Posted September 17, 2007

St. Maarten and St. Martin Weekly News, Monday, September 17, 2007

Some of This Week's Stories:

--- How To Complain To Your Airline About Their "No Voucher" Policy

--- "Ingrid" Weakens, May Dissipate

--- New Rules Level "Thanks Two Million" Playing Field

--- Pelican Timeshare Owners: Time To Call Lawyers?

--- Mary's Boon: Trouble in Paradise

--- New Airline Flights May Help "Borderline" Canadians

--- Join Us for Low Fares, Hotel Discounts, Car Rental Discounts, & More (Lead Story)

--- Reinstatement Prices Cut (Lead Story)

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Timeshare Rental of the Week:

11/17/07 to 12/1/07 (weeks 46 and 47) Summit Resort Hotel, Unit #8 is a single unit - no one upstairs or down. Thanksgiving week and week after. A sleep-four studio overlooking Simpson Bay, 45 seconds from the Kissing Fish Bar. Walk to Cupecoy Beach, great restaurants, Atlantis Casino. Unit features TV, king bed, stovetop, microwave, TV; beautiful location between Marigot and Philipsburg. Only $450/week. Timeshare tax ($50/wk) is

renter's responsibility. Please contact Tom and Janet weekdays at 614/716-2424

or evenings at 614/529-1275 (6:00-9:00 pm EST), or email to thollid@columbus.rr.com

Timeshare Sale of the Week:

11/03/07-11/10/07-[week-44] Divi little Bay. No maintenance fees unless you use your week. This is an original contract. Bldg. 1c, large 2 br, 2 1/2 bath unit with full kitchen, living room and dining area. Asking $11,500; contact ralph at nrslots@yahoo.com or call 609 822 3196.

Each week JMB randomly picks timeshare condominiums for rent and for sale from the huge selection at http://www.jmbcommunications.com/sxm/pages/Go/condorentals.shtml and features them here. If you want to rent out or sell timeshares you own in SXM, you can do so for free (up to 10 weeks per 12 month period) through a membership subscription to JMB Website Supporters.

To learn more about the many St. Maarten / St. Martin vacation-related benefits of membership, visit http://www.jmbcommunications.com/paypal.html , where you can also join on-line. Membership subscriptions help fund these weekly newsletters.

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This Week’s Stories:

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Stories are numbered; scroll down for stories of interest.

Lead Story:

Join Us for Low Fares, Hotel Discounts, Car Rental Discounts, & More;

New Member Benefits Expanded and Reinstatement Prices Cut

Section I: Getting There: Airlines, Airports, Cruises, & Weather

1. Caribbean Sun Airlines Coming Back; Caribbean Airfare Shakeup Likely

2. Is The Passport Crunch Over? Unequivocally Perhaps

3. "Ingrid" Weakens, May Veer Northward

4. New Airline Flights May Help "Borderline" Canadians

NOTE: See "How To Complain To Your Airline" In Section III

Section II: Accommodations

5. Pelican Timeshare Owners: Time To Call Lawyers?

6. Mary's Boon: Trouble in Paradise

7. Good News: Summit Offers Free High Speed Internet to Hotel Guests

Section III: Island

7a. Just $9/Day Gets You Medical Evacuation Protection from SkyMed

8. How To Complain To Your Airline About Their "No Voucher" Policy

9. New Rules for "Thanks Two Million" Level the Playing Field

10. Dinner for Two at Turtle Pier is Newest "Thanks Two Million" Prize

11. Woman Robbed Near Sunterra Flamingo Resort

12. New Features Debuting This Fall Need Your Input

13. “Thanks Two Million” Prize Rundown #38: Manicure or Pedicure from Hairlusions

14. “Thanks Two Million” Prize Rundown #39: Handmade Wooden Bowl by Taylor Ledden"

15. Site Feature of the Week: SXM Shopping

16. In A Down Condo Sales Market, Rent Your SXM Timeshare for Free

17. “Sponsors” Sought For “Everything St. Maarten” Website

Section IV: For Members Only

18. Members: Why You Need To Check Airfares Daily

19. Members: Airfare Grid Shows Fares With Taxes; Password Recovery Info

20. About Your Membership Benefits: How To Submit Rentals or Sales to Our SXM Condos for Rent or Sale Page

Section V: Important Background Information for Travelers

A) Low-Priced Timeshare Condos For Rent or Sale By Owners

B) “Everything St Maarten / St. Martin” Website Online Booking Info Guide

C) Useful St. Maarten / St. Martin Websites (Updated 2007)

D) SkyMed Emergency Medical Evacuation: Important No Matter Where You’re Going

E) How To Be Sure You Receive Each Issue Of This Newsletter

F) Free SXM Souvenirs When You Join, Renew, or Reinstate JMB Website Supporters

G) Spend Less On Airfare to St. Maarten & Get Many Other Travel Benefits: Join JMB Website Supporters

H) For Much More About JMB Communications…

I) Contact Us

J). About Our “Still” Rapidly Growing & Changing St. Maarten / St. Martin Website

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All JMB Newsletters Now Read “From JMB”

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This newsletter, our timeshare newsletter, and mail from JMB Website Supporters to members (including “Low Airfare Bulletins”) now read “From JMB” in the subject area so you won’t misinterpret them as spam. Thanks to our members for suggesting this.

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Join Us for Low Fares, Hotel Discounts, Car Rental Discounts, & More (Lead Story)

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If you're St. Maarten bound, you can get low airfares, car rental discounts, hotel discounts, and more than 20 St. Maarten travel benefits by joining JMB Website Supporters. Joining is just $49 for one year BUT $57 for two (with $13 renewals when you choose our lowest-cost multi-year renewal option.

See what you're missing: http://www.jmbcommunications.com/sxm/pages/Go/paypal.shtml . We've just expanded premium St. Maarten gifts given to new members, too.

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Reinstatement Price Cut Makes Coming Back Easy:

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Former members: reinstatement prices have been cut big-time:

One-year reinstatements are only $35 (formerly $39); two-year reinstatements are $44 (formerly $54); three-year JMB Website Supporters membership subscription reinstatements are only $54 (formerly $69, our biggest reduction); and the best deal of all, five-year reinstatements are just $79 (formerly $89; our lowest rate for expired reinstatements).

