JETBLUE......why???

well i still have a jetblue shortcut on my computer, from over a year ago when i was searching for fares....and once in a while i check it out to see if things are getting better, and because it appears some people really like jetblue.

well i checked for flight over easter. leave JFK on the 5th, to STI

return on the 9th...

short 5 days trip.....

even if it really isnt 5 days with jetblue..11:35 PM flight departure. from JFK...PLUS a 6 am departure from STI on the 9th......so i can spend my vacation day at home after i leave the airport????

well anyway...the flight is $682 from jetblue ..with their rediculous hours

i checked AA as a comparison....leave at 6 am from JFK...and then leave STI at 4:30 PM on the 9th....much better hours for a person wanting to get the most of vacation days....plus the cost....$537


soooooo why do people pick jetblue to spend so much more and then deal with those terrible hours ....at least the JFK departure is awful......they need nighowls to pick them up at the sirport ...no car rentals open at 3:30 am at STI...are there?

sooooo Id love to hear the benefit of jteblue....Personal TV's???

bob

suarezn said:

I like Jetblue's hours. With them I could work until 5:00 PM then leave than night and be in The DR that same night, albeit late. Then on the way back I can stay up and party all night before I go to the airport (well...could before the current curfew) and still be at work that morning.

This works great for those of us who don't have much vacation time. If I travel with American I'm wasting my whole day just to get there.

Normally they cost about the same or less than American...lately American has lowered their prices to match Jetblue (the beauty of competition).

Easter is expensive regardless...

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I see the vacation time consumtion differently..

I go to sleep early maybe by 8 or 9 pm the night before after a day of work...wake up about 2am and am off to the airport get on the plane at 6am and am with my GF by 10 am that day...so i have MOST of THAT day to be on vacation...rested and not in a loss sleep mode.....

as for comeing back...I spend most of the day with her on vacation .Get to the airport by 4 pm and am off on the flight at 5:30...I get in JFK around 8:30 and am home by 11 pm usually with all teh traffic and airport hassle...enough time to get some sleep and go to work the next day

with jetblue....you have to have gotten your sleep for the day...before say 8pm...because you need to be there at the airport 2hours early for an 11:30 flight...you may get some sleep on the plane , then you are in the dr at 3:30 am...you egt out of the airport by 4:30 ish...you get to where you want to go by 5:30 ish.....what do you do??? go to sleep till 11 or noon?...or do you start your vacation with no sleep?

and coming back you land at 6...where do you work and what time do you start that you can arrive at a place like JFK get through customs and out of the airport and home , then to work........

I am sure that those hours fit some....but how many

and then...they really need to lower teh price to make it even close to a comparison.......

$150 is NOT LOWERING their price TO... jetblues....its blowing it away!!

just my view....

not the gospel...OK??

bob

yeah ..I figure...it might have been location...but it seemed previously that NY'ers had posted about how they loved JETBLUE.

I am sure the specific market has huge roll to play...and i can see the issues change depending on the flight times in air.

100max:

I dont see how you can say JB is cheaper...when i posted exact comparisons in my post........are you saying JB is charging me over $280 in taxes????? I doubt it.....

when ever I have seem people post these great deals ..i go and plug in the specific times i want out of JFK...and NEVER EVER have they even been close to the same fees

bob