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JetBlue and Barclays just made the $499 JetBlue Premier Card materially better, adding a companion pass, a 15% rebate on award redemptions, new travel credits, and a 25-tile head start toward status — without raising the annual fee.
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.
JetBlue is once again the first U.S. airline to raise checked bag fees, but the bigger story is what that usually signals for everyone else: once one carrier moves, others often follow. But why airlines prefer checked bag fees over fare hikes is sneaky.
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.
JetBlue is reportedly exploring a sale to another airline, with advisors evaluating how deals with United, Southwest or Alaska might fare in Washington. Any buyer would face antitrust scrutiny, but the fact that JetBlue is actively gaming out a sale shows how high the stakes have become for the airline’s turnaround.
A JetBlue passenger says flight attendants on a Paris – New York flight gave her dry ice to treat swelling in her leg, and that the extreme cold burned her skin badly enough to trigger a lawsuit.This is exactly the kind of onboard accident the Montreal Convention is designed to cover.
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.
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.
A JetBlue flight from West Palm Beach to Westchester returned to the gate Sunday night after a passenger rushed to the front of the aircraft just before takeoff, prompting a security response. Passengers say the man tried to get through the front door area and bit a flight attendant during the restraint.
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.
Gary Leff is one of the foremost experts in the field of miles, points, and frequent business travel -- a topic he has covered since 2002.
Co-founder of frequent flyer community InsideFlyer.com, emcee of the Freddie Awards, and named one of the "World's Top Travel Experts" by Conde' Nast Traveler (2010-Present) Gary has been a guest on most major news media, profiled in several top print publications, and published broadly on the topic of consumer loyalty. More About Gary »