Reinstate here: http://www.jmbcommunications.com/sxm/pages/support/expired.shtml .

Section I: Getting There: Airlines, Airports, Cruises, & Weather

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1. Caribbean Sun Airlines Coming Back; Caribbean Airfare Shakeup Likely

When it served a number of Caribbean routes including the lucrative one between San Juan and St. Maarten, Caribbean Sun airlines played a very significant role in ensuring that competition among carriers kept airfare prices reasonable.

Caribbean Sun airlines went out of business a while ago but it's coming back, flying 737 aircraft instead of the little puddle jumpers it used before. We expect it to resume flying between San Juan and St. Maarten, probably before the coming high season.

See details released so far at: http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2007/08/31/216426/caribbean-sun-officially-unveils-plan-for-re-launch-with-737s.html

We'll keep you posted as the root structure of Caribbean Sun airlines and their pricing become more apparent. We're already monitoring Caribbean Sun's fare structure so we can provide immediate Low Airfare Bulletins to members of JMB Website Supporters when appropriate.

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2. Is The Passport Crunch Over? Unequivocally Perhaps

There are some hints --- and only hints --- that the long-term log jam affecting passports may be loosening.

Although many post offices are still telling applicants that the wait for passports is 12 weeks (which would put issuance of passports applied for now into December), we're hearing scattered reports that some applicants are receiving their passports in as little as three or four weeks.

If you've applied for a passport recently and have already received it (or not), please let us know.

If you plan to go to St. Maarten anytime after December 1, we still recommend you use expedited service from the passport office to help ensure that your passports arrive on time. If readers tell us the passport office is getting better at service now, we'll pass that along, but our sense is that you'd be sensible to allow plenty of time for your passport to arrive. Despite the fact that many more passports can be processed now than before the staff-up, another logjam could easily develop as winter travelers rush to get last-minute passports.

We'll keep you posted.

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3. "Ingrid" Weakens, May Dissipate

Last night, as this newsletter was being readied for distribution, tropical depression Ingrid, carrying only 35 mph winds, was moving slowly westward toward the northern Leeward islands. It was expected to dissipate today, but the islands were urged to maintain vigilance as it passes nearby.

Ingrid has been passing through quite a bit of wind shear at upper levels, preventing it from intensifying and threatening its existence. Meteorologist Rob Lightbrown of Crown Weather Services has said if the system makes it through the sheer, it could re-intensify, but he wasn't expecting that to happen.

Except for Ingrid, no tropical systems are currently threatening St. Maarten or nearby islands. For the latest forecasts, satellite images, and radar loops, click Weather on the top of the home page at everythingstmaarten.com .

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4. New Airline Flights May Help "Borderline" Canadians

To get from point "A" to St. Maarten, most passengers prefer nonstops or direct flights (no change of plane) or convenient connections.

But some passengers love a bargain, even if it means inconvenient connections. Most of the time when we issue Low Airfare Bulletins to members of JMB Website Supporters, they regard exceptionally low fares on flights people actually want to take.

For Canadians, the story is a bit different. When there aren't sales, high Canadian taxes make the cost of flights high. So our Canadian members have told us that they flock to the flights that we tell them about in our Low Airfare Bulletins.

What if we told members in Eastern Canada that they may often be able to travel to St. Maarten for about USD$180 one-way, plus just a bit more in US taxes?

This week, our Canadian JMB Website Supporters members will be receiving a Low Airfare Bulletin which outlines a new method by which they can get these fares --- very often.

Canadian (and of course US) readers who don't currently have a membership subscription to JMB Website Supporters can check out membership benefits at http://www.jmbcommunications.com/sxm/pages/Go/paypal.shtml . Low airfares are only one of about 20 focused benefits JMB Website Supporters receive.

NOTE: See "How To Complain To Your Airline" In Section III

Section II: Accommodations

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5. Pelican Timeshare Owners: Time To Call Lawyers?

Somewhere around 11 years ago, tired of the antics of developer Martin Vleitman, timeshare owners at Pelican Resort "got the keys" and took over the resort through a buyout.

Since then, a number of actions by the Tenants Association Pelican Resort Club (TAPRC) have raised questions within the minds of current Pelican timeshare owners. The reason: TAPRC actions have effectively enabled Royal Resorts Group, the contractor hired to manage the resort, to instead control it, for all practical purposes, through voting authority granted by TAPRC.

Now an influential timeshare owner, Joe Costa, seems to be suggesting litigation be given a second look by timeshare owners at Pelican. That's quite significant because Costa has long opposed litigation against TAPRC.

If you're a Pelican Resort timeshare owner, or if you know any, you and they should read Costa's letter in this week's edition of our free St. Maarten Timeshare Owners E-Mail Forum. You can subscribe by clicking the subscription link atop any page at everythingstmaarten.com . You won't want to miss Joe's major article in this week's edition.

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6. Mary's Boon: Trouble in Paradise

During the many years when Mike and Karla Cleveland owned and managed Mary's Boon Beach Plantation, we never heard one single complaint about that fine boutique beachfront resort on Simpson Bay Beach. For all practical purposes, it was the island's best kept secret, an upscale beach retreat where folks could go to unwind and relax --- with great prix fixe dining.

Raul Max Brown bought the resort from the Cleveland's several weeks ago and has quickly announced a number of changes which were outlined in a letter we published a few weeks ago. Some hotel visitors to Mary's Boon are happy, but others are not happy at all. And timeshare owners appear to be unhappy about the choices they say Brown has given them which involve paying a great deal of money for the units they thought they already owned.

We thought these letters, which were also published in this week's edition of the Timesharing in St. Maarten E-mail Forum, would be of particular interest to our "Weekly News" readers since they involve all the changes at Mary's Boon:

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Letter #1 from Carroll Ann and Eugene Robinson :

Wow, wow, holy cow wow……I’ve been reading the timeshare forum for some months, and never until now have I been moved to scream in an e-mail that folks who are timeshare owners in SXM need to get real, get smart, stop drinking rum punches at sales presentations.

My husband and I owned a week at Sapphire Beach. Gave it back. (See my piece in your free newsletter—dated some time last fall (’06) and, I think, also in the timeshare forum, on how and why we did it.)

