JetBlue wants to give you some money. Sort of.
What they really want to do is to get you to fly during the slow September and October season, so they’re giving $50 vouchers when you buy a roundtrip ticket between now and September 18th for travel through October 14th. You can use the vouchers for travel [...]
The worst summer for air travel in recent memory is wrapping up, and we can only hope that the problems that have seemingly plagued every other flight will abate a bit. I feel that every work related gathering includes tales of flights gone awry. My wife had another flight canceled last Thursday — every one [...]
Read the Rest of the Story: Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest WordThe Dallas Morning News has an interesting look at the changes Southwest Airlines is considering making over the next 2 years or so. Southwest has (obviously) been held up as a shining example of how to make an airline work in a miserable commercial environment. But over the past 3 years or so, their consumer [...]
Read the Rest of the Story: What’s Going to Happen to Southwest Airlines?Remember how every article written about Southwest used to be a love (luv?) letter? Not anymore.
The WSJ (sorry, registration req’d) looks at the array of ills facing the airline, not least of which is that many of their competitors have lowered their costs through bankruptcy, leaving the carrier with some of the highest labor costs [...]
JetBlue is desperately trying to fill its Pittsburgh - JFK flights. How desperately? Fly a round trip from PIT to JFK (NOT the other way around), and you’ll get a free ticket anywhere JetBlue flies. Simple! Register by June 30th and fly before November 15. R/T tickets start at just $98.
Read the Rest of the Story: Free JetBlue Ticket with Pittsburgh Flight(Thanks to reader Tom for the heads up):
Interesting story about JetBlue entering the JFK/BOS - Pittsburgh markets. Average fares were cut nearly in half which, you’d think, would drive people to fly JetBlue. But in the end, US Airways, which had been ripping people off for years, lowered prices and ended up carrying 125 additional [...]
JetBlue is undertaking a rigorous strategic review of the airline, that could lead to the carrier selling additional aircraft and slowing down deliveries of airplanes they’ve ordered. The impending launch of Virgin America is also lurking on the horizon, and JetBlue is wise to actually get their ship in order before this happens (which is [...]
Read the Rest of the Story: JetBlue to Review StrategyGood news if you use Expedia to book your tickets: JetBlue’s flights are now available on Expedia and Hotwire. Last year (or so) JetBlue added their flights to Travelocity after 6 years (or so) of trying to sell on their own. Southwest Airlines also recently announced a broadened approach to selling its tickets, adding the [...]
Read the Rest of the Story: JetBlue Now Available on ExpediaThe OTR got a nice mention in the LA Times over the weekend as I chatted about Farecast…
Speaking of which, the Wall St. Journal talks up a new website called Yapta.com that will alert you to when a fare you’ve purchased has dropped. The article points out that several airlines (including JetBlue, United, Alaska and [...]
I’m guessing most of you have seen this already, but I’d be remiss if I didn’t note that Virgin America has been approved for service. Look for a July/August launch of flights between San Francisco and New York.
More service is always great news for travelers, and the coach cabin of Virgin looks quite nice, with [...]
