I find it a bit strange that a day later, nobody seems to have a definitive answer on whether JBLU flights will earn PQP/PQF. If not, then this really does very little for me as a west coast flier.

I still struggle to see what JBLU as a company gets out of this that is positive. If I were running that airline, I wouldn't care about 'retimings' at EWR (whatever that means), I wouldn't want to give UA some JFK slots, and I wouldn't want my passengers sampling UA. The big prize for UA is obvious, as getting back into JFK is great, but not until 2027?

The whole deal feels a bit lame, but I guess we always knew it was going to be.