For Just $39, You Can Go Island-Hopping in the Caribbean This Winter with JetBlue

In addition to announcing new service to Costa Rica and the Dominican Republic (from Boston or New York), JetBlue Airlines has made something of a hub out of San Juan, Puerto Rico. In addition to its long-standing service between both New York, Boston, Tampa, Orlando, and Ft. Lauderdale to San Juan, it will start flying -- in late November and early January -- and then throughout the winter, from San Juan to St. Maarten (in the Netherlands Antilles) and to Saint Croix and to St. Thomas (in the U.S. Virgin Islands). And to inaugurate those three short hops in the Caribbean, it will be charging only $39 each way to persons who book by July 15 (taxes and fees add about $7).

It will also start flying this winter from San Juan to Santo Domingo (in the Dominican Republic) and will charge only $59 a ticket each way (plus $38 in taxes and fees) to persons who book that short hop prior to July 15.

So if you act quickly, you'll be able -- cheaply--to combine San Juan and another close-in Caribbean location for winter vacations. And obviously, there will be further deals of this sort announced by the growing JetBlue, to which you should now pay attention if you're at all attracted by the Caribbean this winter.