New Cabin Design
Aug 5, 2013, 7:51 pm
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Redeye flights are a major factor for west to east transcons. You can't get to the east coast from LAX or SFO in the morning without taking a redeye given the time change and the flight length. If you don't want to go the day before and have another night in a hotel, being able to sleep on the flight is a very important factor.
Aug 6, 2013, 9:35 am
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Those contracts are rarely long-term and also rarely exclusive. Adding another airline to the 'preferred booking partners' list generally isn't too hard. And if JetBlue can offer the product at a price point which is competitive with the other carriers - whether via a corporate discount or just cheaper straight up - they have a chance to make it work.
Aug 6, 2013, 11:23 am
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Those contracts are rarely long-term and also rarely exclusive. Adding another airline to the 'preferred booking partners' list generally isn't too hard. And if JetBlue can offer the product at a price point which is competitive with the other carriers - whether via a corporate discount or just cheaper straight up - they have a chance to make it work.
Aug 6, 2013, 11:41 am
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That's how I'm reading it as well. Once you accept that most of the passengers on paid seats up front are buying at the discounted rate anyways it isn't all that hard to choose to simply offer it to anyone willing to pay it rather than only to some.
Aug 7, 2013, 11:06 pm
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Seems like a really smart strategic move, and if they succeed, it would really have the legacy carriers up in arms.
Sep 16, 2013, 12:04 pm
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I got to try the seats out today. Admittedly not the final product and very much in a test layout in the LIC offices so no other cabin bits around. They are comfy. The pair of seats is fine as is the single. There is a TON of space on the window side of the single seat, as well as two outlets there. Really a lot of space in the seat. The new "core" seats (economy) are pretty comfy, too. I didn't sit on them for long but I think they're probably better than the NEK seats Lufty is running. It is a little thing, but winged headrests will be nice. I was missing that on my flights last week.
Apr 3, 2014, 7:31 am
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JetBlue to Roll-Out Business Class Seat From June
JetBlue's 9:30 JFK-LAX flight on June 15th will be the first to offer the new business class seats. By 2014's end, all 7 transcon flights will have Mint.
The SFO-JFK route will get them on October 26th and by the end of 2015's Q1, all 5 transcend flights will have Mint.
http://www.businesstraveller.com/new...ess-class-seat
The SFO-JFK route will get them on October 26th and by the end of 2015's Q1, all 5 transcend flights will have Mint.
http://www.businesstraveller.com/new...ess-class-seat
Apr 3, 2014, 8:20 pm
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JetBlue's 9:30 JFK-LAX flight on June 15th will be the first to offer the new business class seats. By 2014's end, all 7 transcon flights will have Mint.
The SFO-JFK route will get them on October 26th and by the end of 2015's Q1, all 5 transcend flights will have Mint.
http://www.businesstraveller.com/new...ess-class-seat
The SFO-JFK route will get them on October 26th and by the end of 2015's Q1, all 5 transcend flights will have Mint.
http://www.businesstraveller.com/new...ess-class-seat
Apr 4, 2014, 8:03 am
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Mint suite
I will be on the same flight (but not in the suite) . I am in seat 3B at the moment but I am hoping for a suite to open.
Apr 4, 2014, 1:10 pm
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