The flight was great, it's the only flight out of ABQ at that time (the last flight out is maybe 9pm) so security line was nonexistent. They had a little party to celebrate the first flight out and everyone received a goody bag. The bag was slightly disappointing, consisting of some Albuquerque tourism items (pen, pad, magazine, and some weird pasta) and a jetblue reusable cold cup filled with a luggage tag, earbuds, and green confetti. There was free champagne once we reached 10k feet, then they randomly selected 3 seats to win a few prizes (RT tix on Jetblue flights and an American Girl doll that had some connection to Albuquerque), which I didn't win but was a really nice gesture. The crew was friendly and seemed genuinely excited to be there. We had an on-time departure and arrived at 5am into JFK. The flight was about 80% full.

Through Wednesday there is a $99 sale on ABQ-JFK flights, so I've booked another trip in May. The strange thing is, on my return flight there was only middle seats available. I wonder if the route is selling that well that they are 90% capacity a month in advance?