Pricing with Jet Blue: Are first offered prices the best?
Greetings,
My wife and I are considering Jet Blue for travel in April. This would be our first experience with Jet Blue. Knowing that they have not extended their schedule yet I signed up for the TrueBlue membership to get advance notice of the extension. I took this advice from reading the boards. Thanks to everyone. Anyhow. Unsure as to how Jet Blue prices fares, maybe someone could answer this question. If I catch the extension when it opens, will the first posting of fares be the best offer from Jet Blue? Or should I play the game and wait to see if they drop? Thanks |
It has been the case that the first fare buckets to be released, when the schedules are extended, are the higher fare buckets.
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What JetBlueFA said....
However, on jetBlue, if the price for the same itinerary goes down sometime after you bought the ticket, you can call up and receive a voucher for the difference - sort of a low price guarantee. |
Originally Posted by dinosims
(Post 10012629)
What JetBlueFA said....
However, on jetBlue, if the price for the same itinerary goes down sometime after you bought the ticket, you can call up and receive a voucher for the difference - sort of a low price guarantee. |
I think there was but I believe that the fee has been done away with.
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Originally Posted by JetBlueFA
(Post 10012699)
I think there was but I believe that the fee has been done away with.
I'm working on booking a FL trip, 10 days from Oct. 31 to Nov 10 and thus far, JetBlue is about $350 R/T... I'd rather fly JetBlue but the 350 makes me cringe... |
Originally Posted by JetBlueFA
(Post 10012699)
I think there was but I believe that the fee has been done away with.
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Originally Posted by sbm12
(Post 10013065)
No fee for the exact same flights. Or $100 for any other change.
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Wow, glad I read this thread. I've been holding out buying a ticket, (on AA or CO) waiting for B6s new dates to open. But if higher fares are highest, I wonder if its worth waiting anymore.
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Originally Posted by the phoenix
(Post 10024872)
Wow, glad I read this thread. I've been holding out buying a ticket, (on AA or CO) waiting for B6s new dates to open. But if higher fares are highest, I wonder if its worth waiting anymore.
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dupe!
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Originally Posted by jetBlueNYFL
(Post 10025249)
Also, you would not be getting the JetBlue experience.
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Originally Posted by nerd
(Post 10025281)
Yeah. Let us know how the experience is. ;)
And for the few times that it's not, because air travel is far from perfect, JetBlue makes it up to the customer. |
Originally Posted by jetBlueNYFL
(Post 10025249)
If it's worth it is for you to decide. But keep in mind that AA and CO's fees may cost you more in the long run - especially if the fare declines. Also, you would not be getting the JetBlue experience.
Originally Posted by jetBlueNYFL
(Post 10025284)
And for the few times that it's not, because air travel is far from perfect, JetBlue makes it up to the customer.
And to top it all off, there is a chance that CO/AA fares will go down as well if the flights aren't selling. So the OP could wait a month and find that the fares dropped on CO/AA too. I'd take a look at one of the historical fare pricing tools and see what the range is for the flight you're looking at. If there is someone selling a fare and the price is reasonable, I'd buy it. It would seem right now that the industry is trending higher in fares, so chances of super low fares suddenly appearing are low, IMO. |
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