With the exception of special sales, it seems all the airlines are off the wall with pricing right now. We were trying to book for Easter weekend travel to SXM from JFK and their one way fare on the only nonstop is still showing a price of over $800.00 for a Saturday n/s flight.
But the good news is, I received a notice this morning that JB is running a sale for dates through early November so perhaps you can cash in on that for your friend?
You'd think with the lowered prices across the board of fuel and the increased revenues from seats and baggage fees, etc., you might be able to catch a decent fare but I think there's this thing called greed...........and the airlines are cashing in on it as much as they can get away with.