St. Maarten Private Eye

I want to say first that Jet Blue is an outstanding airline and the European Aircraft the Airbus 320 is a technologically advanced airplane, it is unfortunate as to what happened with that flight, however the older American Airlines planes seem to hold up, ie; Boeing.

Well here is my two cents if it is worth anything to anyone. Yes, the service that I received on American Eagle was horrible and I will agree that the flight attendants are quite rude, perhaps it must be a Puerto Rican thing, assuming since they are PR based flight crew. I also received the same warm welcome on my flight from SJU to MIA.... I can probably chalk that up as an overworked flight crew, although they tend to all sit down in the back of the plane and do nothing but talk about what they did the night prior or on my particular flight who was selling gift wraps, probably for their children.... I should have empathy, but I was thirsty !

My trip to SXM was great with a few exceptions, as an executive that travels in the US frequently, I have to say that PJIA is one of the nicest airports I have seen in a while, however there is not much activity about island actiivties "things to do" or maybe I just walked by and did not notice the counter or display. I heard in the Daily Herald that the French side is suffering due to lack of Tourism. I found my week long activities were on the French side while I lodged on the Dutch side. I am a little perplexed on this..... here you have a multi-million dollar "world class airport" but the surrounding areas on the dutch side, and I want to say this politically correct, seem to be old and run down!

As far as my next trip, I am taking my two daughters with me back to St.Maarten, I would like to fly the low cost carriers, however the pricing is about $50.00 more per person from my point of departure. And unfortunately American has the best deal.

I just wish the Dutch were'nt so cheap and pump a little money to "clean up" the area. I think "high end tourism" will come, once the local tourist areas are cleaned up, however I think there is a huge investment on the island that needs to see returns before any more money is spent and that is PJIA !

Frankly, I like it quiet and cozy, we will see how it is in June when I return for a month.

Oh, and to stick to the point of this blog. Sometimes "High End Traveller's" fly on low cost carriers ! Besides the way the economy is heading in the US, most of these traveller's if travelling will want low cost airfares.