jet blue fr. JFK in Jan/Feb.....bad idea?

[missmun52]

Since what happen with Jet blue a few winters ago I am a little reluctant to book a flight with them in the winter months out of NY. I really have been searching to see what they have done to avoid what happened where people were stuck in airports for days without a flight home but cant find anything.

What do you all think? Jet blue is by far the cheapest, should I just pay the extra and fly another airline like delta or be assured they have a plan if a big storm hits.

 

[boltfan]

I think you're putting too much emphasis on something that happened once years ago. And other airlines have also had similar problems. I always fly Jetblue in December and have never had a problem. I'm not saying it's impossible, but it's highly unlikely.

 

[missmun52]

I think you're putting too much emphasis on something that happened once years ago. And other airlines have also had similar problems. I always fly Jetblue in December and have never had a problem. I'm not saying it's impossible, but it's highly unlikely.

Thanks. I probably am. I love jet blue but always fly in the summer so its something that came across my mind and I needed some type of reassurance I guess.

 

[clanmcculloch]

What did Jet Blue do differently than other airlines in the situation you were dealing with? I would think that if there were unflyable weather conditions in NY then no airline could have flown in.

I fly in winter months out of NH. I never return home on the day before I have to be back to work or the kids have to be back to school in the winter. In the NE there's just too much likelihood of weather delays in the winter (though oddly enough we've never actually been affected by one; if I didn't plan for it I'm sure we'd be stuck for days).

 

[DebbieB]

Jet Blue got the bad rap because they left people sitting on the planes for hours on the taxiway. Since then, a new law came out that limits the time sitting to 3 hours, longer than that they have to go back to the terminal and let everyone off or face large fines.

I don't know if it would be different with any other airline. I think now they are more likely to just cancel flights rather than risk sitting for longer than the allowed time and being fined.

 

[Eddie]

If there is a option we always fly Jet Blue. Just the extra legroom in the regular seat is worth it.

 

[etail]

JetBlue is fine by us. We do however watch for weather since they often update the website before the ground crew makes the announcement or the text messages go out. We linve in NYC and trust really anything out of JFK in the winter since the equipment and runway can handle more weather...

 

[Elmo007]

I would avoid AA in the winter as opposed to Jetblue, AA has a much less customer friendly policy in the event of bad weather

 

[msjprincess]

What did Jet Blue do differently than other airlines in the situation you were dealing with? I would think that if there were unflyable weather conditions in NY then no airline could have flown in.

They kept boarding plans and taxiing out to the runway even though the weather was bad. They couldn't take off so they just sat there. Some people sat on the plane as long as 5 or 6 hours waiting for a gate to open for them to go back to the terminal.