JetBlue is known for its excellent Mint business class product, which is primarily available on select transcontinental and transatlantic flights operated by Airbus A321-family aircraft. The airline has now announced plans to expand this product to six additional routes.
JetBlue Mint added to six more routes
In the coming months, JetBlue intends to introduce its Mint business class on six additional routes, covering three all-new Mint destinations. Specifically, expect Mint business class to be available on the following routes:
- As of July 21, 2024, JetBlue will offer Mint between New York (JFK) and Vancouver (YVR), once daily
- As of July 22, 2024, JetBlue will offer Mint between New York (JFK) and San Juan (SJU), once daily
- As of October 25, 2024, JetBlue will offer Mint between Fort Lauderdale (FLL) and Las Vegas (LAS), twice daily for the winter season
- As of October 27, 2024, JetBlue will offer Mint between Boston (BOS) and Phoenix (PHX), twice daily for the winter season
- As of October 27, 2024, JetBlue will offer Mint between Fort Lauderdale (FLL) and Phoenix (PHX), once daily for the winter season
- As of October 27, 2024, JetBlue will offer Mint between New York (JFK) and Phoenix (PHX), twice daily for the winter season
These additions are all pretty cool to see, and make sense:
- Phoenix is a popular winter leisure destination
- There’s surprisingly little premium capacity between New York and Vancouver, so I’m surprised it took JetBlue this long to add Mint on that route (I still miss the Cathay Pacific flight that existed back in the day)
- San Juan also has a fair bit of premium traffic out of New York
- Las Vegas always has some premium traffic
The reality is that JetBlue Mint is an attractively priced premium cabin product. This isn’t like Air France deciding whether it should offer La Premiere first class on a particular route, where tickets can be $10,000+. Instead, these are all markets where JetBlue can probably sustain $600-1,200 one-way fares, and it’s something many people are willing to splurge on.
Where are these JetBlue Mint planes coming from?
On the surface, this represents a very nice expansion for JetBlue Mint, though the logical question is where JetBlue is sourcing the planes from for these routes. After all, JetBlue’s fleet with Mint aircraft isn’t that big, and these new routes will require several frames to operate.
Enilria notes that in an internal memo, JetBlue outlined where these planes will be coming from. Specifically, JetBlue plans to cut the following Mint flying:
- The New York (JFK) to London Gatwick (LGW) route will become summer seasonal, so won’t operate in winter
- The Boston (BOS) to London Gatwick (LGW) route will become summer seasonal, so won’t operate in winter
- The New York (JFK) to Paris (CDG) route will go from twice daily to once daily for winter, so that frees up an extra aircraft
- The Los Angeles (LAX) to Newark (EWR) route will be discontinued, and that’s a route that JetBlue serves up to four times per day with Mint
I’m sure United is delighted to see JetBlue pulling out in a premium transcon market at its hub.
Bottom line
JetBlue will be introducing Mint business class in several new markets, including Phoenix, San Juan, and Vancouver. It’s always cool to see this great product available in more markets. A logical question is where these aircraft are coming from, and it appears that JetBlue plans to cut both transatlantic and transcontinental flying to make this possible.
I’m curious to see how this plays out, and I’m still hoping that JetBlue announces a more “standard” first class product in the near future…
What do you make of JetBlue reshuffling its Mint routes?
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