Dick,

Not knowing where in Ct you are located, we have found flying out of JFK on AA through MIA into SXM to be pretty much painless. Certainly NOT as good as when AA offered the JFK n/s but it was doable, even without a nonstop flight. So we will still purchase one way tickets each direction.

Coming back home again from SXM, we take JB into JFK, again on a n/stop flight which is still available.

My only caveat is we are just about equal distance between NY and BDL so it is a choice thing for us and as immigration goes, JetBlue has their own immigration hall at JFK - Terminal 5 - so it’s very easy to navigate without the extremely long walks. It also doesn’t hurt that the JFK flights are usually less expensive than Bradley.