I didn't want to include this in the trip report category because I thought that I might get answers from someone out there who might fly into FLL regularly. On Monday 4/11, I flew on flight #3 on B6 from JFK to FLL. About 30 minutes NE of FLL, the aircraft began it's descent which was normal. But it was during the descent that the aircraft made a series of right and left turns. I counted a total of four left turns and four right turns. The right turns pointed the aircraft to the west while the left turns pointed the aircraft due south. These turns were then followed by the typical right turn to the west to bring the aircraft over the city to the eastern portions of the Everglades before turning around to head east into R9L in FLL. Typically, flights simply turn once to head west when coming into FLL, MIA or PBI, but I have never been on an aircraft that made that many turns before landing, which brings me to this.... was this a holding pattern? I have been in holding patterns before at FLL and MIA and most of them have always occurred over the Everglades, and never over the Atlantic. There was no bad weather at FLL, but traffic might have been a bit heavy. Needless to say, the flight arrived 5 minutes early. Anyone know if this is a common flight pattern into FLL?