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SW to Jet BLue
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04/06/2019 08:12 PM
04/06/2019 08:12 PM
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Joined: Jul 2001
Posts: 7,132 St Louis, MO
SXMNorm
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Looking for alternatives to the gouging we're taking flying American and Delta from St Louis to SXM. How easy is it to transfer from Southwest to Jet Blue in Ft Lauderdale and return? How much time?
Last edited by SXMNorm; 04/06/2019 08:13 PM.
Next SXM visit -November 2023. Also January 2024.
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Re: SW to Jet BLue
[Re: SXMNorm]
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04/07/2019 08:25 AM
04/07/2019 08:25 AM
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Norm--your problem wouldn't be connection time, so much as TWO SEPARATE TICKETS. If you would happen to miss your first flight or if your first flight is seriously delayed and you miss your connection, then as far as the second flight is concerned, you are a flight NO SHOW. The first airline only has an obligation to get you to your final destination with THEM, even if it happens to be three hours late. The second airline has NO idea that you are connecting to a flight on another airline. If you are a no show, again, they owe you NOTHING. There's the rub.
Carol Hill
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Re: SW to Jet BLue
[Re: SXMNorm]
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04/07/2019 09:20 AM
04/07/2019 09:20 AM
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Thanks for the info. Changing airlines is not high on my list. Wish SW would get around to starting service to SXM.
Next SXM visit -November 2023. Also January 2024.
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Re: SW to Jet BLue
[Re: SammyM]
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04/07/2019 12:59 PM
04/07/2019 12:59 PM
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Sammy--yes, that is an option. If I did it, that would probably be the way I would do it.
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Re: SW to Jet BLue
[Re: SammyM]
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04/07/2019 02:07 PM
04/07/2019 02:07 PM
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I think it's about 10:50 AM, according to what I just saw as of May, but you're probably right. Doubt that there would be a schedule to meet that flight from St. Louis, correct.
Carol Hill
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Re: SW to Jet BLue
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04/07/2019 06:39 PM
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Having lived in the FLL area since I was 4 years old, I agree with staying the night before. Try the small beach village of Lauderdale By The Sea, between Lauderdale & Pompano Beach. Try Beachside Village Resort for the overnight, Dave & Luckie are terrific, and eat at Aruba Beach Cafe with Guy. We're doing just that on May 10 before we get the JB flight to SXM on 5/11.
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Re: SW to Jet BLue
[Re: Carol_Hill]
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04/11/2019 10:25 AM
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This is the exact trip we are doing in 24 days - we are flying on Southwest, Austin to Ft. Lauderdale the day before, staying at a hotel on the 17th Street Causeway that offers free shuttles back & forth between airport & hotel - we arrive early enough to enjoy a nice dinner in Ft. Lauderdale the night before the Jet Blue flight to St. Martin - doing the same thing on the way home.
Gotta Caribbean soul I can barely control and some Texas hidden here in my heart...(J.B.)
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Re: SW to Jet BLue
[Re: SammyM]
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04/11/2019 11:15 PM
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Did not realize Tropical Acres still existed - we lived in Boca Raton for 12 years (1975-1987) and ate there quite a few times - may have to give it a try again for old time's sake.
Gotta Caribbean soul I can barely control and some Texas hidden here in my heart...(J.B.)
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