Originally Posted by
LovePrunes
Have there been any reports of AA elite flying on JetBlue **without** an EMS seat who were stopped from bringing a carry-on with their personal item?
My experience and everything I've read has only been about the ability to get on with a carry-on and a personal item with an EMS seat. But in all honesty, when I boarded, it looked like they really didn't care where I was sitting in terms of enforcement of bags
Originally Posted by
sxpsxpsxp
You can bring a carry-on with you as long as you're not on a blue-basic fare. If you don't have an EMS seat, you'll still get priority boarding being AA Elite. If you're on blue basic, you can only bring a bag on board if you're in EMS. Status doesn't matter here, except to the extent that you could get the EMS seat for free at check-in, if one is available.
Got it, thanks. I was on a blue basic fare, got an EMS at 24 hours advance of departure, and got on with my personal bag + carry on bag no problem.
was my 1st time flying B6, just trying to figure out if elite status meant you always get a carry on bag even on blue basic. Guess it's a gamble for being able to score EMS. In this case, it worked for me.