Good - competition to keep the majors on their toes and upgrading the products
Cold rabbit food and uncomfortable and insufficient seats along with an atrocious airplane. Keep defending them, Noo Yawkers. You can be so proud of your "hometown airline".
Second City says United, a true worldwide powerhouse of a Hometown Airline. Not a joke of a Neelzebub airline.
The only upgrade would be that seats move forward (in a shell type). and do not mess with person behind them. Period. All else is just marketing material 101.
With 30" economy pitch, why would anyone fly JetBlue vs AA/UA/DL? Before the change, you could choose a more comfortable seat on JetBlue if being late by a few hours was not a big deal. With the same cramped seating, I'd rather pick an airline that can actually stick to their schedule.
Plus... JFK T5 is just miserable, especially when T4 and T8 are very good, and new terminals on the way (sure B6 may use some of the new T6 unless they give all of those gates to UA, but even then not for most flights). A small BlueHouse does not change that.
I guess the situation is reversed in BOS. Delta is in its own terminal A with no lounges other than SkyClub. JetBlue is in terminal C, closest to the Chase Sapphire lounge and also right next to the Air France lounge in E (accessible via generic Priority Pass in the mornings).
American and United are in terminal B - slightly longer walk to the Chase lounge, but it has its own rideshare pick-up and drop-off area, no need to go to the central garage.
So my next trip includes AA flight BOS-JFK and DL JFK-BOS. Can you tell I like Chase lounges? 🙂
What a snooze. BlueFirst is more like Breeze Ascent than a true first class competitor. The lack of a cabin divider and proper meal plating is really disappointing.
Good point! And they have legrests. Crazy that Breeze beats all of the big 3's first class legroom
Wrong, but nice try at the snark there, Poser. Breeze is just fine up front, as will be B6 in its own vision.
Overnight flights? i thought overnight flights were served by Mint?
There are plenty of non-Mint redeyes: ABQ/BUR/DEN/PDX/PHX/SLC/SMF/YVR — BOS/JFK, to name a few
cometeer coffee will be the best in the sky and parcelle does good wines for Chase lounges. This could be good!
Goodbye bad coffee and overlooked Chardonnay - yellow white burgundy and craft coffee.
Those seats look like bare mattresses
Would JetBlue also add these seats to Mint configured and Europe planes as Premium Economy?
That first row looks tighter than any other Domestic F bulkhead.
Oof, packed in like sardines comes to mind. Their generous economy legroom was one of their last USPs left.
what is worst than seeing some airlines selling an expensive economy experience as a premium eco is to see a cheap business experience sold as an expensive first class one
Those lite colored seats will show stains and spills, especially wine. ==;-)
Hope they have spare cushions in stock for these will look awful very quickly!!
Lots of hate on here for what should be viewed as an upgrade. Here's hoping that as a Mosaic 3 I'll be able to use some of my mint upgrades (that are impossible to use on actual mint flights since the amount required varies) for upgrades to these seats.
Don't understand the consternation. I think this looks great and is a smart move. Probably promotional pricing, but quite a powerful pricing proposition as well.
Change is hard for some. Loss of legroom for others. Personally, I’m stoked for this, and just wish they called it Junior Mint… (something, something, ‘intellectual property’…) But, yes, generally, this is good. More competition in premium cabins.
Google Flights currently has the BlueFirst product in the Business Class category (presumably because it reads the inventory as the same category as Mint). For example, when searching for flights from LGA to FLL, if I click "First Class only" for the cabin class filter, then JetBlue's product does not show up. Only once I click "Business Class" does it show up. Hopefully that gets fixed soon
You must not use Google flights very often. That’s correct and intended. “First” is saved for true international first class. “Business” is domestic recliners
Funky, it’s actually even more nuanced than that; within the US, mere recliners sometimes appear under both First and Business designations; you really have to know the product you’re looking for, and adapt your searches accordingly.
I’ve said before, I’d be in-favor of a new Montreal Convention style international agreement to ensure proper naming of the various classes of service to better align with the actual products offered; such as, recliners really belong in ‘premium economy’ and 3-3 middle blocked is still ‘economy’ even if there’s a meal and priority boarding. True international ‘First’ can only exist when there’s already a ‘Business’ and a ‘Premium’ (4-class). First and business must be lie-flat, ideally a suite with door. Bah!
Funky, it’s actually even more nuanced than that; within the US, mere recliners sometimes appear under both First and Business designations; you really have to know the product you’re looking for, and adapt your searches accordingly.
I’ve said before, I’d be in-favor of a new Montreal Convention style international agreement to ensure proper naming of the various classes of service to better align with the actual products offered; such as, recliners really belong in ‘premium economy’ and 3-3 middle blocked is still ‘economy’ even if there’s a meal and priority boarding. True international ‘First’ can only exist when there’s already a ‘Business’ and a ‘Premium’ (4-class). First and business must be lie-flat, ideally a suite with door. Bah!