{
  "response": {
    "Key": "FLL-SX",
    "orig": {
      "code": "FLL",
      "type": "airport",
      "city": "Fort Lauderdale",
      "fullCity": "Fort Lauderdale, Florida",
      "airport": "Hollywood Intl Airport"
    },
    "dest": {
      "code": "SX",
      "type": "country",
      "country": "Sint Maarten"
    },
    "faq": {
      "q0": {
        "question": "Which cities in Sint Maarten can I fly to from Fort Lauderdale?",
        "answer": "Sint Maarten has one main airport, Princess Juliana International Airport on the Dutch side. From Fort Lauderdale you can fly non-stop into this airport. The island is small, so the airport serves both the Dutch and French sides, and you can easily get to any town by taxi or rental car."
      },
      "q1": {
        "question": "How long is the flight from Fort Lauderdale to Sint Maarten?",
        "answer": "Non-stop flights from Fort Lauderdale to Sint Maarten's Princess Juliana Airport take about 2 hours 45 minutes. One-stop itineraries typically range from 5 to 8 hours total, depending on the connection city and layover duration."
      },
      "q2": {
        "question": "Are there direct flights from Fort Lauderdale to Sint Maarten?",
        "answer": "Yes, you can fly non-stop from Fort Lauderdale to Sint Maarten. Airlines such as Spirit and JetBlue operate direct flights into Princess Juliana International Airport, with a flight time of about three hours. If you do not find a non-stop on your dates, common one-stop routings connect through Miami, Charlotte or San Juan, extending total travel time to roughly five to eight hours."
      },
      "q3": {
        "question": "Which airlines fly from Fort Lauderdale to Sint Maarten?",
        "answer": "From Fort Lauderdale to Sint Maarten you can fly nonstop with Spirit, or connect via Miami with American, or via San Juan with JetBlue."
      },
      "q4": {
        "question": "When is the cheapest time to fly from Fort Lauderdale to Sint Maarten?",
        "answer": "The cheapest months to fly from Fort Lauderdale to Sint Maarten are September, October, and August, with late summer and early fall offering the lowest fares. Booking 13 to 16 weeks ahead typically yields the best prices, and departing on a Thursday or in the morning tends to save money compared to other days and times. Peak summer and major holidays like Christmas and New Year's are usually more expensive, so traveling in the low-season shoulder months is your best bet for a deal.",
        "methodology": "This 'good deal' estimate shows a representative best price for each departure date across roughly a 12-month window (about 3 months back and 9 months forward). It is built from real flight prices found by Priceline users searching this route, accumulated into a price history for each departure date. Rather than weighting all of that history equally, we apply exponential time decay so recent prices dominate — a price seen yesterday counts almost in full, one from about a month ago roughly a third, and prices from a few months back very little — giving a figure that tracks today's market instead of a stale long-run average. Clear price outliers are removed before any calculation, departure dates with no observations are filled in from nearby dates, and the resulting curve is lightly smoothed so it reads as a clean seasonal trend rather than day-to-day noise. This booking-window guidance is built from the same real flight prices found by Priceline users searching this route, re-grouped by how many days before departure each price was seen (from the departure day out to about 180 days ahead) across the route's price history. At each booking lead time we report the 25th-percentile price — the cheaper end of what travelers were quoted, rather than the rock-bottom minimum (which can be a fluke) or the average (which is pulled up by expensive last-minute fares). The buy-or-wait advice then applies a risk premium that grows as departure approaches, since seat availability shrinks and prices become less predictable; using that adjusted curve we flag windows where waiting is likely to save a meaningful amount (at least $20 or 5%) versus windows where booking now is the better call. Isolated single-day recommendations are filtered out, so the advice only reflects a window that holds for several days in a row. The cheapest day of the week and time of day to depart are drawn from the same large sample of real fares Priceline users found on this route in the last 72 hours, grouped by the day of the week and by the time-of-day window of the outbound departure, with the lowest and average price reported for each."
      },
      "q5": {
        "question": "How far in advance should I book flights from Fort Lauderdale to Sint Maarten?",
        "answer": "For flights from Fort Lauderdale to Sint Maarten, the best time to book is about 13 to 16 weeks ahead, when average fares drop to around $589.",
        "methodology": "This booking-window guidance is built from the same real flight prices found by Priceline users searching this route, re-grouped by how many days before departure each price was seen (from the departure day out to about 180 days ahead) across the route's price history. At each booking lead time we report the 25th-percentile price — the cheaper end of what travelers were quoted, rather than the rock-bottom minimum (which can be a fluke) or the average (which is pulled up by expensive last-minute fares). The buy-or-wait advice then applies a risk premium that grows as departure approaches, since seat availability shrinks and prices become less predictable; using that adjusted curve we flag windows where waiting is likely to save a meaningful amount (at least $20 or 5%) versus windows where booking now is the better call. Isolated single-day recommendations are filtered out, so the advice only reflects a window that holds for several days in a row."
      },
      "q6": {
        "question": "What are the most popular cities to visit in Sint Maarten?",
        "answer": "Sint Maarten is small, so most visitors stay near Philipsburg for shopping and beaches, Maho Beach for plane spotting or Simpson Bay for nightlife. Day trips to Grand Case on the French side offer dining and quiet coves."
      },
      "q7": {
        "question": "Do I need a visa to travel from Fort Lauderdale to Sint Maarten?",
        "answer": "U.S. citizens do not need a visa for tourist stays in Sint Maarten of up to 90 days. No electronic travel authorization is required, but you must hold a passport valid for the duration of your stay and may need to show proof of onward travel. Entry rules can change, so verify with official sources before departure."
      },
      "q8": {
        "question": "Which airports in Sint Maarten are best to fly into from Fort Lauderdale?",
        "answer": "From Fort Lauderdale to Sint Maarten, Princess Juliana International Airport is the only international gateway and receives direct flights from the U.S. It is ideal for resort stays and regional travel, with no train connections on the island."
      },
      "q12": {
        "question": "When is the best time of year to visit Sint Maarten?",
        "answer": "For Sint Maarten, mid-December to April offers the best balance of sunny skies and comfortable trade winds, though prices peak in February and March. Late spring and early summer are warmer and quieter, but hurricane season runs June through November."
      }
    }
  }
}