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Free Checked Bags Come to an End on JetBlue
Airways News ^ | July 1, 2015 | Roberto Leiro

Posted on 07/03/2015 6:03:03 AM PDT by ConservativeStatement

No More Free Checked Bags on JetBlue. As of June 30, the airline introduced new fare options when booking tickets online, which include charges to checked bags, unless passengers pay for its premium fares.

Passengers purchasing Blue fare—JetBlue’s base fare—will now be charged $20 for the first checked bag when purchased during web check-in or at a kiosk, or $25 at the check-in counter, and a $35 fee for a second checked bag.

(Excerpt) Read more at airwaysnews.com ...


TOPICS: Travel
KEYWORDS: airlines; airtravel; aviation; checkedbags; jetblue; travel
On the bright side, if you are traveling to Haiti any time soon...
1 posted on 07/03/2015 6:03:04 AM PDT by ConservativeStatement
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To: ConservativeStatement

Jet Blue can kiss my you know what. Flew from PIT to JFK with them a few times and liked them. Then Jet Blue ended direct service to NYC from here. Now I’d have to fly to Boston first to fly to New York. Brilliant move on their part. That’s when they lost me and others as customers.

So good for them. Hope Jet Blue goes the way of Vanguard. I just hope Southwest doesn’t follow suit. Love Southwest.


2 posted on 07/03/2015 6:13:19 AM PDT by fatnotlazy
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To: fatnotlazy

From my experiences talking with fellow travelers, JetBlue’s two biggest attractions were free checked bags and the in-flight (TV) entertainment system. One apparently is no longer available.


3 posted on 07/03/2015 6:22:18 AM PDT by ConservativeStatement ("World Peace 1.20.09.")
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To: fatnotlazy
Brilliant move on their part.

Despite alienating you and some others who liked that route, you can certainly bet they wouldn't have eliminated that route if it weren't in their financial best interests to do so.

4 posted on 07/03/2015 6:33:50 AM PDT by KevinB (Barack Obama: Our first black, gay, Kenyan, Socialist, Muslim president!)
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To: ConservativeStatement

Like JetBlue and this is much the same as other airlines. I am breaking 75K 2015 miles on Delta when I board my flight from Portland this morning. JetBlue is my 2nd choice airline.


5 posted on 07/03/2015 6:56:10 AM PDT by Reno89519 (For every illegal or H1B with a job, there's an American without one. Muslim = Nazi = Evil)
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To: KevinB
Ok, so I don't profess to have a head for business, but I don't see how flying past to New York to Boston, then flying from Boston to New York saves money. Those flights from Pittsburgh were always full, so it's not like they had to make a stop to pick up more passengers.

It's bad enough the TSA has made flying a chore. Now the airlines are making flying both a chore and an expense. I used to love to fly. Now, if the opportunity presents itself, I'd rather go by car.

6 posted on 07/03/2015 7:07:34 AM PDT by fatnotlazy
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To: Reno89519
I was platinum for years on Delta. Used to be more free seats, upgrades avail. Now every flight is packed. Are you following the collusion allegations? Interesting what might come out.

Cheers!

7 posted on 07/03/2015 7:21:59 AM PDT by HonkyTonkMan
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To: HonkyTonkMan
-Now every flight is packed.


8 posted on 07/03/2015 7:35:49 AM PDT by JPG (What's the difference between the Rats and the GOPe? Nothing.)
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To: fatnotlazy
Unless you are going suburb-to-suburb, driving from the city of Boston to the city of New York is not recommended. The I-95 corridor is absolutely horrendous.

So flying would still make sense, especially now that you can take Uber from the airport to mid-town Manhattan for a reasonable rate (as well as to Logan Airport from Boston).

Another alternative (gulp) is taking Amtrak. Even that is better than driving between New York and Boston.

9 posted on 07/03/2015 7:43:05 AM PDT by SamAdams76
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To: ConservativeStatement

If Southwest doesn’t go there, I drive.


10 posted on 07/03/2015 7:45:05 AM PDT by KC Burke (Ceterum censeo Islam esse delendam)
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To: JPG

Yes indeed! middle seat, please


11 posted on 07/03/2015 8:40:55 AM PDT by HonkyTonkMan
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To: SamAdams76
Well, when I said, driving, I meant in general, not Boston to NYC, but you're right that driving in that scenario wouldn't make sense. I love AMTRAK, but service from Pittsburgh to anywhere is practically non-existent. Otherwise, it's a great way to see the USA rather than flying over it. But you have to have the time for leisurely travel.

A friend of mine who travels to New York frequently goes by Megabus. Fares are cheap and she says she has yet to run into the unsavory clientele which uses Greyhound.

12 posted on 07/03/2015 8:44:19 AM PDT by fatnotlazy
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To: HonkyTonkMan

I am Platinum too. The airlines seems to take this charge of collusion pretty seriously. I would think it certainly is happening but not in an overt way. All the airlines know that if they all raise prices and do not increase capacity while fuel prices are low that SHAZAM!: we all get to make some big bucks. Not very hard to understand.


13 posted on 07/03/2015 9:00:08 AM PDT by cornfedcowboy
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To: fatnotlazy

I am impressed that Southwest has not given in to the pressure of charging for bags. We are talking millions and millions of $$$ every year they forgo. Some day it will probably change.


14 posted on 07/03/2015 9:02:44 AM PDT by cornfedcowboy
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To: ConservativeStatement

I hate JetBlue. Southwest is so much better.


15 posted on 07/03/2015 9:04:23 AM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: cornfedcowboy

Howdy cornfedcowboy - I think you hit on the key word “capacity”


16 posted on 07/03/2015 9:15:35 AM PDT by HonkyTonkMan
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To: HonkyTonkMan

It really is amazing how full flights have been for the last four or five years. Doesn’t matter when or where to. Every seat has a butt in it.


17 posted on 07/03/2015 10:48:08 AM PDT by cornfedcowboy
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