Listen to nearly every earnings conference call and jetBlue executives have been saying for quarter after quarter, all we need is $10 more per passenger to make a profit. Fares have already gone up. They are collecting revenues by charging extra for the front seats. I have no problem with this. They have to make enough to cover the cost of the flight. Charging a high fee to change a ticket I change myself online has very little cost to jetBlue and I get NOTHING for it. If I want to take 10 bags, charge me all you like. It may still be cheaper than sending it by Fedex. If I want more legroom, I will happily pay the $20 and have already for every flight I have booked for myself and other co-workers. Charging a high fee to change or cancel a ticket when I am doing the work myself and am paying the fare difference is just not right.

Flying within the US just got much less attactive for me. All of my trips within the US are discretionary so this just makes travelling not worth it at all.

Thankfully with Emirates starting San Francisco service in a few months, I can get where I need to go without taking a domestic connection.