New JetBlue hub and seats on A320's

[KSoda]

In case you haven't heard, for those of us in the tristate area of NYC and SW Connecticut, JetBlue will begin nonstop service to MCO out of White Plains (Westchester Co. HPN) N.Y. around March. They are also removing the front row seats for added room. To avoid the masses flying out of NYC, another nice airport is in Newburgh, NY. (SWF) where you can get non stop service to Florida.

 

[Desnik]

We will be flying on Jetblue out of Stewart this April!!! It's great especially since the airport is 20 minutes from my house!!!
I got a great price and am so happy Jetblue flys out of Stewart(SWF) now!
That's great that they will be flying out of White Plains too!! We have flown jetblue twice and really loved it!

 

[KSoda]

That sounds great, I hope you have a wonderful and safe trip! I flew out of Stewart in the 90's to Germany with my Army unit, nice airport! But I'll never fly USAir again. This time, I picked JetBlue; JetBlue's reservations people were so helpful and saved me a bundle. I originally booked them online for an 0800am flight out of Stewart on 6/28 for our Disney vacation. Only $99 one way and $119 returning. Several days later I found out about a Space Shuttle launch scheduled (STS118) for the same time we were to land at MCO. I didn't want to miss this for anything, so we decided that we would book the Holiday Inn Titusville/Kennedy Space Center for a day earlier on 6/27. I then learned it would cost a $30 flight cancelation/rescheduling per person fee (myself, my three girls and a baby) plus any difference in the flight price, that would have meant about $400 more which defeated the low cost of the flights. I called JetBlue reservations, the woman was so helpful and sincerely felt my disappointment in the costs involved. During our conversation, I asked about JetBlue beginning a new hub out of White Plains (35 mins. from home, instead of Stewart 1.3 hours away), she recalculated the difference, when she told me the cost to change my flight, I almost fell off my chair, but in a good way, she said it would only be a total of $58 more round trip for all of us, so instead of paying the $119 p/p charge for our return flight MCO/SWF, Westchester was only $99, so all the fee's were basically a wash and andy charge minimal. Before we spoke, I was so disappointed that we might miss the Shuttle, but she made my day. Then I found out JetBlue is removing the first row seats for added room, YEEEHAHHH, we got the bulkhead seats on both flights. I have to say, I am so delighted, as long as things go well with check in and our flights, I will be using JetBlue from now on. Originally, we would have booked Southwest, but they are not taking reservations past May 10th, even as of today, its the same. So, all I can say is Southwest lost a sale and probably a customer, my brother has been waiting for new flights with SW to go on sale, he too is now thinking of JetBlue now, another lost sale for SW. He likes to fly out of Bradley Int. in Hartford, CT., but JetBlue is not there, and he hates JFK, Laguardia and Newark, me too! Too crowded, both in the terminals and in the airspace. I love Bradley, thats were I usually fly from and SW would have been my choice. I can see a problem coming for passengers waiting for SW to go on sale after 5/10/07, there's gonna be a mad rush for seats and they'll be overbooking. In case anyone is interested, another shuttle (STS117) is also scheduled for March '07 as well, and there are several rocket launches throughout the year. I signed up for NASA email notification when tickets become available for the June launch, they are on sale now for March, but they're sold out of their premium viewing tickets. We want to have lunch with an astronaut, how exciting! I'm currious to know if our motel in Titusville is any closer than the NASA viewing area at 6 miles away from the launch pad, I think I'll do a Google Earth search and find out, this way, we can watch the launch from our riverview room which should have a direct view of the launch pads and avoid the thousands of cars and crowds. Now, we'll pray for premium weather conditions and for a safe trip!

Pray for all those affected by the Central Florida tornados Feb. 02

 

[AllyBri]

The seats have already been removed from most of their planes, they are ahead of schedule.
We flew on Jan. 18 and the 27 with the roomier seats.

 

[Desnik]

Thanks! I hope you have a safe and wonderful trip too! How exciting toi see the shuttle launch!! Jetblue has been so great to us too. Wait till you get on the plane with them! The staff is so nice. Love those Blue Chips they give out too!!

