Hi..The same thing happened to me around 4 months ago...United decided to cancel my nonstop direct flight from EWR-SXM this coming October...The price was only $423 non stop... to make a long story short United got us a flight to Miami from JFK..2 hour layover..and then non stop flight Miami to SXM with American Airlines...we still arrive at SXM at 2pm and the $423 r/t cost stayed the same..we will be flying back non stop to EWR with United...Needless to say I was not a happy camper...but the $423 round trip price stayed the same..