reidlewis
Mar 20, 07, 8:22 am
Say I'm booked on a 2 p.m. flight but want to get to airport early in hopes of getting on 1 p.m. to same destination. What is the policy?
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dinosims
Mar 20, 07, 10:26 am
Here's a link from the B6 website that explains it all - whatever situation you might be in : Standby Travel (http://help.jetblue.com/SRVS/CGI-BIN/webisapi.dll/,/?St=56,E=0000000000006639457,K=357,Sxi=15,Case=obj (2445))
nsx
Mar 20, 07, 11:10 am
Two years ago standby was free, and because B6 does not overbook your standby chances were excellent. I saved over $100 once by booking the red-eye and flying in the morning instead.
JetBlue wised up and closed this loophole at least partially. Good for them. The current policy still allows you to book the cheapest flight of the day and fly when you want for $25 more, although you'll certainly get a middle seat.
JetBlue wised up and closed this loophole at least partially. Good for them. The current policy still allows you to book the cheapest flight of the day and fly when you want for $25 more, although you'll certainly get a middle seat.
somedude24
Mar 20, 07, 1:57 pm
Standby is still free for the flight immediately preceding your booked flight, but for $25, the peace of mind of a confirmed seat before driving out to the airport is sometimes nice.
Two years ago standby was free, and because B6 does not overbook your standby chances were excellent. I saved over $100 once by booking the red-eye and flying in the morning instead.
JetBlue wised up and closed this loophole at least partially. Good for them. The current policy still allows you to book the cheapest flight of the day and fly when you want for $25 more, although you'll certainly get a middle seat.
Two years ago standby was free, and because B6 does not overbook your standby chances were excellent. I saved over $100 once by booking the red-eye and flying in the morning instead.
JetBlue wised up and closed this loophole at least partially. Good for them. The current policy still allows you to book the cheapest flight of the day and fly when you want for $25 more, although you'll certainly get a middle seat.
anchor79
Jun 27, 08, 4:24 am
So I can only standby for the flight thats earilier than my original departure??
I am flying LGB to OAK on sat afternoon (4pm flight) but there are flights available at 8, 11 and 1pm. I would like to take the eariliest flight to OAK so I can have bit more time there and I notice the flight still quite empty. Is it possible for me to standby for free without paying any penality?? please advice!!!!!!!
I am flying LGB to OAK on sat afternoon (4pm flight) but there are flights available at 8, 11 and 1pm. I would like to take the eariliest flight to OAK so I can have bit more time there and I notice the flight still quite empty. Is it possible for me to standby for free without paying any penality?? please advice!!!!!!!
paytonc
Jun 27, 08, 7:32 am
No, you can only standby for the flight prior -- although you could do the $25 confirmed change for an even-earlier same-day flight (as somedude says). You also must call in to be placed on the standby list, and last time I did that I got dinged with a $5 fee.
Jerseyguy
Jun 27, 08, 9:15 pm
Same Day Standby has gone up to $40 now.
MrDave
Jun 28, 08, 6:25 pm
The other day I was on a DL flight ATL to LGA, not knowing how long it would take me to get there I wound up at ATL 2:45 before my flight. As I was checking in my bag I saw that there was a flight leaving in 50 minutes. I asked if I could get on it. They took the boarding pass I printed at the hotel, gave me a new one for the earlier flight and off I went. Nice and easy. Now, had JB had the same flight I would have either had to wait or pay. Although, I should have had to pay on DL with no fuss or request by me they didn't charge. And yes if they flew to ATL they would have been in the running.
Once again, IMHO it is the difference between a legacy carrier and the new players.
Now, before everybody bashes me. I do fly and like JB. I will be taking them to LV the end of July and again in November and that is just what I know so far.
Service in the air is top notch. On the ground, is fair at best where a lot of other carriers look the other way for slightly overweight luggage, flight changes, late arrivals to the airport and other issues. I have found JB to be lacking.
-Dave
Once again, IMHO it is the difference between a legacy carrier and the new players.
Now, before everybody bashes me. I do fly and like JB. I will be taking them to LV the end of July and again in November and that is just what I know so far.
Service in the air is top notch. On the ground, is fair at best where a lot of other carriers look the other way for slightly overweight luggage, flight changes, late arrivals to the airport and other issues. I have found JB to be lacking.
-Dave
mia_marlin
Jul 1, 08, 7:42 pm
Same Day Standby has gone up to $40 now.
Same day CONFIRMED change to the same airport is $40. Standby for one flight earlier/later to the same airport is free.
