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Budget Travel magazine has opened voting for its Readers’ Choice Awards, so this is your chance to weigh in! Lufthansa’s a good choice, but hopefully your favorite airline is JetBlue. Vote now!

JetBlue University Crewmember, Dan Dyer, took a most creative approach to pitching himself for a job at JetBlue. See below for his story, in his own words: I was visiting a friend in Boston who was talking up JetBlue, saying great things about the CEO and about how they did things differently. When I returned [...]

Did you know… that Valentine’s Day was named after Saint Valentine, of which there were many (it’s unknown whether one person in particular is linked to the holiday). Pope Gelasius I started Valentine’s Day way back in 496 AD and romance was not linked to the holiday until the 14th Century. The day was actually [...]

When it snows, it blizzards and boy did we get hit this week! The Northeast got slammed with ice, wind, and snow (cue the disco) on Wednesday, and D.C. and surrounding areas got a double dose, closing airports for the second time in a week. Rough weather coupled with less-than-positive airline news makes for fewer [...]

Maria Raknes, Airport Operations Crew On November 12, 2001 I became part of the JetBlue family, and it has been a nice ride. I started in Fort Lauderdale as a Crewmember when we had only five flights a day and there was a good outlook towards future growth. At the time, Mr. John Driscoll, our [...]

Red Sox Nation is all geared up for this big party that happens each year as the team’s equipment truck embarks on a 1,400 mile journey to Spring Training down in Florida. As the event presenter, we have wrapped the truck in JetBlue branding and will be there beside Wally the Green Monster for all [...]

Today marks the start of our service between Orlando and Montego Bay, Jamaica. Montego Bay has been one of our most popular destinations ever, and this new route is just the latest example of the huge Customer demand to jet to the popular Caribbean BlueCity. Congratulations to our Mo Bay Crewmembers!

Connectivity seems to be this week’s theme in airline news. The big switch to a new reservations system is our main news, with minimal coverage due to minimal hiccups (thankfully!). Southwest is getting connected with plans to offer WiFi on their planes over the next two years. Delta, meanwhile, officially pulled the plug on Northwest [...]

With the recent increase in checked bag fees from most airlines, travelers are rightfully searching for alternatives to get their luggage to its destination. Increasingly, folks are considering mailing their luggage using traditional shipping companies like Fed Ex and UPS. Depending on the weight of the bags (the heavier the bag the more the airlines [...]