Hi Jeff_C - I'm guessing your are flying United......Having booked and departed on many United flights to SXM and always in November from Newark, my experience has been United provides two options on Saturday mornings in November when the flights first become available in December for the next November. Again, in my experience one of the flights seemed to be priced less right after the flights are originally posted, in December. At some point United would combine the flights and that usually happened in the late spring (when we booked last), not sure what happened this year. The notification the flight time has changed, used to be an email, then they moved to notifying you when you checked the website at some point during the year. A big caution would be to check the website alot during the year because when United combines the two flights, your seats can get changed and you may find you are not seated with your group or they are all dispersed. Or they have changed equipment to a different style plane with different seat plan. I've seen many unhappy customers arrive at the gate for the SXM flight and their seats were changed, without their knowledge. Therefore, if you can book in December, watch for the fares on both flights. After the flight is posted, it starts very high in price, then in a few weeks the price drops, then it will go back up. If you catch that bubble you can get a good deal, but its far in advance for some. And check back on your seats during the year to be sure you are all together. Good luck on your trip and have a great time.