Got this alert for TPG Twitter:

East Coasters, we’ve found a way you can shake your winter funk. Break the cold weather pattern by booking one of these low fares from just $191 to the US Virgin Islands. You can fly from Miami (MIA), Fort Lauderdale (FLL), New York (LGA), Orlando (MCO), Washington, DC (DCA) and Boston (BOS) to St. Croix (STX) or St. Thomas (STT) round-trip during select dates in February, March and April. Most fares include layovers, and the JetBlue flights listed below do not include bags or seat selection.

To search, head to Google Flights and enter your origin and destination cities. Scroll through the calendar function to find dates and prices that work for you. Finally, click through to book directly with the airline or through an OTA like Priceline or Expedia.

Wish we could get this kind of deal from the West Coast!

Or even just the Midwest!

Jet blue it can be awful, you might get what you pay for.

Thanks for the info.

We have had some very good experiences with Jet Blue and some that were not so good, we feel like we could say the same about American, Delta, Southwest, Cape Air, Seaborne regarding the experiences in getting to and from the Virgin Islands.

Off to book a second trip for 2019 in April......hopefully all repairs will be complete at our Villa by then and WE CAN START RENTING IT AGAIN! It has been a long 18 months post Irma.

Short of a private jet, is there any alternative? Southwest is the best of the bunch IME but I've not been to the Virgin Islands by air. Looking to book Tortola for July and prices are hovering right around $900 - 1k PP RT for the cheap seats on the usual cattle carriers.

We had guests on our recent trip, jet blue New Jersey to San Juan. Southbound flight was 6 or so hours late because navigation system to fly over water was not working. After repeated attempts, the flew a long route near enough to land.

Jet blue would not cover the cost of the hotel in San Juan needed because of the delays.

Northbound flight a week later, Jet Blue was were merely a few hours late. Pilot said there was a problem with the navigation system, it’s very rare, however, they can not take the shorter over water route but will have to stay close to land.

In both cases, they needed to add fuel for the longer trip,

This was their first and last jet blue experience.

A rare problem one way, I get that. The same rare problem Both ways. What’s up with that.