Same day CONFIRMED change to the same airport is $40. Standby for one flight earlier/later to the same airport is free.
JerseyVics
Jul 3, 08, 9:37 am
funny observation from the other night in Boston.
I checked before heading to Logan to see if there were seats on the flight, and there were.
The line was extra long at the counter so I asked one of the employees if I can go on standby at the gate, and they advised "sure!"
So I breezed through security, went up to the gate and was told that there were too many people on standby already ahead of me, and no seats were available.
Oh well... unfortunately my flight boarded on time but immediately the captain announced that we will be pushing back an hour and fifteen minutes late because of the weather in NY.... kinda made me wish I made that standby flight.
--Russ
I checked before heading to Logan to see if there were seats on the flight, and there were.
The line was extra long at the counter so I asked one of the employees if I can go on standby at the gate, and they advised "sure!"
So I breezed through security, went up to the gate and was told that there were too many people on standby already ahead of me, and no seats were available.
Oh well... unfortunately my flight boarded on time but immediately the captain announced that we will be pushing back an hour and fifteen minutes late because of the weather in NY.... kinda made me wish I made that standby flight.
--Russ
JetBlueFA
Jul 3, 08, 10:54 am
funny observation from the other night in Boston.
I checked before heading to Logan to see if there were seats on the flight, and there were.
The line was extra long at the counter so I asked one of the employees if I can go on standby at the gate, and they advised "sure!"
So I breezed through security, went up to the gate and was told that there were too many people on standby already ahead of me, and no seats were available.
Oh well... unfortunately my flight boarded on time but immediately the captain announced that we will be pushing back an hour and fifteen minutes late because of the weather in NY.... kinda made me wish I made that standby flight.
--Russ
Always, always, always ask to be put on the list anyways. As I always fly sandby I've always asked t be put on the list even afer being told there was no way I would get on, and so far i'm 10/10 this year getting onboard. This wasn't with JetBlue but another carrier but I've always told people to ask to be put on the list just in case. Our BOS agents are usually right on with their assesments so you may not have stood a chance, but ya never know!
I checked before heading to Logan to see if there were seats on the flight, and there were.
The line was extra long at the counter so I asked one of the employees if I can go on standby at the gate, and they advised "sure!"
So I breezed through security, went up to the gate and was told that there were too many people on standby already ahead of me, and no seats were available.
Oh well... unfortunately my flight boarded on time but immediately the captain announced that we will be pushing back an hour and fifteen minutes late because of the weather in NY.... kinda made me wish I made that standby flight.
--Russ
Always, always, always ask to be put on the list anyways. As I always fly sandby I've always asked t be put on the list even afer being told there was no way I would get on, and so far i'm 10/10 this year getting onboard. This wasn't with JetBlue but another carrier but I've always told people to ask to be put on the list just in case. Our BOS agents are usually right on with their assesments so you may not have stood a chance, but ya never know!
ScottNYC
Jul 7, 08, 9:13 am
Another thing to note on Jetblue's standby policy...while it is true that you can fly standy on the flight prior for free, it does NOT necessarily mean you will get the same nonstop flight and city pairs.
For example, I recently had a nonstop LGB to JFK flight. I wanted to get on the earlier nonstop flight, but was told that the flight directly before mine actually was considered to be LGB to AUS to JFK, which actually got me into JFK AFTER my original flight would have been. The only difference was that it took off from LGB (with a layover) before my original nonstop flight.
Needless to say I wasn't very happy about this policy, and the customer service agent wouldn't budge. Has anyone else had this happen to them? It seemed like a silly policy to me, so I wasn't sure if this was actually true.
For example, I recently had a nonstop LGB to JFK flight. I wanted to get on the earlier nonstop flight, but was told that the flight directly before mine actually was considered to be LGB to AUS to JFK, which actually got me into JFK AFTER my original flight would have been. The only difference was that it took off from LGB (with a layover) before my original nonstop flight.
Needless to say I wasn't very happy about this policy, and the customer service agent wouldn't budge. Has anyone else had this happen to them? It seemed like a silly policy to me, so I wasn't sure if this was actually true.
vatraveler
Oct 31, 08, 5:31 pm
funny observation from the other night in Boston.
I checked before heading to Logan to see if there were seats on the flight, and there were.
The line was extra long at the counter so I asked one of the employees if I can go on standby at the gate, and they advised "sure!"
So I breezed through security, went up to the gate and was told that there were too many people on standby already ahead of me, and no seats were available.
