Originally Posted by EIPremier
Apart from the non-reclining seat, I don't know what else you could have wanted? An empty middle seat these days is quite a luxury. As far as not being able to get past the aisle seat occupant without waking him, this is a reality on any red-eye flight. I'm sure the flight would have been all the worse without the extra legroom on JetBlue and the empty middle seat. I'm not sure how you can expect to be comfortable in economy class on any airline.
As far as being charged the change fee, plus ticket difference, this is standard procedure and you would probably have paid a lot more if the airline had charged a $100 change fee like AA.
I would have forfeited all that extra legroom for a reclining seat -- the legroom doesn't mean a whole lot when your back is killing you from the base of your spine being lower than your knees for 4.5 hours. The kid that was sleeping in the aisle sleep (who was taller than me) pulled down his tray table and laid his head and shoulders on top of it and slept in that position to take the pressure off his lower back, so please, spare me the extra legroom bonus. I
have been more comfortable in economy class of a different airline in a seat that adequately reclines.
And if you'll re-read my posts, you'll find I'm not complaining about the change fee, my issue was having to pay it online before I could find out the only seats available on the flight were middle seats.
I'm really glad there are so many people that think Jet Blue is the next best thing to sliced bread, I really am. But allow people who might think otherwise the opportunity to express an opinion without trying to minimize their complaint. If the flight had been wonderful, I would have posted about how wonderful it was and how I was ready to fly them again. I don't expect perfection -- particularly in air travel, but my Jet Blue experience fell way below what I consider to be "acceptable" regardless of the price.