American Offers Free Companion Tickets for Florida-Caribbean Travel

American Airlines and American Eagle are offering free companion tickets on flights from South Florida to a variety of Caribbean destinations -- with paying passengers able to choose from roundtrip fares ranging from $109 to $159 each way.

The deal is good on flights from Miami to:

• Curacao
• Freeport, Bahamas
• La Romana, Dominican Republic
• Marsh Harbour, Bahamas
• Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic
• St. Maarten
• George Town, Bahamas
• Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands
• Santiago, Dominican Republic
• Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

... and from Fort Lauderdale to:

• St. Maarten
• St. Thomas, USVI
• Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

Tickets must be purchased by July 3, with travel begun between Sept. 4 and Nov. 12 and ending by Nov. 14.

American typically advertises these deals to Florida residents, but anyone can take advantage -- especially if you can get a cheap flight from your home town to South Florida and then connect to a two-for-one American or American Eagle flight.

For full details, see the American Airlines website. Tickets must be purchased online to get the free companion seat.