Durango Wheel Club

I’m calling next year, the start of something new – The Era of Air Travel Uncertainty.
That’s because travelers, and airline execs will have to be constantly scanning the financial pages to find out – is oil up or down? Is the economy still heading south or improving? But there are some things I believe we [...]

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Yesterday jetBlue reported a whopping 28% increase in passenger revenue per seat mile flown in September compared to last year.
How did they do this amidst the poor economy and fuel prices? (No, it wasn’t the pillow fee)
Well, for one thing, like most of the other domestic airlines they put less seats in the air [...]

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Everything, we hear, is back to normal now – though JetBlue’s terminal at JFK was evacuated briefly early today due to a suspicious package.
The package turned out to be two WWII replica grenades (non-working!) that were meant to be paper weights.
Call me crazy, but items like these strike me as the sort of thing [...]

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According to this week’s Economist, JetBlue’s recent eBay auction – the one I posted about the other day — was a success.

“On average, buyers paid 40% less for tickets sold at auction than they would have done at jetblue.com.” – The Economist

So JetBlue scores – after all, in this slow period, some of those tickets [...]

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My first thought was, this is a joke. But it’s not.
JetBlue is auctioning off “last minute” flights, getaway vacations and even “mystery destination” packages for those who wish to bid on them. And the bidding starts at “a nickel or a dime”.
Oddly enough, back in the heyday of the Internet bubble, there were several business [...]

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Labor Day is coming, and it’s not too late to make plans.
Midwest Airlines has just announced they’re extending their Labor Day sale, and they have deals as low as $168+ roundtrip throughout the country. See the details here.
JetBlue has a special sale (and we have the Promo Code): Save 10% if 2 people travel together, [...]

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CNNMoney notes today that arrivals at New York City-area airports ranked tops for delays last month.
Shocking!
The best airport for timely arrivals? Salt Lake City.
JetBlue had the most dismal on-time ranking, and Southwest had the best.
Also, do not confuse these on-time stats with the”official” ones from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics that come out in arrears [...]

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Want to grab a little shut-eye on your next JetBlue flight?
No problem! You can even have a fresh pillow and blanket, if you don’t mind paying $7 for this “Snooze Kit”. Yep, the latest airline fee.
But this isn’t the worst fee I’ve heard of: for one thing, it’s a new blanket and pillow, and supposedly [...]

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JetBlue’s CEO David Barger wants to show “solidarity” with his employees as they struggle through these tough economic times.
So he’s slashing his pay — in half.
Instead of making a base salary of $500,000, he will make $250,000.
Barger is not the first to cut his pay, and, it should be noted that this salary reduction is [...]

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