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At an investor conference this week, United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby was asked whether United might buy another airline? “JetBlue is the obvious candidate” and don’t ask me, go ask JetBlue!
JetBlue has made no secret of its plans to find suitable partners, and during its third quarter earnings call St. George said “it certainly could be with American” again.
Then during January’s earning’s call, they confirmed they were in talks for a partnership in line with the anti-trust ruling. Now their CEO is speaking out about the benefits.
It’s a long shot for the Court to take the case, but if they do American stands a good chance. And the fact remains that American, as a competitor in New York, considers itself ‘too big to quit, too small to win’ while JetBlue is desperately seeking partners (including domestic ones). Lifting restrictions on these could be great for customers.
You can transfer 1,000 Capital One points into 5,600 JetBlue TrueBlue points right now. And since JetBlue points are worth about 1.3 cents apiece, that means getting 7.3 cents per Capital One point in value which is almost unheard of.
On February 15, as she boarded a flight to Punta Cana, she dipped her fingers into a bottle of holy water, drawing the sign of the cross on the aircraft’s exterior near the door, and praying, “In Jesus’ name we pray…Amen!”
JetBlue flight 33 to Paris was delayed an hour and a half to find a replacement pilot last night, because police officers boarded the aircraft and removed one of the cockpit crew on an outstanding warrant for second-degree sex exploitation of a minor.
Capital One has added JetBlue TrueBlue as a miles transfer partner. JetBlue had been a partner up until October 24, 2021.
Southwest Airlines and JetBlue rumors have been swirling all weekend. It’s not clear exactly what is going on, but some expect that there will be an announcement on Monday with markets closed for Presidents Day. Another rumor – without a JetBlue component – is that Southwest could be announcing a 10% layoff.
Airlines used to treat award travel customers better than customers on paid tickets. After all, passengers traveling on points had shown a lot of loyalty to get there. It was their reward, and the trip was something to be celebrated!
That’s not really true anymore, but until now only Delta has been willing to say so explicitly.
Trips between New York and Boston aren’t what they used to be, and JetBlue isn’t as strong in the corporate market in New York or as strong in D.C. as Delta. It doesn’t surprise me that this is outside of their current strategy, but it’s still a shocking route to lose, though one they probably wouldn’t want to operate with an aircraft larger their Embraer E190s.
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 »
