JB charges a pretty good premium to go Direct/NonStop. Was just looking at a flight to the Caribbean where JB is the only Non Stop. For similar dept times the JB flight was $900, a UAL through IAD was $365 and only added 2 hours to a sub 5 hour direct flight. Lots of other options below $500 too. That might explain the reason for so many connections....on the other hand JB is finding people to pay those fairs and making some good money. No need for JB to flood the market and kill yield when you are getting such a good premium. BTW the MInt fare was a little over $2K on that flight.