have flown, complete under staffing of the ticket lines. I will never fly Spirit again and I will never allow my family to either."
Pros: "Nothing. We didn't die. That's it."
Cons: "I refuse to fly with this airline ever again. Delayed flights, charges for everything. Never again."
Pros: "Flight was delayed for seven hours before they canceled it"
Pros: "The flight itself was not bad. The crew were good."
Cons: "Trying to check my bag. I did everything a head of time and then still had to wait in the line with everyone who was checking in. They need to separate the drop off from the check in. They were so unorganized they had to open special lines for specific flights because they were behind. I got to the airport 2 1/2 hours ahead of time because I had to drop off my rental car. I spent almost 2 hours just trying to "drop" my bag. My wife and I have decided not to use Spirit ever again."
Pros: "Spirit is the worst airline I have ever flown on. I will NEVER fly spirit again. They also lost my bag"
Pros: "Everything was fine excep departure delayed 30 minutes."
Airlines flying from Colombia to Newark have enacted additional safety measures and adjusted policies to better accommodate travelers. Policies vary by airline.
Heightened sanitation
Daily cleaning, installation of cabin HEPA filters
Mandatory masks
Masks required on board, masks provided
Social distancing seating
Middle seats unavailable to book
Pre-flight testing
Testing for antibodies, testing for symptoms
Flexible cancellations
Waiving of change fees. Search flexible flights