Things arent very different except you enter the terminal where you would and still do exit in the past.

The parking lot is operational - we typically would park - check are bags and leave for awhile until flight time.

This time, not knowing, we dumped the car and took the shuttle.

Checkin on American was all manual and they give you a paper set of boarding passes. We could not checkin online and could not see a boarding pass on the ap for out of SXM.

After checkin we had a romantic bottle of L&P Champagne on some benches by a planter in front of the terminal.

Security was quick and easy. No issues with our little Toppers Rhum bottles.

There are some food choices before and after security.

Bathrooms on both sides.

In the end you end up at the down stairs gates used by everybody so you have to listen to what airline and city is boarding.

First class boards the bus first which means if you dont position yourself on bus right you might involuntarily put yourself in a lower standing climbing the stairs to the jet.

Plane had plenty of open seats both ways so open seats make it ancomfy flight.