If you'd like to go to San Juan for two or three days, and can make plans in a hurry, American Airlines is offering a round-trip fare of $61, less than half the regular rate, as long as you buy your ticket by Friday and can travel the weekend after that and meet several other conditions.
Tickets must be for departure after 7 p.m. Friday, July 14, or any time Saturday, July 15. Return must be on Monday, July 16, or Tuesday, July 17. You have to be a member of American's AAdvantage frequent flyer program and you must purchase your ticket on-line.
The special fare is part of AA's Net SAAver Fares, available exclusively on the Internet at www.aa.com.. Each week American posts such short-term special fares for various domestic points, and every so often they include a St. Thomas-St. Croix, St. Thomas-San Juan or St. Croix-San Juan round trip.
The cheapest regular St. Thomas-San Juan round-trip fare on American/American Eagle for July, according to the airline's San Juan office, is $140.
Tickets must be purchased on-line by midnight Friday, and there are certain strings. AA cautions that Friday evening travel may not be available in all markets.
