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Passenger Ate A Dozen Bananas At LAX Check-In — To Beat An Overweight Bag Fee

Apr 02 2026

One passenger at LAX check-in was so determined to avoid an overweight bag fee that he stood there and ate a dozen bananas out of his own luggage to get the suitcase under the limit. The stunt is ridiculous, but it also captures something real about modern air travel: checked bag fees are now so aggressive — and overweight penalties so steep — that travelers will reshuffle, rewear, and apparently even binge-eat their way out of paying them.

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JetBlue Flagged A Mint Passenger For Solo Sexual Conduct — Then Made Sure To Mention His Elite Status

Mar 28 2026

A JetBlue redeye passenger in the Mint cabin was reported for solo sexual conduct, and the crew’s message included one detail that made the whole thing even stranger. Along with the warning and request for police or security on arrival, JetBlue’s internal note made sure to mention that the passenger was Mosaic 4 — the airline’s top published elite status tier.

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JetBlue Pilots Sue To Stop The United Partnership — Claiming It Violates Their Contract

Mar 21 2026

JetBlue pilots are suing over the airline’s United partnership, arguing that Blue Sky goes far beyond a normal interline deal and crosses into territory their contract was designed to block. The fight could become a serious threat to one of JetBlue’s most important commercial bets, because if the union wins the right to fully arbitrate its grievance, the airline may be forced to redesign parts of the partnership or pay up to keep it alive.

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Where Does Federal Law End On An Airline Trip And State Law Begin? JetBlue Just Lost An Important Test

Mar 18 2026

JetBlue just lost an early fight in a case testing where federal aviation law ends and state negligence law begins. A judge let a passenger’s claims move forward after she said she was injured while getting off a flight, keeping alive the argument that once a plane reaches the gate and deplaning begins, airlines may no longer be protected by an exclusively federal standard.

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JetBlue CEO Says LaGuardia Is Too Expensive to Fly From — We Built the Empire State Building in 410 Days But New Gates Take a Decade

Mar 06 2026

JetBlue’s CEO says New York LaGuardia is now simply too expensive to operate from after the airport’s stunning rebuild—an admission that should worry anyone who cares about cheap fares and real competition. The problem isn’t that airports are getting nicer; it’s that America builds infrastructure slowly and at enormous cost, then forces airlines to absorb it through higher per-passenger fees that low fare carriers can’t make work.

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