Jet (Blue) Around in September for $599
Jet Blue announced a pretty crazy deal that will allow you to JET around to over 50 destinations on an unlimited All-You-Can-Jet flying pass for $599. The dates of use are from September 8th to October 8th and you have to be a member of TrueBlue to get the pass.
Bravo to my friends at Jet Blue for coming up with a promotion that is truly unique. It makes sense as well because travel is always down between Labor Day and Thanksgiving as families finish up summer travel and hunker down until the holidays.
This also provides TrueBlue members with an awesome way to rack up substantial points in the program over the month of September, particularly useful because this fall Jet Blue is totally revamping their program to make it way more user–friendly and flexible.
There are a few details to consider before you throw down the cash and start figuring out how to take a leave of absence in September:
- You must buy it by August 21st
- You can’t buy it online (Whaaa?) Yep, go ahead and pick up the phone and dial (800) 538-2583 and hit Prompt 4 to be fast-tracked to an agent
- There are a limited number of passes available (Jet Blue isn’t releasing how many) so act quickly if you want one
- Taxes and fees are included for domestic flights (nice touch) and you can change plans without fees anytime before three days of departure
- There are no blackout dates – if a seat is open, you get it
- There are no max number of pass holders per flight. So you might be sitting there with a bunch of other fly-happy travelers that are going somehere just because they can.
Overall, I think this is a pretty killer deal and I seriously considered using the money I set aside for a ski pass to go jetting for a month. Then I remembered I’m starting a travel company so I don’t have the money or time to travel. Bummer.
That being said, my major concern is whether or not I would actually be able to get seats at the times I want to go to the places I want to see. I guess it’s not quite like flying standby because they book you on a flight, but if the excitement in the Twitterdom is any measurement of the perceived popularity of this promo, my luck would have it that EVERYBODY IN THE WORLD buys this pass and then we all dual it out for a limited number of seats in September…
I digress. Depending on how smart Jet Blue is going to be about the number of passes they sell versus the load capacity on their flights, it could be a pretty affordable way to have a very interesting September…and set yourself up with enough points to redeem them next year for free flights.
P.S. If you haven’t done it already, follow Jet Blue’s “Cheeps” and United’s “Twares” on Twitter. I know, it sounds like I am speaking in tongue. But really they are just cute names for deeeply discounted fares available only to their Twitter followers.
P.S.S. Southwest lost the bid to acquire Frontier in bankruptcy court yesterday. Their bid of $170M didn’t cut the mustard because the carrier wouldn’t drop the requirement that its pilots and Frontier’s work out an integration before the deal closed. Republic bought Frontier for almost $108.8M. If you are wondering how I feel about this, go here.
