Business & First Class Flights to St. Lucia

JetBlue flies Mint — lie-flat suites with sliding doors — on the New York JFK–St. Lucia route, which makes this one of the few islands with a real bed from the US. Otherwise the nonstops are narrowbodies with recliner First Class on American from Miami and Charlotte, Delta from Atlanta and New York, and United seasonally from Newark. British Airways and Virgin Atlantic fly lie-flat from London, with Virgin's A330neo Retreat Suite on some frequencies — an option for clients combining Europe and the island. The front cabin's value from the Southeast hubs is the priority line, the lounge and bags; from New York, JetBlue Mint is the answer.

Hewanorra is at the island's southern tip, and the geography decides the transfer. Soufrière, the Pitons and the resorts on the slopes — Jade Mountain, Anse Chastanet, Sugar Beach, Ladera — are 45–60 minutes by road along the west coast, a beautiful drive; the northern resorts at Cap Estate and Rodney Bay are 90 minutes by road or 15 by helicopter, which the top resorts arrange and we book with the flight times in mind. The regional airport in Castries does not take jets from the US.

December through April is the dry season and the peak, with Christmas–New Year and Presidents' Day week the most expensive; the Pitons resorts have few rooms and sell out early. The St. Lucia Jazz and Arts Festival in May fills the north. Late May and June are warm and good value. Hurricane season runs June to November, with September and October the highest risk and the lowest fares, below our $1,350 starting fare from New York.