Blue.......Jet Blue

Jet Blue announced this week that it will be offering flights nonstop starting Dec 15th from Boston to St. Thomas 5 days a week!! On the way back there is a stopover in San Juan, but thats ok.

I ran a quick test search to check out pricing:

1 traveler roundtrip: Boston, MA (BOS) to Saint Thomas, VI (STT)

• Departing Flight #807
  • BOS
  • STT
  12/17 9:35AM

  12/17 2:30PM
• Returning Flight #808
  • STT
  • BOS
  12/26 3:20PM

  12/26 7:29PM

• Airfare
• Fare:
  $458.00 x 1 = $458.00
• Taxes & Fees
  $50.10
• Total:
  $508.10

Those travel times are great, not at the airport too early and getting here with plenty of daylight. Even with the stop in San Juan you leave STT at 3:20 and are home by 7:30. This is great news. Here is a USA Today article on the matter. These 88,000 new seats should really help to drive down high prices we saw last winter even if the Jet Blue flight is not the cheapest for you since competition in the airline market is a great thing. Hope to see more bahstun folks this year.