Scheduled for Mint, but showing A320?
Jun 27, 2022, 7:43 pm
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Scheduled for Mint, but showing A320?
I'm scheduled on a Mint flight tomorrow, 534 SFO-BOS, but I just noticed that flightaware and others are listing this as a A320 (all others are A321, past and future): https://flightaware.com/live/flight/...019Z/KSFO/KBOS. As far as I know, B6 doesn't have any Mint equipped A320s ... is this a sign of equipment swap and downgrade I just haven't been notified of yet? Anyone seen this before?
Jun 27, 2022, 9:18 pm
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I wouldn't worry at all. The flight tracking sites get the aircraft type wrong all of the time, especially before the flight plan is filed. The aircraft type should be corrected before departure but I wouldn't sweat it at all.
Jun 28, 2022, 7:01 am
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They file most of the Airbus flights as A320s for simplicity's sake and then just modify it to an A321 the day of travel. As of now it is showing aircraft 937 which is a Mint-equipped A321.
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Jun 28, 2022, 7:45 am
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Let's have a drink at JFK. You are such a wealth of knowledge you have to be a jetblue employee, or retired jetblue employee.