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I am retired from SK and restricted to Myidtravel. Would like to go to Central America with family. Seems like jetBlue is the only one accepting travel partner, never heard about that company, does anyone have experience in non-rev with them?
I am interested in their flights from JFK to LIR and CUN. We are thinking about late Nov. early Dec. hoping for better chances at that time of the year, that is usually the case going Europe to Asia, but here we are on new grounds.
Thanks
I have only flown B6 once and it was a great experience. Helpful employees all the way around.
JetBlue is single class, they offer personal seatback TVs , nice legroom and blue potato chips. :cool: While I haven’t flown with them family and friends have, and enjoyed the flights.
Enjoy your trip.
I nonreved once from JFK to MSY, I was surprised to have a decent legroom and even a little snack, wonderful flight...
Thank you all - sounds like an ok company, but I am hoping to work out our chances to get on a flight. It looks like a lowcost carrier, here in Europe that means hardly any noshows, and the fair goes up the closer you are to departure date, so maybe not many seats are sold at last minute.
When is low season for US people to travel to Central- Southamerica? My guess is mid Nov to mid Dec. and Jan or?
I would guess off season for most Americans to Central America would be rainy season. That is probably off season for most travellers. You might be able to travel between Thanksgiving and Christmas but I would guess that mid Dec. (going to C.A.) though the beginning of January (returning) will be busy due to the holidays. Remember its winter here and people want to travel where it is warm.
Also, you need to check with your company. My company has not allowed us to let travel partners use myidtravel. When I look Jetblue does not even show they allow travel partners but icelandic are does. What about airomexico? it shows travel partner and that might get you somewhere into Mexico.
Also, what about a Canadian airline, you have any options there?
Despite being a low cost carrier, they do not charge outrageous fees for things like bringing on a carry on bag, printing a boarding pass at the airport and as mentioned, they give free snacks. I've only flown them as a revenue pax since if you book far enough in advance, the difference between a zed fare and a confirmed ticket is not that much and is worth the piece of mind of a confirmed seat. There is also no charge to check your first bag. JetBlue also does not oversell seats so if the flight you choose to go on is open, you would only have to worry about how many other nonrevs there are on the flight. Keep in mind travel around Thanksgiving, which falls on Nov 22 this year can be a busy time and difficult for non revs, especially the Wed before and Sun after.
It seems like the ID agreements in myidtravel are differnt from company to company. For SK no travelpartner on icelandic or airomexica and no nonrev atall on any canadian, but jetblue is ok for travelpartner - one of the very few.
After so many years of travelling nonrev we are not good at making plans in advance - and we would still have to nonrev CPH - NYC.
At the monent I think we might go 2 first weeks of Dec. or 2 weeks end af Jan. and then have a plan A: LIR, plan B: CUN and maybe plan C Dominican Republic. We normally do not book hotels in advance, so we can be very flexible, that is positive with myidtravel, that it is very easy to change plans.
Thank you for your help, hopefully jetblue opens up a new world for us as a family.
Will let you know the outcome