I don't know about the A321, but the A320s and E190s have the same plan except the E190s don't have group E. I have this document for the A320 that specifically says DO NOT DISTRIBUTE, so I can't reveal exactly where the cutoff is, (so pax will have to figure it out for themselves through deduction). What I can say is that the cutoff is at a particular row, and that row is farther forward than you might think. Of course, this is subject to change, as JetBlue may tweak the location of the "demarcation row" in the future if they think they can make boarding more efficient.

I only just found this through google not through the search on this site:( so I re-posted a question about how the process is going. I was just wondering if anyone has had more recent experience with boarding Jet blue and has it been any better. Are they still doing windows first in the back then middle and then aisle? I have a flight scheduled round trip to CA from NY next Feb and picked aisles for both my husband (12 and 15 on the return) and myself next to each other because i always wind up in the middle. So we thought this might be a better option and still be near eachother However hearing all this I am wondering if we should just book windows forward and behind. We will need overhead..

Yes. Nothing has changed with the boarding process. Aisles will be amongst the last to board.

Odds of a gate checked bag on the A321 Mint configuration are relatively lower because of the seating density on board. There's more bins/person than on the A320s or all-core A321s. That said, if you really want to guarantee early boarding for bin space EMS or a window seat are the best bet.

Just took a B6 A320 SFO-LGB-SFO on Sunday. Fiancee had the aisle seat, I had window. We were both in the same group for both flights.

If both on the same PNR then you both get the lower boarding group of the two I believe.

Interesting that this happened when your seats were not together! It definitely happens when two seats booked together on same PNR (and physically next to each other, such as window and aisle on E190)- every trip for us that's held, board with earliest group.

Recently I broke down and coughed up $30 for an EMS seat. It was a full flight, and I usually take an aisle seat near the front (E90 - Group D alert!) but this time I had a bag that would not go underneath the seat that I didn't want to check, so I did it (that 200 TB points didn't hurt either...).

Ah, that makes sense.

Didn't know about this new process until Sunday, when one colleague was in 13A (group C) and another was in 13C (group E). They were on separate PNRs with printed boarding passes. I was in 14A on the same PNR as 13C, but I have no idea what boarding group I was in, since it doesn't appear on the mobile boarding pass in the app. So I boarded with 13A. And 13C boarded right after me, since I was able to swipe to his boarding pass on my phone and thus they didn't know which group he was in -- I was surprised they allowed two boarding passes from the same phone!

Seth

Has anyone figured out where the "front" vs. "back" demarcation is on E190s?

Same as the 150-seat A320. The only difference is that there is no Group E.

I'm going to guess Row 13 based on how service is done but I don't know for sure

Seems like having aisle board last is pretty smart. If aisle boards any sooner, it slows everyone down when middle and window seats come on: both have to find OH and ask aisle to get up. I am an aisle sitter and so far has been ok.

Outbound: Didnt work for me at all....in the front of the plane aisle and by the time they let Group E on...overhead space is gone. Inbound: General rugby scrum on first call for boarding. No rules.

Gotta be a better way than this.