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Receive a $50 JetBlue voucher**********************

The number of asterisks represents how complicated JetBlue has chosen to make this offer.
To qualify for your $50 Voucher, just register now on this page and then book a roundtrip flight on jetblue.com between September 8 and September 21, 2008 for travel between October 15 and November 15, 2008. Once travel is completed, we’ll send [...]

JetBlue to start charging for pillows and blankets

Straight from the horse’s mouth:
NEW YORK, Aug. 4, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) — JetBlue Airways Corporation (Nasdaq:JBLU), together with CleanBrands LLC, an innovator in the creation and development of products devoted to improving the health of the sleep environment, today announced the creation of The World’s Cleanest(tm) travel pillow and blanket kit. Effective today, customers on [...]

Woman smoked on flight, then hit flight attendant

DENVER - A woman faces federal charges after she allegedly lit up a cigarette on a flight and then assaulted a flight attendant, forcing the plane to land in Denver.
JetBlue flight 643 was on its way from JFK airport in New York City to San Francisco when the pilot had to make an unexpected landing [...]

Some industry updates…

I figured I’d make a consolidated post with some of the stories/news I’ve seen in the industry this week. 

Many airlines are raising the price for liquor/food onboard. AirTran is raising the price of alcoholic beverages by a dollar to $6. Starting June 1, United is raising the price of their “fresh food” items to $7, [...]

MSNBC: Passenger sues airline over flight spent on toilet

This is quite possibly the strangest story I’ve read in a long time, probably because it makes zero sense. From MSNBC:
NEW YORK - A New York City man is suing JetBlue Airways Corp. for more than $2 million because he says a pilot made him give up his seat to a flight attendant and sit [...]

Some airline news…

Since I’ve had less time on the web than I expected the past several days, I went through all of the airline forums on FlyerTalk this morning and was pleased to see that nothing too major has happened. Here are some of the minor things I did note:

Air Canada reported a first quarter loss of [...]

JetBlue Fly Two, Fly Free

From View From the Wing:
JetBlue is offering $25 off and 50 TrueBlue points for tickets purchased with an American Express Card by May 13, 2008 for travel between May 1 and June 18, 2008.
On top of the discount, this amounts to “fly two, fly free” which is a pretty good deal.
Now that’s a damn good [...]

Will JetBlue join the Star Alliance?

Now that Lufthansa will be using JetBlue as a feeder partner out of JFK and apparently they’ll be linking their FF programs somewhat, the question has to be asked, will they be joining the Star Alliance? I’m guessing the answer is no in the short run since it seems like LH is still trying to [...]

JetBlue to charge extra for more legroom

MSNBC reports:
NEW YORK - The head of JetBlue Airways Corp. said Tuesday the low-cost carrier expects to boost its noncore revenue by 60 percent this year, in part by charging passengers extra for more legroom.
“What we want … is the ability to upsell,” Chief Executive David Barger said.
Speaking at an investment conference in New York, [...]