We left BSV and SXM on Thursday, 4/28 much as I hated to go……

This was a very different kind of trip for us in that we were both experiencing mobility issues so many of our typical activities were verboten but it still didn’t make the trip any less enjoyable or the leaving any easier.

BSV will, if you desire, schedule Covid tests to be done in your unit which was incredibly easy and painless. They scheduled the appointment and it was perfect with the nurse being right on time and the results available almost immediately.

At the appointed departure hour we loaded the luggage into our trusty chariot (which we had gassed up the night before) and headed out to meet our car rental company owner who accompanied us to the airport and even got a wheelchair escort to meet us curbside. Lesley, you are the BEST!

PJIA was an absolute circus when we got there but that’s par for the course at 1pm when the multitude of larger planes are coming and going. They said we should arrive three hours before departure and we did. Thirty minutes later we were totally checked in and at the departure area and ready to hurry up and wait. But I will add, not that we had much choice, using the wc service did whisk us through those very long lines for the different departure areas. Given the fact the operating airport is under construction, the departures could probably be a lot worse. Not complainin’ - just sayin’………

Our JB flight was into Newark and I’d guess it was perhaps 2/3 full. Better than half the roomier up front seats were empty which was odd and we got lucky each way in that we sat two across in those roomier three across up front seats .

The flight itself was totally uneventful - just the way you want it to be. Our EWR arrival was not! We had again arranged for wheel chair service and we asked the attendant where we would get the chair. He told us to exit the plane and wait tight there at the very beginning of the jetway and they would be there. WRONG!! We and another person waited 34 minutes until the chairs finally arrived. It all worked out in the end but it just seems to me JB doesn’t have their act together at EWR. The wc courier was very sweet and saw us through border controls and our global entry definitely helped us avoid that huge line. She knew right where the elevators were and by the time we got to the baggage carousel our bags were there waiting for us. She saw us to the sidewalk and waited right there until our driver found us. So very worth the generous tip my DH gave her.

I found and booked a great fare for our November trip but given the JB issues there I’m rethinking that good fare. Or not?