We also owned two more weeks at Mary’s Boon (MB). Also gave them back, but not before trying to sell them back to Karla (and which is a timeshare owner’s obligation as legally stated in each timeshare owner’s contract with MB). Her response: We aren’t able to buy your weeks back, but list them with Jeff (Berger, that would be you) and I’m sure he will find you a nice buyer.

Me: HUH?

Now, as it turns out, Karla wasn’t going to buy back anyone’s weeks because she and her husband were selling the place…..Hmmmmmmmmm.

Here’s why we wanted to sell our two weeks at MB in the unit right on the beach and featured on their website: The last three times before we gave it back we’d been subjected to noise under us, around us, beside us… not from guests, but from Karla and Mark’s erstwhile contractors, who were busy building, building, building more MB, and at all hours of the day. So much for a vacation in paradise. And this with sometimes no water. No electricity. And, often, no parking for our Tropical rental car.

However, this is only my SXM angst. Now let’s get to the bigger picture: has anyone bothered to read their timeshare contracts? Do those contracts set out in print the following: “Well, silly Americans, you think you are buying the use of our timeshare unit for the number of years we’ve specified, and at maintenance fees that make some sense, but, well, hmm, guess again. We will sell our timeshare operation out from under you, and then try to schmooze you into thinking we’re offering you such a deal, oh, such a deal, when we offer to let you buy the whole enchilada for (in Mary’s Boon’s case), $325,000 to $499,000, or a partial deal with 12 other lucky and stupid-with-their-money Americans, of a fractured ownership“?

Oh, and by the way, “if you don’t like our special deal, which we can’t imagine, you are out of a timeshare and have to go into a resort club deal, and insult to injury, pay more money to do it.”

Jeff, if any owner of anything, even a bicycle, tried this in the USA, where, gasp, we actually have laws that try to protect consumers, he’d find himself in court faster than he could blink. Where’s the outcry Jeff?

Where are the MB “former” timeshare owners…I write former because soon they will be, but not before they are paying more annual maintenance… How’d that happen? The Canadian purchaser of MB says he’s selling the units, but, oh gosh, “in the meantime, I want you to pay me more money for your unit” HUH? … which, unless I can’t read, might not even be there for the timeshare owner’s use.

Now to the kicker: All you folks who are thinking it might be a good deal to buy a unit at MB. Do you understand what kind of damage a hurricane can do to a place like MB, which is right on the beach … and even closer to the waves than the Oyster Pond construction? And if a hurricane scours out Simpson Bay and takes your teensy little, but oh so expensive unit down to Davey Jones’s locker, what rights do you have? Or is it okay with you to simply hand over $325,000 to $499,000 to a breezily insouciant owner, who one can imagine dismisses any and all concerns with a swipe of his hand. Think I’m exaggerating? Or have an axe to grind? Check out MB damage from the Thanksgiving hurricane of 1999.

And don’t let anyone reassure you that the new construction in the wake of the 1999 hurricane will withstand another hurricane. Storm surges are not respecters of deep pilings driven into beach sand. Stand on the beach at Simpson Bay and look out to sea. Where’s the protecting reef? The close-in other islands (which bear some of the brunt at hurricane time)? Can’t find them? That’s because they’re not there. Saba is 28 very, very rough miles from SXM; St Bart’s, ditto. Open sea, folks. Open sea, no barriers, no protection.

One more thing. The new units under the new MB offices and restaurant? They (allegedly) flood now, and without a storm surge or a hurricane. It’s called, in my own quirky tongue-in-cheek, what happens to construction below sea level without the know-how of the Dutch being brought to bear on the buildings. ---Carroll Ann Robinson and Eugene Robinson

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Letter #2 from Mary's Boon hotel visitor Rev. Patricia Kashare:

For six years, have dearly loved staying at Mary's Boon for a couple of days before my son arrives and we move to his condo. This year, have had such a run-around: we can't find a record of the room you stayed in; no discounts are being given now; if you request a specific room we can't promise you'll get it.

The rates have gone up 50%. ($150/night for a basement room.) One of the three people who sent me nonsensical responses (took 4 weeks to finally get a room) wrote that "Raul Max Brown" is the new owner. How do I get ahold of anything JMB may have written about Mary's or Brown? I'd like your opinion. I think I'm stuck with staying there on arrival 11/15, and may just want to find Brown and express my deep disappointment. I'd like your opinion on that, too. Best to you, and thanks for any info you provide, Rev. Patricia Kashare

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From Jeff: Stories related to Mary's Boon as a hotel, and other St. Maarten and St. Martin hotels, will continue to appear here as always. Stories about SXM timeshares will appear in the Timesharing in St. Maarten Email Forum. To see that publication's archives, visit http://jmbcommunications.com/cgi-bin/dada/mail.cgi?flavor=archive;list=pelican_resort . A search window at the bottom of that page lets you look for anything in every timeshare newsletter we've printed.

To see the St. Maarten Weekly News (this publication's) archives, look for the link at the beginning of this issue.

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7. Good News: Summit Offers Free High Speed Internet to Hotel Guests

Summit Resort Hotel in Cupecoy, our favorite SXM resort for years, has Ethernet connectivity in every room and this season, connecting to it will be free. Just bring an Ethernet cable along with your laptop, and an Ethernet card (most laptops have an Ethernet port) and you'll be in business.

For those who don't do cables, wireless connectivity is available on the pool deck.

Summit also offers our JMB Website Supporters members extraordinarily low rates into next month; see the current membership benefits letter on the secret site for details: http://www.jmbcommunications.com/secret/ . Your username and password are required. If you don't recall your password, visit http://www.jmbcommunications.com/sxm/pages/Supporters/index.shtml to get one. Those special rates are the same low summer rates members get at several resorts just about every year.

Section III: Island

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7a. Just $9/Day Gets You Medical Evacuation Protection from SkyMed

Sudden illnesses or accidents far from home can cost you a fortune. Most medevac insurance programs in their fine print take you to "the nearest qualified facility" and there you stay. SkyMed "takes you home" on a medevac jet to doctors and hospitals you know and trust when you become critically ill or injured when you're 100+ miles from home in the USA, Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean, the Bahamas, Bermuda, Belize, and Costa Rica.

Membership is just $9/day per person, minimum five days - - and much less for annual and family plans. Our members get a $72 annual plan discount…20% off. We never travel without this life-saving protection. More on SkyMed is below (Section V, story D.), or see www.skymed.com/jmbsxm .