Oh well... unfortunately my flight boarded on time but immediately the captain announced that we will be pushing back an hour and fifteen minutes late because of the weather in NY.... kinda made me wish I made that standby flight.
--Russ
How does one check the seat availabilty on B6 flights? I want to try strandby on Sunday (JFK-IAD), but the prior flight is over 6 hours earlier. Don't want to go if there's no chance of making it.
I checked before heading to Logan to see if there were seats on the flight, and there were.
The line was extra long at the counter so I asked one of the employees if I can go on standby at the gate, and they advised "sure!"
So I breezed through security, went up to the gate and was told that there were too many people on standby already ahead of me, and no seats were available.
Oh well... unfortunately my flight boarded on time but immediately the captain announced that we will be pushing back an hour and fifteen minutes late because of the weather in NY.... kinda made me wish I made that standby flight.
--Russ
How does one check the seat availabilty on B6 flights? I want to try strandby on Sunday (JFK-IAD), but the prior flight is over 6 hours earlier. Don't want to go if there's no chance of making it.
JerseyVics
Oct 31, 08, 6:17 pm
How does one check the seat availabilty on B6 flights? I want to try strandby on Sunday (JFK-IAD), but the prior flight is over 6 hours earlier. Don't want to go if there's no chance of making it.
maybe there's a more clever way of doing it, but a simple solution can be trying to book (price check) 6, 7 or 8 seats for that flight and see what the system tells you.
JetBlue doesn't oversell so if you get a rate for your party of 8, chances are there's at least 8 seats available, I dunno thats what I did.
--Russ
PS. you could actually go further than that, you could choose seats just before submitting payment so you can clearly see all the seats available... once thats done, do not proceed with the booking.
maybe there's a more clever way of doing it, but a simple solution can be trying to book (price check) 6, 7 or 8 seats for that flight and see what the system tells you.
JetBlue doesn't oversell so if you get a rate for your party of 8, chances are there's at least 8 seats available, I dunno thats what I did.
--Russ
PS. you could actually go further than that, you could choose seats just before submitting payment so you can clearly see all the seats available... once thats done, do not proceed with the booking.
sbm12
Oct 31, 08, 6:19 pm
How does one check the seat availabilty on B6 flights? I want to try strandby on Sunday (JFK-IAD), but the prior flight is over 6 hours earlier. Don't want to go if there's no chance of making it.
www.seatcounter.com should do it for you.
www.seatcounter.com should do it for you.
vatraveler
Oct 31, 08, 6:47 pm
www.seatcounter.com should do it for you.
Thanks for the tip, but B6 flights don't look quite right on Sunday for JFK-IAD. Lots of 4s and 0s on all the flights. How do I decipher this?
Thanks for the tip, but B6 flights don't look quite right on Sunday for JFK-IAD. Lots of 4s and 0s on all the flights. How do I decipher this?
sbm12
Oct 31, 08, 9:59 pm
Thanks for the tip, but B6 flights don't look quite right on Sunday for JFK-IAD. Lots of 4s and 0s on all the flights. How do I decipher this?
All you really care about is that the one flight you want has at least one column with a number other than a 0 in it (and that you're the person who gets that seat).
What the numbers mean is that there are at least that many seats available for sale in that class of service. Since JetBlue is an all Coach carrier all the classes represent the same cabin. Where it can get confusing is when you see a flight listed as B4 H4 K4 E4 L0 M0 O0 Q4 R0 S4 V0 Y4 (this Sunday's 5:30p departure as of now). That does not necessarily mean that there are 28 seats for sale. They could just sell 4 seats and all the numbers would go to 0. Generally speaking Y is the most expensive bucket for coach fares and all the other numbers are subsets of that bucket. So if there really were only 4 seats left for sale and someone bought 1 of them all the 4s would become 3s. I would guess that, in reality, since they are all the same in the example above you have a pretty good chance that buying a less than Y fare would only decrement that particular bucket and that the Y bucket would remain at 4.
Depending on the airline and the system that they use for publishing their fares the max number that you will see is 4, 7 or 9. Seeing a bunch of 4s makes me believe that the limit is the GDS being queried, not the flight itself.
My view of the data from SeatCounter is that you will have absolutely no problem getting on the 9a, 10:35a or 3:40p flights. If you're looking for something else then I don't know.
All you really care about is that the one flight you want has at least one column with a number other than a 0 in it (and that you're the person who gets that seat).
