Ah, I see. I truly do hope things work out for you. Ed & I are actually flying from JFK to SXM in June. At the time I made the reservations, Delta from ATL was WAY costly (that's what we usually fly and prefer), and American wanted us to do an overnight in Miami. We actually live in TN, but after doing all the research (at the time a few months back), we found it was actually less expensive to fly CLT to JFK, then JFK to SXM, then it would have been to buy the Delta tickets. Luckily, we have friends and family from NY (Long Island, where I'm originally from), so we will overnight in NY the night before the SXM flight and again on the return trip. We will be traveling with another couple from NY anyway. Good luck with your trip plans. It's not an easy time.