How to Book AUS - SWF
Sep 15, 2018, 4:18 pm
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How to Book AUS - SWF
Google Flights shows really good fares on this routing through FLL. However, I can't book this pairing online or when I call JetBlue.
Presumably this is because Jetblue wants people or assumes people will fly AUS-JFK directly and wouldn't need this pairing. But the pairing is good for me because I have a second home near SWF.
Does anyone know a workaround to book?
Presumably this is because Jetblue wants people or assumes people will fly AUS-JFK directly and wouldn't need this pairing. But the pairing is good for me because I have a second home near SWF.
Does anyone know a workaround to book?
Sep 15, 2018, 4:24 pm
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Is the fare you are finding a through-fare, or a fare constructed by adding the two segments together? You might have to book this as two separate tickets if you cannot get the itinerary to fare as a single ticket.
Sep 15, 2018, 4:29 pm
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Two separate tickets are far more expensive then what Google is showing.
Sep 15, 2018, 4:39 pm
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Expedia seems to be offering the B6 FLL connection for sale, as well as itineraries on AA and DL which are pricing even lower than B6 -- at least for the random Wednesday in October that I checked.
Sep 15, 2018, 5:52 pm
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Sep 16, 2018, 4:38 am
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ITA shows B6 512->B6 536 as a valid routing/connection time and a single fare component (I used 2 OCT as the travel date) for $178. No reason I can see that JetBlue won't sell you this trip, but it won't. Neither will BlueInc which often gets around some of the connecting itinerary quirks.
Expedia/Travelocity/Orbitz are all the same booking engine and are pricing it at $750ish which appears to be end-on-end. Priceline is offering the $178 fare.
Expedia/Travelocity/Orbitz are all the same booking engine and are pricing it at $750ish which appears to be end-on-end. Priceline is offering the $178 fare.