What the numbers mean is that there are at least that many seats available for sale in that class of service. Since JetBlue is an all Coach carrier all the classes represent the same cabin. Where it can get confusing is when you see a flight listed as B4 H4 K4 E4 L0 M0 O0 Q4 R0 S4 V0 Y4 (this Sunday's 5:30p departure as of now). That does not necessarily mean that there are 28 seats for sale. They could just sell 4 seats and all the numbers would go to 0. Generally speaking Y is the most expensive bucket for coach fares and all the other numbers are subsets of that bucket. So if there really were only 4 seats left for sale and someone bought 1 of them all the 4s would become 3s. I would guess that, in reality, since they are all the same in the example above you have a pretty good chance that buying a less than Y fare would only decrement that particular bucket and that the Y bucket would remain at 4.
Depending on the airline and the system that they use for publishing their fares the max number that you will see is 4, 7 or 9. Seeing a bunch of 4s makes me believe that the limit is the GDS being queried, not the flight itself.
My view of the data from SeatCounter is that you will have absolutely no problem getting on the 9a, 10:35a or 3:40p flights. If you're looking for something else then I don't know.
caphis
Nov 1, 08, 4:43 am
No offense to SeatCounter, but I don't think it works as built for B6. For the Sunday JFK-IAD, for example, I don't understand what any of those numbers are supposed to represent. Without going into detail, they don't represent the load factors or availability for the 4 JFK-IAD flights at all.
It may work better for other airlines, or it may be competely useless. JerseyVics has the best idea, in my opinion, though the seat map won't reflect any customers booked without seat assignments. Just query the city pairs for the maximum number of customers and go down from there to get an idea.
For example, Sunday JFK-IAD, if you query for 9 customers, you can purchase seats on any of the four flights. This means that there are at least 9 seats open on each flight.
It may work better for other airlines, or it may be competely useless. JerseyVics has the best idea, in my opinion, though the seat map won't reflect any customers booked without seat assignments. Just query the city pairs for the maximum number of customers and go down from there to get an idea.
For example, Sunday JFK-IAD, if you query for 9 customers, you can purchase seats on any of the four flights. This means that there are at least 9 seats open on each flight.
sbm12
Nov 1, 08, 9:02 am
No offense to SeatCounter, but I don't think it works as built for B6. For the Sunday JFK-IAD, for example, I don't understand what any of those numbers are supposed to represent. Without going into detail, they don't represent the load factors or availability for the 4 JFK-IAD flights at all.
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For example, Sunday JFK-IAD, if you query for 9 customers, you can purchase seats on any of the four flights. This means that there are at least 9 seats open on each flight.
All SeatCounter is showing is that there are at least 4 seats available. In some GDSes the max number ever displayed is 4. That's why it doesn't go higher. And the fact that it shows 4s across the board does accurately reflect that there are at least 4 seats for sale, as there are apparently at least 9, so both work. Using the KVS Tool I can access the Sabre GDS and that shows 7s across the board on the flights. WorldSpan shows 4s and Apollo shows 4s, too.
Using the JetBlue site works, too, but I like seeing the matrix of data the way the GDSes present it.
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For example, Sunday JFK-IAD, if you query for 9 customers, you can purchase seats on any of the four flights. This means that there are at least 9 seats open on each flight.
All SeatCounter is showing is that there are at least 4 seats available. In some GDSes the max number ever displayed is 4. That's why it doesn't go higher. And the fact that it shows 4s across the board does accurately reflect that there are at least 4 seats for sale, as there are apparently at least 9, so both work. Using the KVS Tool I can access the Sabre GDS and that shows 7s across the board on the flights. WorldSpan shows 4s and Apollo shows 4s, too.
Using the JetBlue site works, too, but I like seeing the matrix of data the way the GDSes present it.
flying4aliving
Nov 1, 08, 9:31 pm
Wow, this seems like a lot of work. Why not just call B6? I know when I book standby on WN, while they won't give me an exact figure they will tell me if it looks good or not.
sbm12
Nov 1, 08, 9:34 pm
Wow, this seems like a lot of work. Why not just call B6? I know when I book standby on WN, while they won't give me an exact figure they will tell me if it looks good or not.
With my laptop open I can get an answer faster than I can get someone to pick up the phone. Part of that is because I know what I'm looking for online pretty quickly and don't have to deal with explaining my situation to a person who may or may not want to deal with me and my request.
With my laptop open I can get an answer faster than I can get someone to pick up the phone. Part of that is because I know what I'm looking for online pretty quickly and don't have to deal with explaining my situation to a person who may or may not want to deal with me and my request.