Flight to Saint Lucia from New York

JetBlue began a new, nonstop flight to Saint Lucia from New York yesterday, with flights every Monday, Thursday and Sunday. To mark the new service, the airline is offering special fares from $129 each way through Friday for travel between Nov. 2 and February 8, 2010 except around the busy December holidays, or about $345 round trip, when taxes and fees are added in.

American, which has a competing flight to St. Lucia, is running sales to St. Thomas and St. Croix, with fares as low as $91 each way for travel Oct. 22 to Dec. 15, not including taxes and fees. Book by Nov. 3 to take advantage of the low rates.Today, JetBlue put more Caribbean destinations on sale, among them Aruba, Puerto Rico, and St. Maarten, with fares from $29 to $139 each way if booked by Oct. 30. And Air Tran is offering its own low one way fares in a sale that includes Aruba and San Juan.Watch for deals to Kingston, Jamaica, later this week when JetBlue will begin service there on Oct. 30.