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We are planning our trip to St. John for May '08. We were married at Cinnamon Bay by Ann-Marie in 2001, and just fell in love with the island. It is a beautiful, magical place that hubby and I plan to share with two newcomers. We have been long time lurkers and have learned such an incredible amount of information. Anyways, 3 of us will be flying from the DC area and 1 will be flying from Nashville. I was looking at tickets for the DC crew and found them from American for $352. Is this a good deal or would we be better off waiting a while? Travel veterans-please help. Thanks in advance-Jen

I paid $404 from Nashville in October. Like Pia, I am always happy when it's less than $500.

I did some sleuthing on kayak.com and I saw that Spirit and the other major carriers all have tickets for $352. That must be a good deal, since Spirit generally has the best prices until they run out of seats. (I'd fly another carrier though if I could get the same price. I'm not so much for "no-frill" carriers!)

Hi there. I bought tickets for the three of us a couple of months ago for $333 each on AA out of Dulles June 20 - 27. I decided to get these because it seemed reasonable. If they go down, oh well, I still stayed within my budget. Last June we paid a little over $500 pp on Delta.

It's an excellent price - go for it! Philly direct to St. John is over $700 for May '08. I'm holding out and would be thrilled with under $400.

If I could find prices like that for our May trip next year, I would be ecstatic. I say book them quick!

Pia, why does KC have to be so expensive

I can't find a truly decent flight for under 700. They are all weird times right now with several stops. I'm going to keep looking.

Thanks so much to everyone for such quick responses! I just got finished booking our flights! Now I need to stop lurking and start posting, it was fun! Thanks again-Jen

So where are you staying Jen?

We are Staying at Eaglesnest. I think someone (Rick?) is there right now. I am looking forward to his trip report to find out how he enjoyed the villa. This will be our third trip-we went back for our five year anniversary- much older,wiser, and educated about the island. We also had a child by that time so our trip did not evolve around alcohol, although we still had our share

We had tickets from Reagan Nat last Dec to STT for 425 each with American. Your price is great.. BUY them!

BUY BUY BUY!! It may be too late though since AA announced a bump of $20 eac on ticket prices due to rising fuel costs and other carriers are following suit.

I know you already bought, Jen (welcome by the way) but for future ref and for any other DC'ers, here's what I know.

I typically try to do FF miles, but often book for others coming along for the ride. The cheapest I've found period is $237. I think that was a freaky fluke for 1 person on AA leaving the Friday prior to Thanksgiving returning the day before Thanksgiving. When I saw that I pounced. I also paid $320 once for 1 ticket again but for an April trip.

The most I have ever paid is in the high 400's. Anything under $400 is a bargain to me. Under $500 is reasonable. More than that and I would wait.

Thanks again for all the helpful tips! The last two times we went my husband made the arrangements and probably spent too much- he is not as frugal as I am