JetBlue TrueBlue - OAK-JFK on time ?

Hello,

I'm planning to take the OAK-JFK arriving at 9:35 PM, for a connection with a night flight to Europe. It looks like a very cheap solution (cheaper than direct ticket to Europe from San Fran.) but it will only work if the flight is not too late.

So my question: how good is JetBlue in terms of on-time departure ? (experience on the afternoon OAK-JFK would be particularly welcome).

Actually is there an on-line source about how airlines compare in terms of "on-lineness" ?

thanks

I fly that route alot and from my experiences, I always departed on time and arrived early. When we do depart late, we always managed to arrive on time, if not 5 to 10 mintues late. But as always, your pretty much taking a gamble... theres always that slight chance that your flight will be late but the odds of you arriving on time to catch your flight to europe is alot better on jetBlue than on the other airlines.

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Hello,

I'm planning to take the OAK-JFK arriving at 9:35 PM, for a connection with a night flight to Europe. It looks like a very cheap solution (cheaper than direct ticket to Europe from San Fran.) but it will only work if the flight is not too late.

So my question: how good is JetBlue in terms of on-time departure ? (experience on the afternoon OAK-JFK would be particularly welcome).

Actually is there an on-line source about how airlines compare in terms of "on-lineness" ?

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Their on-time arrivals are good but delays can happen due to the weather. Please be aware of that as nothing is perfect.

I am not sure which carrier you are taking from JFK-Europe. Most majors match B6 fares on OAK-JFK. If you book directly with the airline (and if the connection is legal) you do have advantage of getting priority when being rebooked due to delayed connections, etc.

My experience with jetblue has always been positive from a schedule poin t of view. I have never arrived late. Byt then again, if the weather sucks, it will for everyone.

Thanks all -

I ended up doing it, and got my JFK-CDG, but Isabel caused me some worries since the OAK-JFK had to make a looong detour to the north, causing it to be 1 hour late. Fortunately the Air France people streched their (awfull) 1-hour limit checkin and got me in the plane 40 minutes before departure.

Thanks again for the very accurate answers