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JetBlue Will Expand Mint Business Class to Boston

Matthew June 23, 2015 3 Comments

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jet-blue-mint-03JetBlue announced an expansion of its popular Mint lie-flat business class service to Boston with service starting next year. In March 2016, JetBlue will commence three daily flights between Boston and San Francisco and add Boston – Los Angeles flights in autumn 2016. Boston – Barbados will also see Mint on Saturday flights starting in March 2016.

JetBlue Mint is a wonderful concept and its expansion to a zone in which Delta, American, and United currently compete for premium traffic should put downward pressure on pricing. One-way tickets still start at an incredible $599 on the LAX/SFO – JFK Mint routes and I would expect similar pricing for Boston.

Will JetBlue Force Other Carriers to Improve Boston Service?

Delta, American, and United all offer standard “domestic first class” seating on their transcon Boston flights (though United is offering lie-flat seats on select flights this summer), even though flying between the West Coast and Boston often takes the same amount of time as flying across The Pond from Boston to London. Virgin America has better business class seats, though they are also not lie-flat.

JetBlue’s offering a better product for a cheaper price will put pressure on the other carriers to cut rates and improve service — hopefully a victory for consumers.

But don’t expect any immediate changes. The JetBlue service will not begin until next spring and we must also keep in mind that Boston is not the lucrative market that New York is — otherwise we would see the legacies already offer a more premium transcon experience.

Star Alliance Codeshare Opportunites for JetBlue

As the era of alliances continues to dwindle, look for Star Alliance carriers to be even more likely than before to team up with JetBlue — not only out of JFK, but now out of BOS. With lie-flat service at a cheaper price and a much more robust network out of BOS, I predict we will see Lufthansa and Swiss team up with JetBlue in a greater capacity than they already do. Turkish is already working with JetBlue a well and Boston’s hometown carrier also has teamed up with El Al, Emirates, Hainan Airlines, and Qatar Airways.

In Summary

Good news for consumers today…let’s hope this starts a fare war when fares are filed on July 8, 2015.

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Matthew is an avid traveler who calls Los Angeles home. Each year he travels more than 200,000 miles by air and has visited more than 120 countries over the last decade. Working both in the aviation industry and as a travel consultant, Matthew has been featured in the New York Times, Chicago Tribune, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, BBC, Fox News, CNN, ABC, CBS, NBC, Al Jazeera, Toronto Star, and on NPR. Studying international relations, American government, and later obtaining a law degree, Matthew has a plethora of knowledge outside the travel industry that leads to a unique writing perspective. He has served in the United States Air Force, on Capitol Hill, and in the White House. His Live and Let's Fly blog shares the latest news in the airline industry, commentary on frequent flyer programs and promotions, and detailed reports of his worldwide travel. His writings on penandpassport.com offer more general musings on life from the eyes of a frequent traveler. He also founded awardexpert.com, a highly-personalized consulting service that aids clients in the effective use of their credit card points and frequent flyer miles. Clients range from retirees seeking to carefully use their nest egg of points to multinational corporations entrusting Matthew with the direction and coordination of company travel.

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3 Comments

  1. Rocky Reply
    June 23, 2015 at 8:53 pm

    Don’t forget that this summer United will offer P.S. Service from LAX to BOS for about 5 weeks this summer, as I wrote about back in March

  2. Matthew Reply
    June 23, 2015 at 8:56 pm

    Thanks Rocky. I added the link to my post.

  3. Angelina Reply
    June 26, 2015 at 12:12 pm

    The move by JetBlue will invariably result in a mild to moderate price war as delta and United will not let the former lure away passengers. The introduction of its Mint business class to Boston routes is great news. The other carriers may now bring some add-ons in the segment for their passengers.

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