As always, people from the Northeast have it much easier than even here in Florida, as far as airfares. I just did a quick check on airfares from Florida for some random dates in July. The cheapest nonstop I could find from Miami was around $650 on one date. July 18 to 25 (a Saturday to Saturday) was $800 for a non stop from Miami. Connections from either Tampa or Orlando were around $750 (except for an OVERNIGHT connection---From FLORIDA?? -- which was around $500 and involved flying north and spending overnight in either Charlotte or Philly on US Air). Jet Blue prices were similar.