JetBlue tends to be a leader when it comes to starting trends to increase checked bag fees, so this will be something to keep an eye on…
Continue reading: JetBlue Hikes Checked Bag Fees, Blames Fuel Costs: Up To $59 For First Bag
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People will book away from them at a time where they really need as much business as possible. Such a short sighted move by an incompetent management team.
Just a reminder: those of us who are veterans and participate in the WeSalute (formerly Veterans Advantage) program get free bags on JetBlue.
"People will book away from them at a time where they really need as much business as possible."
You're 100% right, but B6 is betting that people won't book away, and will pay the higher fees, thereby goosing their revenue and making B6 look more attractive to the acquirer.
I will bet most people don't think about bag fees when booking. Only when the show up at the airport with their steam trunk for Disney and will need to check said trunk and pay for it. Hence the many meltdown YT videos with not very intelligent people going animalistic over a bag fee that did not expect to pay nor can pay. The latest edition coming from you from a Frontier gate at MIA.
The 3rd quarter and beyond is what will matter for all airlines including B6.
They will eat the higher fuel costs for this and the 2nd quarter when demand is strong.
There will be huge strategic decisions that have to be made in the near future for B6 to have a future and they won't be the only airline whose future will be permanently altered because of what will be sustained high fuel prices.
What are the odds that they'll lower the fees when fuel prices drop? My guess is "Below Zero."
Does anyone know when the Blue Sky partnership between United and JetBlue will include reciprocal benefits like free checked bags for elites? Originally they said early spring.
Thank you.
If the fees keep going up like this, it may soon be cheaper to buy your bag a seat on the plane itself instead of checking it in as luggage 🙂
Lol, if the increased baggage fees is because of fuel costs, shouldn’t the fees be higher on longer flights? Really seems like a random excuse to increase bag fees knowing that many passengers won’t notice when booking / their competitors will happily follow their lead.
But they remember it the next time they fly. That's why airlines like AA and Spirit are doing so badly. No one wants to fly them again
Could part of this be that increased bag fees can come into effect today on travel booked at any time, but they can't raise fares on already purchased fares? IDK how far out people buy fares on B6, but all those who already purchased can't "contribute" to pay for higher fuel costs. I'm guessing some already booked summer travel, maybe grabbing it before the full feul-price surge hit.
To put it very mildly…….
this has a little bit to do with an aggressive war that the USA might have started….
which the President has promised umpteenth times never to do…
so 9 dollar is a reasonable price to pay if the alternative is to be bombed by the USAAF.
and if you feel prices are getting to high you know the adress of your representative in DC.
There are now storm clouds now threatening ' Blue Sky " .. and the entire industry !
.. lol.
What an (ass)inine, unnecessary and overly complicated baggage fee schedule. This will only further motivate pax to cram even more onboard, increasing delays and operational integrity from an airline that has a poor history as such ...Stupidity as this cries out for federal re-reguilation.... Never knew B6 proffered such nonsense. I'm losing sympathy for them and their struggle to survive...