Thanks. I didn't like the long RJ flight, but the connections with AE from LAX never seemed to work, schedule-wise, with late afternoon JFK departures. DL didn't sell them. And looking at schedules on random days, there is no code-share LAX-SBA in the early evening, just in the am hours. At least there's a SBA-LAX-JFK codeshare in the am. Only way to buy a ticket for the times I use would be Expedia and the like.