Members should use the SkyMed link at www.jmbcommunications.com/secret to get the $72 discount. See story 19 if you don't recall your password.

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8. How To Complain To Your Airline About Their "No Voucher" Policy

Before we get to the gist of this, we want you to know who wrote it: Ellen Phillips.

If you look under “Ellen Phillips” on all online sites or at www.ellenscorporatecontact.com you'll see "Shocked, Appalled, and Dismayed! How to Write Letters of Complaint That Get Results," the bible for getting results. Ellen is also the author of "Fight Back and Win," which tells you how to work with business to get what you want.

Ellen's books show precisely how to get the best of shoddy shops, crooked car-dealerships, heartless HMOs, and unresponsive airlines without having to hire an attorney.

The "Miss Manners of the consumer kvetch" shows readers how to go postal, with complaint letters designed to melt the heart and sting the conscience of the most obdurate, negligent, or customer-hostile corporations.

Drawing on her experience as a pen-for-hire for irate consumers--and on the advice of clients, attorneys, and CEOs--Ellen Phillips shows readers:

- Who to write to, what to say, what to ask for

- The names and addresses of over 600 major companies

- How to draft personal petitions covering everything from tenant-landlord disputes to workman's compensation

- Suggestions on what steps to take to avoid litigation

- Consumer Smarts for automobile buyers

- How to protect yourself from fraudulent business solicitations

- Navigating the courts to ensure the well-being of your family and children

- Help in getting proper coverage from your HMO

- And--because sometimes the world is on your side--how to write the perfect thank-you note.

Delightfully readable, easy to use, and filled with the addresses of hundreds of corporate customer relations offices and state and federal agencies, "Shocked, Appalled, and Dismayed!" in our opinion is an essential resource for anyone who wants to reach out and scold somebody.

About "Fight Back and Win! How to Work With Business to Get What You Want": Fifty-five years ago, as the lightning cracked and the thunder boomed, a baby girl was born in a small Alabama town. Abruptly emerging into the reality of a harsh, cold world, her complaining screams about this rude injustice resounded throughout the corridors of the tiny hospital --- a portent of things to come.

Ellen had arrived…. If you’ve read "Shocked, Appalled, and Dismayed! How to Write Letters of Complaint That Get Results," then you’ve probably used what you learned, won your battles against companies that either manufacture or sell inferior products or that provide shoddy services. You’ve also realized that it’s your right to expect satisfaction for what you pay and nothing should be able to stand in your way.

So what types of missives and information can readers expect to find within the pages of "Fight Back and Win?" How about job performance rebuttals to eldercare, from new home building to Airline Rule 240 and most everything in between, such as:

- Netiquette and cyber shopping

- Employment, job placement agencies, evaluations

- Privacy issues, mailing lists, scams, identity theft, protection

- Medical issues, physicians, pharmacists, hospitals, HMOs, dentists

- Homes, mortgages, contractors, moving companies, timeshares

- Services, telephones, restaurants, retail

- Travel, insurance, airlines, automobiles, trains, ships & boats

- Seniors, Social Security appeals, fraud, taxes, prescriptions, assisted living/outside assistance

- Corporate etiquette, customer service, employee relations

- Letter templates with almost 200 names and addresses of federal, state, and local consumer protection agencies.

Purchaser satisfaction, product quality, an improved economy, and a national fiscal and emotional well-being are all achieved through personal know-how. Amusingly written, "Fight Back and Win!" proves that business and consumer can work hand-in-hand so that, indeed, this real partnership benefits shoppers everywhere.

Buy them at:

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_gw/002-3584726-3671209?initialSearch=1&url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Ellen+Phillips&Go.x=11&Go.y=9

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OK, end of pitch, now here's what Ellen has written just for you.

Synopsis of the problem: US Airways, AA, and Continental have stopped issuing future travel vouchers to people who discover that the fares they paid for flights have dropped. Before, if you found that fares on your itinerary had dropped, you called the airline and they issued vouchers good for discounts on future travel in the amount of the price difference --- but not now. It is a terribly anti-consumer policy which punishes people sensible enough to make reservations early, and it will cost a lot of $ for a lot of people who can't be flexible in their flight arrangements.

Here's how to complain. The place to which you complain is listed after the complaint letters:

[Your street address]

[Your city, state, zip code]

[Today’s date]

[Inside address – see airline corporate information below]

Dear Mr. _____:

As a [long standing/frequent/faithful/other adjective] customer of [American/Continental/US Airways], I am terribly [upset/appalled/frustrated/horrified/other strong adjective] with, in my opinion, your company’s unprofessional and insulting treatment of its passengers. [Be especially careful about couching opinion as opinion rather than fact.] I particularly wish to call your attention to the airline’s new policy of refusing to offer a travel voucher when ticket prices to St. Maarten drop after their initial purchase.

Quite frankly, [American/Continental/US Airways] already treats the flying public as second-class citizens. For example, it was not too long ago when a flight of several hours duration would provide at least a decent snack; today’s reality is a meager “free” bag of pretzels and a small cup of soda with the purchase of a $400-plus ticket. Or what about when one schedules a wheelchair far in advance, makes sure of its provision upon check-in and, again, during the flight, only to discover upon arrival that no assistance is provided at all. A situation such as this one is not only inconvenient but also very dangerous, especially when that handicapped person generally has only minutes to catch his next flight. [Use any incident as an example of what has occurred with you or with someone you know.]

Finally, to add insult to injury, you show us this very last disservice with your current policy of “Let them eat cake” doctrine a la Marie Antoinette with regards to the denied voucher. [Or use any other appropriate quotation.]

I and many others who vacation in St. Maarten/St. Martin (or elsewhere, for that matter) are delighted that additional airlines take a dim view of your rule. While I cannot make claims for other consumers, I can state that – regardless of any extra aggravation – I will try my best in the future to fly with a more customer-friendly airline. Please notify me when you restore your former procedure, and I will be glad to spend my money with you once again.

Sincerely,

[Your name]

Corporate Information for Inside Address and Envelope

Gerald J. Arpey, Chairman, President/CEO

American Airlines

P.O. Box 619616

DFW Airport, TX 75261

Larry Kellner, Chairman/CEO

(and/or separately)

Jeff Smisek, President

Continental Inc.

