We began our vacation at 2:30 AM. We got ready and drove to the airport for our 6 am flight. We had booked this trip on American using FF miles back in May 2008...and the flights had changed several times. We were now scheduled to spend the night in San Juan PR because American had cut out all but one flight a day from SJ to SXM and we arrived too late to catch it. As luck would have it...we had lots of Marriot points to book the Courtyard by Marriot Ilsa Verde for the night for FREE! All flights went smoothly and we arrived at this beautiful hotel about 2 pm. We checked out the room...changed into swimwear and headed to the beach....and a beautiful beach it was. We got a pina colada and began to RELAX! That evening we had dinner on the beach at the hotel restaurant Sirenas...it was pricey but FABULOUS!!! Steve had red snapper with picante sauce and I had beef.