Originally Posted by
jerry90210
Wow thank you very much for explaining all this very clearly for me. I am very surprised that even american and delta allows this as well as long as it isn't basic economy with them.
So you are also saying if you book a jetblue blue flight say right now and the departure is 2 days from now even. You can cancel it anytime now until that day you board and that still gives you the travelbank? So no caring about more than 7 days or booking less than 7 days, you will get travelbank regardless as long as booking with jetblue blue?
Yes, as already stated upthread. The only difference 7 days makes is for the 24-hour cash refund. Otherwise
it does not matter.
Originally Posted by
jerry90210
What do you mean you had a WN ticket booked as well? You are saying you could have 2 airline tickets with 2 different airlines booked for the same day and similar time and then cancel one of them on that day when you get to the airport? But if you do that, you obviously have to cancel at least one of them? Why would anyone do this? In case the earlier one gets cancelled, then you go on the other one? But you will get travelbank and you make sure you use that travelbank later on?
Yes. I had my reasons that day. I often don't know where I'm going until I'm at the airport so it isn't uncommon for me to have multiple tickets booked. The most I ever had was four (BTV, LAX, SAV, SJU) and I ended up going to LAX; luckily that day it was all on a single airline, which made things very easy for me
However this isn't the case for most people and I was just using it as an example, so I won't go any further down this off-topic rabbit hole.
Originally Posted by
jerry90210
Okay so checking in before you go the airport isn't good idea if you have a checked bag. That is why I never understood why someone would do that. Like what if you don't make it to the airport in time, then checking in already doesn't make any sense at all especially if you can still cancel it.
I never said that. If you are standing by for an upgrade then time of check-in is often considered. But again this is off-topic.
Originally Posted by
jerry90210
But cancelling the check in and then cancelling the flight for travelbank isn't that big of a hassle right? By hassle I mean the first part of unchecking in. The only reason for you to check in whether the day before or the day of your flight before you get to the airport is if you are sure you will get there on time, but most importantly you have zero checked luggage right?
Continuing from above, if you are standing by for an upgrade, it is better to check in sooner. I don't believe this is the case at JetBlue so, once again, it is not relevant here.
Originally Posted by
jerry90210
With checked luggage, checking in before you get to airport does nothing at all? It doesn't save you time etc?
With some airlines, you can print baggage tags at home, so it would in theory save you from that extra step. Again, not relevant to JetBlue.
Originally Posted by
jerry90210
Also the thing is when you check in at the counter, they always give you a boarding ticket. Now if you check in before you get to airport and have no checked luggage, do you print your boarding ticket at home? Or you just print it out at the kiosk at the airport? Then again you checking in at home before you get to the airport is so you don't have to check in at the airport right? But if you check in at the airport, do you need to wait in line to check in with the agent to get that physical boarding pass? Or can you actually print that boarding pass on the kiosk?
This is
TravelBuzz territory and not for this forum. All of this is up to you, and none of us can tell you what to do. You must do whatever you prefer.
I stopped there since my above comment addresses the remainder of your post. I sincerely hope this helps.
-J.