P.O. Box 4607

Houston, TX 77210

Douglas Parker, Chairman/CEO

(and/or separately)

Scott Kirby, President

US Airways

111 West Rio Salado Parkway

Tempe, AZ 85281

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Our thanks to Ellen Phillips, a long-time subscriber and member, for writing this exclusively for our readers. Her books are well worth your attention.

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9. New Rules for "Thanks Two Million" Level the Playing Field

Please click the link on our home page to see the updated rules for "Thanks Two Million." We have no objection to anyone sending in a few dozen entries, as thousands of you have done, but we can't allow anyone to try to create an uneven playing field by sending in mail tubs filled with entries. It's not fair to others and the rules reflect that.

Do enter: you have as good a chance as anyone to win four one-week St. Maarten and St. Martin vacations, dozens of gourmet dinners, jewelry, and much more. Click the "Thanks Two Million" link at www.everythingstmarten.com for more.

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10. Dinner for Two at Turtle Pier is Newest "Thanks Two Million" Prize

The prize list grew again last week with the addition of a dinner for two at Turtle Pier, long one of our favorite island spots for breakfast, lunch, and dinner -- and a top pick of travel books for its famous Lobster Night on Wednesdays. Click the "Thanks Two Million" link at www.everythingstmarten.com for more info and a link to Turtle Pier's website.

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11. Woman Robbed Near Sunterra Flamingo Resort

Joan Allocca writes: "Just thought you might want to send this to your readers. We have been going to St Martin for 20 years only had one time that trouble happened. Once a runaway truck hit our car and we spent 4 hours at the police station trying to make the officer understand what happened. (Not a big deal)

"But this year at Sunterra Flamingo Beach I was coming from the Casino after midnight and just as I rounded the corner along the beach someone grabbed me and pushed me to the ground, breaking my shoulder and taking my bag. I have had surgery and extensive therapy but I will never be the same again.

"Of course Sunterra Flamingo will not take care of my bills as I was in too much pain and scared to go to the police but went to the hospital and they told me that I would need surgery, asap.

"As a result, I made it home and had a shoulder replacement within a few days. Flamingo says because I did not go to the police, that they would not take care of my bills.

"Just a reminder, even though you might not want to report something that happens to you, do it anyway because it could turn out to be a nightmare."

Jeff comments: There was another robbery last year in Pelican, again very late at night. Pelican and Flamingo have separate ownership but are in the same complex.

Looks like Flamingo, at least, needs better security. We've heard that Pelican beefed up its own security last year after the robbery there. We've heard of no further incidents at Pelican.

No one was hurt in either incident.

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12. New Features Debuting This Fall Need Your Input

For many months, we've featured a "Restaurant or Bar of the Week" here. That feature is being replaced by two new ones:

First, JMB Website Supporters members can email Susan at our office with info about their favorite restaurant. Use the email subject "My Favorite Restaurant". Tell us the restaurant name, where it is (please be as specific as you can), why you like the restaurant, and your favorite menu items. We hope to print one of these per week, so send yours today. (Members only.)

Second, later this fall we'll bring you "Island Favorites" -- our own selection of top island restaurants. We'll start that feature later this year and run it through high season.

Here are the bars and restaurants we featured during the last several months:

a) La Gondola Restaurant in Cupecoy, http://www.lagondola-sxm.com ;

b) Daniel’s By The Sea, http://www.dawnbeachsxm.com , the evening rendition of Mr. Busby’s Beach Bar;

c) Kissing Fish Bar at Summit Resort Hotel, Cupecoy, Dutch Side;

d) the Cliffhanger Bar on Cupecoy near Cupecoy Beach Club;

e) Sputters Miniature Golf, Simpson Bay

f) Baywatch on Orient Beach, near Pedro’s just north of Club Orient;

g) L’Alabama in Grand Case, http://www.lalabama.com ;

h) Ric’s Place, www.ricsplace-sxm.com

i) La California Restaurant, Grand Case

j) La Rosa Restaurant, Maho Plaza

k) Turtle Pier Restaurant

l) Mario’s Bistro, Sandy Ground

m) The Perch, Club Orient, Orient Beach

n) Trattoria Pizza Pasta

o) Spiga (www.spiga-sxm.com)

p) Taloula Mango’s (www.taloulamangos.com)

q) Valentino’s in Simpson Bay

r) Daniel’s By The Sea (reprise)

s) Jimbo’s Mesquite Grill, Simpson Bay

t) Papagayo Restaurant, Club Orient

u) Sunset Café

v) Le Montmartre (www.lemontmartre.com)

w) Peg Leg Pub (www.peglegpub.com)

x) Bajatzu, Maho Plaza

y) Where’s Ivan?

z) Pineapple Pete’s

aa) La Sucriere

bb) Stone, Simpson Bay

cc) White Swan, Simpson Bay

dd) Lal's Indian Cuisine

ee) Sugar Cane Café

ff) Boo Boo Jam's

gg) Khush

hh) Moulin Fou

Also later this fall we'll be publishing revues of villas. We've been to quite a few of them and want to fill you in on the what, where, how, etc. They really are a great way to enjoy a vacation in paradise.

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13. “Thanks Two Million” Prize Rundown #38: Manicure or Pedicure from Hairlusions

Marie Antoinette not only is hairdresser to Netherlands Queen Beatrix when she visits SXM, she also has been summoned worldwide to dress the Queen's hair for various special occasions.

When (if) you win the First Grand Prize in "Thanks Two Million," you'll not only receive four weeks of St. Maarten vacations, but you'll also receive a manicure or pedicure from Marie Antoinette's own Hairlusions on Airport Road by the Lagoon or at the new Airport Terminal.

We're now around 1,910,000 visits moving closer every day to two million. You can enter on our home page: www.everythingstmaarten.com .

See the next article for something else our First Grand Prize winner will receive.

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14. “Thanks Two Million” Prize Rundown #39: Handmade Wooden Bowl by Taylor Ledden

Taylor is an incredible craftsman who makes wooden bowls, pepper mills, pens, and many other items out of exquisite wood. His works are beautiful. You can see his website at http://www.turningsbyledden.ca/ His pieces are exquisite additions to any home.

