It's classic bait and switch. When I booked my March flights in early September, American was by far the earliest flight out of JFK (7:10am). They just changed it to 8:29am and so I had to pay 25 euros each to switch my Winair flight. I just checked Delta and Jetblue and they fly out of JFK at about the same time, 8:30ish (Jetblue a little earlier). I would NEVER have booked American over Delta had I known the flights would have left at the same time. And American knows it, and that's why they do this bait and switch schedule. I will never book American Airlines to SXM again. In future I will choose the better airline over the more tempting departure time. Live and learn but I am clearly pissed off!