Imagine this sight: Your JetBlue flight has just touched down at your destination when a flight attendant takes to the public address system, drops the F-bomb, pops the emergency door and exits the plane via the emergency slide. We’re really hoping someone out there has video footage of this incident that went down at JFK Airport today. [More]
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JetBlue Flight Attendant Curses Out Passenger, Uses Emergency Slide To Exit Plane And Run Away
By 8.9.10
JetBlue Shipping & Handling Sale Starts At $39 Each Way
By 7.27.10
It’s not their greatest sale ever, but if you’re planning now to travel this fall, you should probably check out JetBlue’s “Shipping & Handling” sale, with fares ranging from $39 to $159 each way. [More]
Fly Your Bike For Free On JetBlue In July
By 7.7.10
It’s Tour de France time in, well, France. And though JetBlue can’t get you to the world-famous bicycle race, they’ll help get you in the spirit this month by allowing you to bring your bike with you free of charge. [More]
Meet The Plane Small Enough For Your Garage
By 4.23.10
Have you always wanted a plane but didn’t want the hassle of the whole hangar thing? Well, the folks at Icon are showing off their Icon A5, which has wings that fold up for convenient storage right next to the Bowflex you never use. [More]
JetBlue Pilot Says Someone Aimed Laser Into His Cockpit
By 4.19.10
The pilot of a JetBlue flight heading from Portland, Maine, to JFK Airport in NYC on Saturday night says that a yet-unexplained green laser penetrated the window of the plane’s cockpit as he prepared to land. [More]
Hawaiian Airlines Tops Quality Study, American Eagle Falls Flat
By 4.13.10
For the second year in a row, Hawaiian Airlines has topped a study that ranks 18 commercial carriers according to a formula that accounts for everything from on-time arrivals/departures to baggage handling to customer complaints. On the bottom end of the rankings was American Eagle. [More]
JetBlue Charges You $105 For Extra Bags Unless You Produce Your Toddler For Inspection
By 4.8.10
This story has a happy ending, but its still somewhat baffling. Reader S. recently flew JetBlue with his wife and three small children. They had 4 tickets and 3 bags to check. JetBlue allows one checked bag per ticket. So, there should be no fees, right? Here’s where it gets complicated: S’s wife went through security with the children while he checked the bags. The agent said that despite the fact that he was traveling in a party of 4, the baggage agent had to personally see the family, toddler and all, or S. had to pay $105 in extra fees. [More]
JetBlue Flight Forced To Return To Newark After Losing Engine Cover
By 4.5.10
A JetBlue plane bound for Fort Lauderdale, FL, was forced to return to Newark Liberty International Airport on Monday after an engine cover dropped off the jet shortly following taking off. [More]
VIDEO: How I Booked My JetBlue Flight For The Wrong Month
By 3.31.10
A reader wrote into Consumerist because he recently booked a flight on JetBlue, only to discover when attempting to check in at the airport that he’d somehow booked the return flight for a full month later than it should have been. [More]
JetBlue & American Trade Landing Rights To Expand Routes
By 3.31.10
American Airlines announced a deal with JetBlue today that would significantly increase their presence at JFK Airport in New York. Meanwhile, JetBlue will now have the ability to offer service to and from Washington D.C.’s Reagan National Airport. [More]
JetBlue Throws 2-Day Sample Sale
By 3.23.10
Through tomorrow night, JetBlue is offering deep discounts on dozens of flights as part of their 2-Day Sample Sale, with some flights starting as low as $29 each way. [More]
JetBlue Takes 2 Hours And Charges $15 To Redeem Customer's Gift Card
By 3.17.10
Angela won a “Wish List” contest from American Express, which let her buy a $100 JetBlue gift card for $70. JetBlue managed to wipe out that $30 savings and any good will Angela might have felt by making her waste 129 minutes trying to redeem the card–and then charging her $15 for the service. At the end of her letter to AmEx and JetBlue, Angela writes, “I don’t know about other AmEx cardholders, but spending almost two hours on hold in order to be able to use something you’ve already paid for is not on my Wish List.” [More]
American Airlines, Jet Blue, Delta Seek To Delay Tarmac Imprisonment Rule
By 3.17.10
You know that new rule that says airlines have to let passengers off the plane if it’s stuck on the tarmac for more than 3 hours? It’s supposed to go into effect in April, but at least three airlines are hoping to delay it because they say runway repairs at JFK Airport will interfere with schedules. [More]
VIDEO: Inside The 16-Hour Flight From Hell
By 3.16.10
This weekend’s torrential downpours in the New York City area wreaked havoc on air travel, as flights were canceled, airports closed and planes rerouted. One such flight was Virgin America Flight 404, where passengers were kept cooped up in the plane, nibbling on rationed Pringles and sipping water, while it sat on the tarmac for nearly 7 hours. [More]
Jet Blue Celebrates 10th Birthday With $10 Fares
By 3.8.10
Looking to book a cheap flight in the next few hours? Then check out JetBlue. The airline is saying “Happy 10th birthday” to itself with $10 fares from NYC to 10 other destinations — but only until 11:59pm CST tonight. [More]
What's The Best Airline For Bringing My Bike?
By 3.5.10
After yesterday’s story about cyclists being unhappy with United’s exorbitant fee to check bikes on their planes, the folks over at Bicycling wrote to share their breakdown of the best and worst airlines for when you’re taking your wheels with you. [More]
AUDIO: Listen As A Kid Directs Air Traffic At JFK
By 3.2.10
We know that JFK is woefully understaffed in the air traffic control tower, but this is downright silly. The FAA has confirmed that a newly uncovered audio file is indeed that of a young child controlling air traffic over the radio to planes waiting to depart the busy NYC airport. [More]
JFK Runway Work Forces 20% Cut In Flights For Next Four Months
By 3.1.10
Today marks the beginning of what could be an ugly four months at JFK International Airport, as the NYC-area travel hub loses its busiest runway for renovation work. This move has forced the airport to reduce the number of flights going in and out by 20% during this time. [More]