The top winner in "Thanks Two Million" gets a hand-crafted wooden bowl by Taylor as one of dozens of prizes.

We'll tell you about all the rest of our "Thanks Two Million" prizes in our next issue. See all the prizes and enter today at http://www.jmbcommunications.com/sxm/nine.html .

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15. Site Feature of the Week: SXM Shopping

Here we tell you about some of our favorite island shops for souvenirs, fine jewelry, those popular flowered "Blooming Baskets" handbags, and more.

This section is scheduled for big changes this winter but the places featured now will be among the many new listings to come. Take a look:

http://www.jmbcommunications.com/sxm/pages/Here/sxmshop.shtml

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16. In A Down Condo Sales Market, Rent Your SXM Timeshare for Free

Sales of timeshare condominiums and full-ownership condominiums in St. Maarten by all reports have crashed, in line with real estate sales in the US. Rentals, however, are quite brisk, some of them going in a matter of days.

If you want to sell or rent out your unit and aren't getting any nibbles, remember you can advertise to rent or sell your SXM timeshare on everythingstmaarten.com, free. The only requirement is that you must be a JMB Website Supporters member. In fact, members can advertise up to 10 SXM weeks for sale or rent in any 12-month period. There are no commissions and no other charges.

See current ads at http://www.jmbcommunications.com/sxm/pages/Go/condorentals.shtml . Info on membership is at http://www.jmbcommunications.com/sxm/pages/Go/paypal.shtml . You can join for $49 for one year, $57 for two, with $13 annual renewals when you select our lowest-cost multiyear renewal option.

Notes from some users:

Howie:

"Thanks so much for listing my ads so quickly. I have had a tremendous response from them already. In fact, I wanted to let you know that I have already rented weeks 12, 13 and 14 (but I still have not rented week 15) so that you can update my listing on your site. I appreciate your help."

Ray:

"Please mark my week 14 time, 2008 time share as rented. Fast! My fifth year of renting the unit through you. Thanks!"

Rita:

"The week for Ocean Club week five and partial week six are now rented, so you may post them as that in the JMB Newsletter and/or take them out. Thanks again for your help and JMB is a great success for me renting out my units."

John:

"Please cancel my Oyster Bay Beach Resort rental ad timeshare week #8 Feb 23 to Mar 1,

It was rented the first day."

Henry tried to sell his, then took another course:

"Please delete both my rental and for sale ad for weeks 23 and 24 at Flamingo. After trying to sell the units for a few years I finally donated them to the local Hospice organization. They tell me they are glad to take any timeshare off anybody's hands. They take possession of the units then auction them off starting at the maintenance fees. Thanks for your help."

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17. “Sponsors” Sought For “Everything St. Maarten” Website

We’re seeking St. Maarten Newsletter & Website sponsors. For $200 for 12 months, we’ll publish a text ad every week in Weekly News and publish a (jpg) ad for Sponsors on a new Sponsors page on our popular everythingstmaarten.com website, and on another appropriate page on our site. All ads will include a link back to the Sponsor’s website.

We’re doing this in part to help keep St. Maarten & St. Martin Weekly News free and in part to keep renewal fees paid by JMB Website Supporters (now as little as $13/year) from rising.

If you own a business that caters to SXM travelers --- either in St. Maarten / St. Martin, in the States, in Canada, or anywhere --- please email Susan at JMB Communications (nospamsusan@jmbcommunications.com), deleting “nospam” before you mail, with the subject “Sponsorship” and we’ll take it from there.

…..More stories are below, please read on….

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Please Patronize our Newsletter & Website Sponsors:

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Emergency Medical Evacuation Protection:

SkyMed "Takes You Home" if you become critically ill or injured while traveling more than 100 miles from home in the USA, Canada, Mexico, Bermuda, the Bahamas, the Caribbean, plus Belize and Cozumel. Learn more at www.skymed.com/jmb . Highest recommendation by JMB.

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Travel Arrangements & Accommodations:

For The Best Prices On Individual and Group Tours to St. Maarten & St. Martin, as well as stays at B&Bs, condos, hotels, and villas, visit our sponsor: Sandy Molloy at SXM Travel Specialists --- http://www.stmartin-stmaartentravelspecialists.com 704-567-6661

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“Villas in Paradise” is your one-stop source for great St. Maarten Villa Accommodations.

See many choices at www.villasinparadise.com or call Marilyn Pulito directly at 508-533-1388. “Villas in Paradise” is Our Sponsor.

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"Emerald Cove Villas" provides a one-of-a-kind vacation experience in Oyster Pond. See their website at www.emeraldcovevillas.com. Learn why "Emerald Cove" is the name. Emerald Cove Villas is Our Sponsor.

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Summit Resort Hotel has long been Jeff Berger's favorite St. Maarten resort hotel. See why for yourself: check out www.thesummitresort.com. He Summit Resort is a JMB Sponsor.

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Shopping:

Radiant Gems at 85 Front Street, Philipsburg, brings you jewelry "as beautiful as your love." Try them on your next visit or see their site at www.radiant-gems.com.

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Section IV: For Members Only

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18. Members: Why You Need To Check Airfares Daily

Always check our home page "lighthouses" to see when new low airfares have been posted, then click the link at the very top of the page at www.everythingstmaarten.com to see the fares on the secret site. Fares change often. Since most airlines have discontinued voucher-based credits when fares decline, it's critical that you get the lowest fares early: it's best to start looking 350 days ahead of flight time.

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19. Members: Airfare Grid Shows Fares With Taxes; Password Recovery Info

For those who have not yet noticed . . . the fares shown on the Airfare Grid on the secret site now include taxes and fees, so you get a precise picture of what you'll pay when you buy the low fares we tell you about. Airlines usually advertise fares without taxes and fees . . . making them look lower. In the last few weeks, we've developed the ability to include taxes and fees, so what you see is what you get.

Members, please print this and save it:

If ever you need to recover a username or password, change your email address in our JMB Website Supporters member database, access the members-only message board, place an ad on our SXM condominiums for rent or sale page, or have any other membership-related question, please click the "Attention JMB Website Supporters" link at the very top of www.everythingstmaarten.com and that page will make it happen. Everything is there including our automated system for replacing forgotten passwords.

