For the record, we knew when we booked AA so early there was a good chance the flights would change as they usually change their winter schedules around then, as well as their low season schedules in late March or early April. We wanted to use our last few AA FF miles and in honesty, this worked out well for us in the end.

The AA rep, once she realized we were relatively convenient to so many metro airports, pretty much allowed me to choose the flight we wanted at the same mileage level even though the flight wasn't available at this level when I originally booked my FF seats so I really have no major argument with AA on this score.

If I had my choice, and if we were still dealing with the AA I knew BEFORE the USAir merger, I would still be flyhing AA as my airline of choice. But as things are now, we book whoever offers the closest thing to what we want at a price we deem reasonable and then hope for the best. Last September we flew First Class to Hawaii and back, all on FF miles and it was flawless and totally pleasant. Again, luck of the draw?

We've done JB and had great flights and we're booked to come home on them for our November trip - last April we actually flew JB MINT to SXM for not much more than the cost of an up-front seat and we absolutely love C & I in T5 at JFK.

But we've also had a few very unpleasant JB flights, too, so I think it's more or less the luck of the draw. A week ago, on 6/25, the JB to JFK 1:45pm flight was delayed several times and didn't leave SXM until about 8pm after they boarded and let the passengers sit in the plane for over two hours awaiting their departure. The scheduled 6ish JFK arrival got in around midnight......very happy we weren't on that one but it proves 'stuff' happens to all of them if you fly often enough. <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/handshake.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/handshake.gif" alt="" />