There are other airports in FLORIDA that have connecting flights to SXM, either through Charlotte, Miami, Philadelphia, etc. Oh and by the way, I have seen some wacky flights from Miami, connecting to either Charlotte or Philly or NY, so that does happen. I was talking also about prices for flights from Florida in general, which have always been higher than from the Northeast. But for whatever reason, flights which CONNECT are almost always cheaper than a nonstop. For example this June, I had a connecting flight from Tampa through Charlotte on the way down, connecting through Miami on the way back, that was $410. I booked it because it was a pretty good fare, even though I prefer driving the 3.5 hours one way to Miami. When I booked that flight, all the nonstop flights from Miami were over $600, and that is what they have routinely have run recently.