JetBlue to Puerto Plata (POP) and St Maarten (SXM) in Jan

[bluejuice]

From our website ::Today it gives me great pleasure to announce our two newest BlueCities – including one ‘Saint’ – St. Maarten (SXM) in the Netherlands Antilles, and Puerto Plata (POP) in the Dominican Republic. We’ll begin daily service to both lush resort cities from JFK in January aboard the A320.

[Matt Molnar]

SXM = :borat: :borat:

[Matt Molnar]

SXM service begins Jan. 17th.
Intro Fare: $159 each way
JFK-SXM: Depart 9:35am - Arrive 2:40pm
SXM-JFK: Depart 3:35pm - Arrive 7:05pm

POP service begins Jan. 10th
Intro fare: $109 each way
JFK-POP: Depart 10:30am - Arrive 3:20pm
POP-JFK: Depart 4:15pm - Arrive 7:05pm

[h2opunk1822]

ohh sxm!!!.. i know where i will be!!! :mrgreen:

[mirrodie]

Thank you Lord.

My prayers have been answered.

Hopefully this will lead to better service and competition from AA on JFK-SXM route

[T-Bird76]

Thank you Lord.

My prayers have been answered.

Hopefully this will lead to better service and competition from AA on JFK-SXM route

The first thing I thought of was "wow Mario must be screaming like a girl." You're right I hope it does lower the price on this route. AA doesn't like when people move into their backyard so I'm sure we'll see some good pricing.

[hiss srq]

Thank you Lord.

My prayers have been answered.

Hopefully this will lead to better service and competition from AA on JFK-SXM route

The first thing I thought of was "wow Mario must be screaming like a girl." You're right I hope it does lower the price on this route. AA doesn't like when people move into their backyard so I'm sure we'll see some good pricing.


Tommy, my thoughts exactly. I am amazed it took him two replies to speak up. He must have been pretty choked up pretty good.

[AirtrafficController]

Wow this a cool announcment from jetBlue. Hopefully I can head to SXM soon.

[adam613]

I. Am. So. F-ing. There. :D

[Matt Molnar]

The intro fare is a bit higher than I expected it to be, only about $80 cheaper than AA round trip for the dates I tried in January. Nothing to sneeze at, but for a new route to a destination that is not at the top of NY'ers lists, I would have expected something in the $99-$129 range.

[Iberia A340-600]

The intro fare is a bit higher than I expected it to be, only about $80 cheaper than AA round trip for the dates I tried in January. Nothing to sneeze at, but for a new route to a destination that is not at the top of NY'ers lists, I would have expected something in the $99-$129 range.

Agreed, the starting prices are a tad steep although January is a peak time for Caribbean travel. I was looking into either going to SXM or LAX for a couple of days in January and had decided LAX a couple of weeks ago but when I saw Jet Blue was announcing flights to SXM I started to think SXM again. However it's about $600 more to fly to SXM then LAX and the only perk of Jet Blue is that I would be on the inaugural flight.