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20. About Your Membership Benefits: How To Submit Rentals or Sales to Our SXM Condos for Rent or Sale Page

Go to the home page of the Secret Site, www.jmbcommunications.com/secret (if you forgot your password, see previous story). In the navigation bar on the left side of the home page, you will see "Member Benefits Center" and under that, "Our Current Benefits List / Welcome Letter." That list/letter, recently revised, describes all twenty current membership benefits. You should read it thoroughly and check it again whenever we tell you about improvements, which are constant.

Many of you this time of year ask how to submit weeks for rent or sale. That's benefit #14 at http://www.jmbcommunications.com/secret/welcome.html . You can now place up to 10 ads for SXM timeshare condos for rent or sale within any 12-month period. Please look at the web for instructions on format and how to submit. Ads are free for members and there's no commission. Member-owned properties only, 125-word limit.

Section V: Important Background Information for Travelers

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A) Low-Priced Timeshare Condos For Rent or Sale By Owners

You can get great rates for timeshare condo accommodations by renting directly from the owners. To see our complete listings of timeshare units for sale or rent in St. Maarten / St. Maarten and elsewhere, visit http://www.jmbcommunications.com/sxm/pages/Go/condorentals.shtml . Ads are updated weekly and are posted by category and chronologically.

Members of JMB Website Supporters can post free timeshare rental / sale ads; see the directions in the members’ “welcome letter” on the secret site, http://www.jmbcommunications.com/secret . Many members use this page to rent out or sell multiple weeks every year and tell us it works like clockwork every year. We have already posted many 2008 ads.

We’ve also just upped the limit, so full JMB Website Supporters members can now post as many as 10 ads for SXM timeshare rentals/sales in any 12-month period. (That revision should be reflected in our Welcome Letter some time this week.)

Please heed the warnings at the top of the condorentals page . . . they are for your protection.

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B) “Everything St Maarten / St. Martin” Website Online Booking Info Guide

JMB Website Supporters members have access to timeshare weeks and hotel stays at top resorts for far, far less than normal rack rates (until recently it was just $449 per room, per week, not per person). See the secret site for details.

Hotel / Villa Reservations (for everyone):

Book online on both sides of the island at

http://www.jmbcommunications.com/sxm/pages/Go/index.shtml . Also see http://www.jmbcommunications.com/sxm/pages/Go/condorentals.shtml and http://www.jmbcommunications.com/sxm/pages/Go/places.shtml (which will shortly be updated to include Villa Bleu, http://www.villableudemer.com/ , the breathtaking new villa on Guana Bay). One top choice for a luxurious but reasonably priced condo on the beach: http://www.vacationsinparadise.info.

Global Discount Hotel / Car / Air reservations --

We use the same computer systems as Travelocity and Expedia. See http://www.jmbcommunications.com/sxm/pages/Go/index.shtml for reservations anywhere worldwide.

Car Rentals:

Tropical-Tropicana Car Rental’s site, www.tropical-tropicana.com , includes online reservations. Great service, competitive rates; many Jeep-type vehicles (Suzuki ragtops), 8-passenger vans, plus Nissan Platina, Toyota Corolla, and Toyota Yaris cars, and car seats for younger kids. See the fleet at www.tropical-tropicana.com . Dozens of new cars added Fall, 2006. JMB Website Supporters members are entitled to a $15 discount off standard non-discounted weekly rental rates; see the secret members site for details and for the code word you’ll need to get this discount, http://www.jmbcommunications.com/secret . If you do not recall your password, click the special link atop all pages at www.everythingstmaarten.com to recover it.

On-Island Activities:

We hook you up with St. Martin Activities, an island-based company, to bring you discounts on a wide range of island activities, from excursions to neighboring islands to kayaking to scuba, snorkeling, motorcycle rentals, boat rentals, sunset cruises, Pub Crawls, and much more. You can research and select activities before you go, make a small deposit, and get a reservation by email, eliminating the need to waste time with some activities person on the island --- but even better, the prices are less than you’ll pay in SXM. To get there just click this link: http://jmb.caribbean-activities.com/ . Don’t forget the “jmb” - - otherwise you’re not on our site.

Low Airfares:

To save hundreds of dollars on airfares and get much more of value concerning SXM, join JMB Website Supporters. We send members Low Airfare Bulletins plus give them over two dozen sources of low airfares - - including contact information for airfare wholesalers. See http://www.jmbcommunications.com/sxm/pages/Go/paypal.shtml to learn more.

Restaurants:

Detailed descriptions of many restaurants are at http://www.jmbcommunications.com/sxm/pages/Here/sxmdine.shtml . The page includes many SXM restaurant websites. Frequently updated.

Emergency Medical Evacuation Insurance:

In case of critical illness or injury while traveling 100+ air miles from home, emergency medical evacuation can cost you upwards of $30,000. “SkyMed” takes you home from the US, Canada, Mexico, Bermuda, the Bahamas, Belize, Costa Rica, or the Caribbean. See www.skymed.com/jmbsxm . Cost: Just $9/day per person, minimum five days - - and much less for annual and family plans. Members get a $72 annual plan discount…20% off. We never travel without this life-saving protection. More on SkyMed is below, or see www.skymed.com/jmbsxm .

Bookmark our SXM site and visit us often. Our URL: www.everythingstmaarten.com .

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C) Useful St. Maarten / St. Martin Websites (Updated 9/2007)

Le Montmartre, Cupecoy www.lemontmartre.com

Villa Bleu, Guana Bay www.villableudemer.com

La Gondola Ristorante, Cupecoy www.lagondola-sxm.com

Mr. Busby’s Beach Bar / Daniel’s By The Sea /

Penthouse Paradise Beach Vacation Condo www.dawnbeachsxm.com

Vacations in Paradise beach villa SXM www.vacationsinparadise.info

Beach Weddings & Vow Renewals www.stmaarten-beachweddings.com

Spiga Restaurant SXM www.spiga-sxm.com

Peg Leg Pub & Steakhouse SXM www.peglegpub.com

Taloula Mango’s Caribbean Café SXM www.taloulamangos.com

Ric’s Place Restaurant SXM www.ricsplace-sxm.com

Tropical Car Rental SXM www.tropical-tropicana.com

Blooming Baskets by Lisa (handbags) SXM www.bloomingbasketsbylisa.com

We do websites for businesses. If your business website isn’t working - - or if you’re looking to build your first one - - Massachusetts-based JMB can help, and we’re reasonable. See http://www.websitesthatwork.info for more. Or, email us at jmbweb@jmbcommunications.com or call 508-830-3456 (Massachusetts) to learn more. See also our main site, http://www.jmbcommunications.com.

