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New York → Sint Maarten flights
Median JFK–SXM fare is $112 over 30 days; prices range widely, so book when you spot sub-$139 fares rather than waiting.
Target $112 — fares in the bottom quartile dip to $101
Key takeaways
- $112 median fare across 30 days of snapshots gives a solid baseline for budgeting this route.
- Bottom quartile fares sit at $101, barely above the $99 absolute low — a sign that genuinely cheap fares do surface regularly.
- Top quartile fares climb to $139, and the observed high hit $257, showing real upside risk if you wait too long.
- 160% spread between low and high is wide, meaning timing matters more on this route than on more stable routes.
- With fares frequently clustering near $101–$139, treat anything above $139 as a signal to hold off if your dates are flexible.
30-day price trend
See full numbers and stats on the JFK → SXM price history page.
The full picture
The JFK–SXM route shows a wide pricing range over the 30-day sample: fares as low as $99 and as high as $257, with a median of $112. That 160% spread is large, and it tells us this isn't a route where you can expect consistent pricing — some days bring excellent fares, others bring a real premium. The good news is that the bottom quartile ($101) sits very close to the absolute low ($99), suggesting that attractive fares aren't rare flukes but show up with some regularity.
Because our data reflects a rolling 30-day window of cached fares rather than a long booking-horizon curve, we can't point to a specific week or month when prices reliably soften. What we can say is that the bulk of observed fares cluster between $101 and $139 (the 25th–75th percentile range), so a fare in or below that band is a reasonable one to act on. Fares above $139 are outliers on the high side and worth waiting out if your travel dates allow flexibility, since the data shows the market does return to lower prices.
The dataset didn't surface a clear dominant carrier or consistent day-of-week pattern strong enough to build a claim around, so we won't speculate about specific departure days or airlines being better bets. The honest caveat here: with a 160% spread and only 30 daily snapshots, this is a volatile route by nature — possibly due to limited capacity or seasonal demand swings to a Caribbean leisure destination — and our sample, while solid, is a snapshot in time rather than a long-run historical trend. Treat $112 as a useful benchmark, not a guarantee.
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Why we regenerated this article: Price spread widened by 67 points. We only rewrite when the underlying price index actually moves — stable weeks keep the previous take.
AI-authored from this route's 30-day price index. Article last regenerated Oct 10, 2026. Fares shift continuously — confirm at booking.