JetBlue TrueBlue - Jet Blue to eliminate gate-checked baggage return?

Over the weekend I was on a BOS-BWI Jet Blue flight where I had to gate check my luggage. The FA mentioned that starting this week (9/15?), JetBlue would no longer be returning gate checked bags to the jetway upon arrival; the new policy is that gate checked bags will have to be retrieved at baggage claim. Can anyone confirm this change?

Over the weekend I was on a BOS-BWI Jet Blue flight where I had to gate check my luggage. The FA mentioned that starting this week (9/15?), JetBlue would no longer be returning gate checked bags to the jetway upon arrival; the new policy is that gate checked bags will have to be retrieved at baggage claim. Can anyone confirm this change?

It's the same basic policy that's always been in place, but yes, there is a new push to start enforcing it more consistently. Luggage that will not fit in the overhead bin will be tagged as checked baggage and returned on the carousel. Gate checking will be reserved primarily for assistive devices, carseats, strollers, etc. and will continue to be returned to the jetway.

I didn't realize that they ever would bring gate-checked bags back up on the jetway. No other airline that I know of does so with mainline aircraft, which is all B6 flies.

I didn't realize that they ever would bring gate-checked bags back up on the jetway. No other airline that I know of does so with mainline aircraft, which is all B6 flies.

Depends on what you mean by "mainline aircraft," I guess. B6 flies Embraer ERJ-190 (E90) on the BOS-BWI route. Many other airlines return gate checked bags to the jetway on Embraer ERJ-145 Regional Jet flights, so the regional vs. mainline cutoff must be somewhere in the capacity between these two aircraft (i.e., 50 and 100 passengers, respectively).

Depends on what you mean by "mainline aircraft," I guess. B6 flies Embraer ERJ-190 (E90) on the BOS-BWI route. Many other airlines return gate checked bags to the jetway on Embraer ERJ-145 Regional Jet flights, so the regional vs. mainline cutoff must be somewhere in the capacity between these two aircraft (i.e., 50 and 100 passengers, respectively).

Yes, the difference is between those two numbers. Just because the plane is manufactured by Embrear doesn't mean that it is an ERJ nor that it is an express/non-mainline flight.

I suppose the real difference is in the contracts of the pilots operating the planes and B6 has no express carrier so everything is mainline for them.

Either way, on bigger planes where the overheads are big enough to hold full size bags I've not had bags returned gate-side by any airline.