A few more JMB-created Website examples:

JMB Communications www.jmbcommunications.com

Websites That Work (our own site) www.websitesthatwork.info

Federal Hill House www.federalhillhouse.org

Steadfast Fence www.steadfastfence.com

Commodore Coatings www.commodorecoatings.com

Ran Zan Japanese Restaurant (RI) www.ranzan.net

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D) SkyMed Emergency Medical Evacuation: Important No Matter Where You’re Going

You never know when or where you could become critically ill or injured . . . that is why we recommend SkyMed, which “takes you home” to your choice of hospital by emergency medevac jet if you become critically ill or injured more than 100 miles from home anywhere in the USA, Canada, Mexico, the Bahamas, Bermuda, throughout the Caribbean, and now on Belize and Costa Rica. We buy their inexpensive annual plan so we’re never without protection. Other “competitor” plans bring you to the nearest qualified facility which could be thousands of miles from where you live.

If you're a JMB Website Supporters member, you receive a significant discount ($72) from SkyMed International off their membership emergency medical evacuation protection. What’s it cost? Annual SkyMed memberships give you one full year of protection at a cost that is very close to what you’d pay for a week or two. Look:

NON-members pay the annual fee of $360 for family memberships, $180 for individual memberships, and an additional one-time $60 application fee.

But JMB Website Supporters members pay an annual fee of just $288 for a family SkyMed membership (a $72 savings), or just $144 for an individual membership ($36 off). New members also pay an additional one-time $60 application fee. (We always get the annual family membership.)

Bottom line: one year of family protection for $288, a $72 savings for members only. That protects you against a bill of $30,000 payable in advance should you need emergency medical evacuation while on your next SXM vacation. We've used their annual plan for years. Sign up today at the SkyMed signup center on the home page of the secret site. To get there, click the link at the top of any page at www.everythingstmaarten.com. Again, the $72 discount is for JMB Website Supporters members only (the discount is huge).

What about upgrades?

If you already bought a SkyMed plan covering just a week or two, call SkyMed today at 1-800-475-9633 to learn about upgrading to an annual family membership for just a few dollars more. Tell them you read about it in Jeff Berger's newsletter.

Nonmembers, see the top of the www.everythingstmaarten.com home page for more info on joining JMB Website Supporters. Former members can reinstate through the link under the hit counter near the top of that page, too. Get SkyMed at www.skymed.com/jmbsxm .

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E) How To Be Sure You Receive Each Issue Of This Newsletter

To avoid difficulty receiving our newsletters, whitelist “jeff1620@jmbcommunications.com” by placing that address in your Outlook, Outlook Express, or other PC address book. If your mail program allows you to otherwise “white-list” addresses to ensure that mail gets through, please do that as well. Also check your spam folder, since a few overzealous spam prevention programs may put our newsletters there.

You can always see recent issues in our archives. Just go to the Archive Index at http://jmbcommunications.com/cgi-bin/dada/mail.cgi?flavor=archive;list=testlist . The archives are searchable; the search window is near the bottom of that page. We periodically delete our oldest issues, but the archives usually display issues for at least two years.

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F) Free SXM Souvenirs When You Join, Renew, or Reinstate JMB Website Supporters

We’re now giving you great gifts when you join JMB Website Supporters for five years.

One year of membership is $49 (two is $57) and renewals are only $13/year when you select our lowest-cost multi-year renewal option.

Sign up today at http://www.jmbcommunications.com/sxm/pages/Go/paypal.shtml

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Former members… reinstate today at http://www.jmbcommunications.com/sxm/pages/support/expired.shtml .

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Current members… get free oversize fluorescent green SXM luggage tags or other bonuses when you renew. See http://www.jmbcommunications.com/secret/renewals.html

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G) Spend Less On Airfare to St. Maarten & Get Many Other Travel Benefits: Join JMB Website Supporters

We work virtually around the clock seven days a week (24/7/365) to find the lowest available fares from about 100 cities all over the U.S. ., plus Canada and Europe to SXM and send you “Low Airfare Bulletins” telling you about them. Could you find these fares yourself? Conceivably --- if you have hours to spend every day and know everywhere to look. We do that for you, and JMB Website Supporters membership offers lots of other benefits as well.

Learn more at http://www.jmbcommunications.com/sxm/pages/Go/paypal.shtml

When you join online, you have access to everything in about 48 to 72 hours (weekdays). If you’re in a hurry, you can join by phone or fax and get set up within roughly 24 hours on weekdays.

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H) For Much More About JMB Communications:

If you own a business or are responsible for sales or marketing, think about us. JMB Communications provides public relations, marketing communications, and website creation services to businesses of all sizes worldwide. Please visit our website at www.jmbcommunications.com or our new website development site, www.websitesthatwork.info.

We would love to help your business. Phone JMB Communications today at (508) 830-3456 for questions about any of our capabilities.

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I) Contact Us

JMB Website Supporters members wishing to contact us should visit the secret site, http://www.jmbcommunications.com/secret , for JMB Website Supporters contact emails. You can not reach us at any addresses other than those shown on the secret site. If you have misplaced your password, you can get a new one at http://www.jmbcommunications.com/sxm/pages/Supporters/index.shtml assuming your membership is in good standing. (A link to this is at the top of every page on everythingstmaarten.com.)

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J) About Our “Still” Rapidly Growing & Changing St. Maarten / St. Martin Website

Ever since our SXM website started as just another short writing sample on our fledgling JMB Communications website in 1995, we have recommended only places with which we’re thoroughly familiar and which we genuinely enjoy. If our recommendations enable you to have a better vacation, please help us and yourself by joining JMB Website Supporters. You can save hundreds of dollars on airfares and enjoy more than a dozen and a half other members-only benefits. Our URL: http://www.everythingstmaarten.com Learn more at http://www.jmbcommunications.com/sxm/pages/Go/paypal.shtml .

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**when you select our lowest-cost multiyear renewal option

***All new memberships require a one-time-only additional $20 enrollment fee.

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