Originally Posted by
kefkafloyd
A followup to my earlier posts about changing a flight. I decided to give it a run today via phone changing and it worked great.
I had booked BOS-SFO on an EMS seat, fare was around $270. I'm checking a second bag (Jetblue plus card member) so that'd tack another $35 on top of it for a $300 effective cost. I decided to check Jetblue.com and see what the going rate was and I was shocked to see that Mint was at $399. That's the lowest I've ever seen it on BOS-SFO. I called 800-JetBlue, waited on hold for about ten minutes, and the nice person on the other end of the line charged me the fare difference, refunded my previous fare and EMS charge, and assigned me to seat 4F.
Paying gate upgrades is for suckers. If you really want to switch on the same flight (which has no change fee), call Jetblue on the phone. It'll cost you some time on hold, but that's a lot cheaper than a $499 gate upgrade.
I've had two instances where upgrading at the gate was my only choice. The flights had no Mint seats available, and people jut failed to check-in, so they allowed me to upgrade for the $499. I don't think at T-10 I could have done that via res.
Also, when there's only 1 seat left, I've seen Mint at ~$1100.