sbm12

Two differing opinions here.

I may call later this morning while on the train to WAS and confirm and then buy mine. I know I shouldn't since I won't be able to truly take advantage, but I want to. And I firmly believe in giving in to such wants.

sbm12

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I just called and spoke to 3 different agents, including Christine, a manager responsible for booking the actual flights. She confirmed that the rule is specifically based on Departure city. A day of BOS-BUF followed by BUF-SJU, both transiting JFK, is permitted.

I just booked mine.

nsx

You are exactly the customer JetBlue hopes to win with this promotion. I'm sure you'll have a great time and collect some great stories from the people you meet on board. I am envious already.

ecspike

I'm just starting a new gig so won't be able to finagle any major off time, esp because I have a conference in Oct but I'm thinking of getting it just for weekend travel to see friends in Florida and maybe a day trip to San Juan, PR.

It's a shame that everything routes through JFK but even 2 weekend daytrips from Cali to Florida is more than double the cost of the pass.

sbm12

You do have the SMF-LGB-FLL-SJU option, though I doubt that is particularly appealing.

I gotta figure out the best way to get to PDX from SJU. That's gonna be a fun weekend.

travfar

Dude, http://www.sleepinginairports.com/.

Here's my tip. Pile up the prayer rugs in the chapel and you'll sleep like a baby. It's comfy and quiet. No one ever goes in there, not even security.

I wish there was a site like showering in airports to list all the airports with showers. Me, I just have a 24 hour fitness membership and so I can shower at gyms around the globe.

TigerWould

Dallas Cowboys- NFC Champs 2010

TigerWould

There are showers in most airline lounges at major airports. Also, there is a 24 Hour Fitness inside Las Vegas airport.

sbm12

I've made a liar out of myself, it seems. I signed up for a twitter account to go along with my AYCJ pass. http://twitter.com/wanderngaramean

Part of my initial weekend of flights are booked - JFK-LAS-LGB-PDX-LGB-ORD-JFK. She had to book the return trip as 3 one-way tickets since the natural routing for PDX-JFK doesn't include stops in LGB and ORD. And she did note, "you know we have a non-stop flight from Long Beach to JFK, right" during the booking. But she was more than happy to book the ORD segments when asked.

I will likely tag on late-night turns to Puerto Rico on either end of that weekend, giving me 10 flights and 7 airports over the weekend. I even stop long enough in PDX to overnight and hang out with some friends.

I'm also working on another weekend run of JFK-SAN-SLC-LGB-OAK//SFO-BOS-JFK in about 24 hours. That'll get me 5 more airports for my collection. And I can do another late-night run the night to the islands if I want to add another.

LilZeppelin

With the hurricane season in the Caribbean, what could we expect from B6 regarding the changes to booked flights, if say, a hurricane lands within 3 days of travel date? Anybody thought about that? I would like to go to SJU for a weekend and perhaps to AUA. While the latter is below the hurricane belt, the former is clearly not.

sbm12

I'd assume standard waivers would apply.

For those looking for crazy 24-hour(ish) routings, I've come up with a couple from the NYC area:
JFK-BOS-BUF-(JFK)-RIC-(JFK)-BTV-(5 hour overnight)-(JFK)-SYR-JFK can be done from 7:45am to 11:04 the following morning. Skip the SYR turn and you're in under 24 hours. It even includes a long enough layover in JFK on the BUF-RIC route to get some lunch and recharge a laptop.

There's also this 26 hour routing: JFK-SAN-SLC-LGB-OAK (BART) SFO-BOS-JFK 9:35am to 11:01am +1

mikeef

May I ask why you did that, if you aren't getting miles? Is it just to pick up the extra airports for your collection?

Please let us know when the NYT article runs, btw. Sounds great. If they need more people to interview, send them my way. I can tell them about how I did two weekend trips to DEL, leaving my wife home with the kids, and then how she did the same to me. As my brother puts it, "Wrong for the world, right for each other."

Mike

sbm12

Pretty much. Since I cannot stop at any of the places all that long due to work constraints I've decided to see how many B6 stations I can visit. Doing crazy things like JFk-BUF-BOS-JFK on the morning of the 8th (6:05am departure is one of the earliest on the day the whole thing starts) and getting back to JFK in time to get to work at noon is just part of the fun for me.

sbm12

Seems I'll be blogging it, too: http://allicanjet.wanderingaramean.com/.

Spent_All_My_Miles

I may get the pass; still need to figure out whether I fly to the Caribbean on all four weekends.

I am a little surprised that this thread hasn't generated more posts. In terms of value, for someone flying four or more times, the value is at least as great as, say, the free Icelandair tickets in 2004, but that threat grew to be a monster. JetBlue isn't as big as the legacy carriers, but it is somewhat bigger that Icelandair.