@29palms- Well, that is what the non-rev game is all about. Sorry you feel that way, you have your reasons for travel and I have mine.

Anyways, I actually completed this trip several times over the summer (and not once stayed more than a day). Passengers must exit the sterile area and re-check in at the ticket counter. Once that is finished, everyone will need to fill out a customs card received at the counter (1 per household of course) and pass through the customs inpsection. However, since it is a U.S. territory, only those U.S. citizens who have come from other islands will need to present a valid passport. All others may present thier state issued I.D./Drivers License. Once I was pulled aside because the Customs Officer thought my travels were suspicious. I tried to state my case & offered company I.D., but she wasn't very open to hearing what I had to say. I ended up missing the first flight back but didn't feel so bad when I found out I would have been seated in Y & the later flight I boarded I was seated in F. Had a very nice dinner Also, St. Thomas is one of only a handful of places outside of Brasil that I have found to sell cachaça.