 

[Ludwig Von Drake]

We are headed out of SWF on Jetblue in April too! We are in western CT and chose SWF over HPN. Parking problems at HPN had me concerned. SWF parking is easy and cheap! We use to fly into Sanford from SWF on Southeast, but LOVE that we can now use DME at MCO, and fly JetBlue to boot!

Desnik,when is your trip? We are staying at BWV also for the first time. We can't wait!


Kim

 

[disneydiva58]

Hi all.....I just flew jetblue to orlando out of Newburgh SWF 2 weeks ago. I live about a half hour away from the airport.What a great flight,jetblue was great,the airport was easy to get in and out of,baggage claim a breeze.Jetblue has some great fares also. You will not be dissapointed....

 

[lovinpoohbear]

In case you haven't heard, for those of us in the tristate area of NYC and SW Connecticut, JetBlue will begin nonstop service to MCO out of White Plains (Westchester Co. HPN) N.Y. around March. They are also removing the front row seats for added room. To avoid the masses flying out of NYC, another nice airport is in Newburgh, NY. (SWF) where you can get non stop service to Florida.

Hello fellow Fairfielder!!! Thanks for the info, just booked a week in April at wdw and will check out their airfare!!!

 

[ToyStory]

I am so happy that Jet Blue is flying out of SWF. We have our flights booked for August already. We flew them out of Newark last year and kept on saying I hope they will come to SWF. It is such a great airport to fly out of.

 

[Desnik]

We are headed out of SWF on Jetblue in April too! We are in western CT and chose SWF over HPN. Parking problems at HPN had me concerned. SWF parking is easy and cheap! We use to fly into Sanford from SWF on Southeast, but LOVE that we can now use DME at MCO, and fly JetBlue to boot!

Desnik,when is your trip? We are staying at BWV also for the first time. We can't wait!


Kim

Our trip is from April 22 to April 27th!!
You will love the BW!!!

 

[Desnik]

Hi all.....I just flew jetblue to orlando out of Newburgh SWF 2 weeks ago. I live about a half hour away from the airport.What a great flight,jetblue was great,the airport was easy to get in and out of,baggage claim a breeze.Jetblue has some great fares also. You will not be dissapointed....

Hi neighbor!!! I live in Goshen, nice to see a local here on the boards!! Glad to hear you had a good experience at SWF. Did you park your car there?

 

[KSoda]

Hello fellow Fairfielder!!! Thanks for the info, just booked a week in April at wdw and will check out their airfare!!!

Well how do neighbor? We're in the Stratfield/Fairfield Woods area. Can't wait till our trip.
Hope you have a great safe and wonderful vacation!

 

[KSoda]

We are headed out of SWF on Jetblue in April too! We are in western CT and chose SWF over HPN. Parking problems at HPN had me concerned. SWF parking is easy and cheap! We use to fly into Sanford from SWF on Southeast, but LOVE that we can now use DME at MCO, and fly JetBlue to boot!

Desnik,when is your trip? We are staying at BWV also for the first time. We can't wait!


Kim

I never like to leave my car anywhere, but now, with our flight closer to home at HPN instead of SFW, the limo ride is much cheaper round trip. Or, we can have a family member drop us off. Thanks to JetBlue for making it easier and cheaper for us!

 

[disneydiva58]

Hi Desnik.......Nice to meet you.There is also another Disser on here from Goshen.Small World.....To answer your question,Yes we parked at the airport right in front of the terminal.I think it was the long term lot and paid $11 dollars a day.Not bad.They also have a credit card only lot and I think its only 8-9 dollars a day.The parking was a breeze.We got our baggage and was out of the lot and home within 45-50 minutes!!!!! Beats ewr,lga,& jfk anyday.If you have any other questions, ask away...

 

[Desnik]

disneydiva58
Nice to meet you too!
DH was thinking of using a car service but since it is so inexpensive to park there and we are so close, I think we'll just drive ourselves. So, if I use the lot for credit cards only I'll save even more money?
More to spend at the World!!!LOL
With carryons only we should be out of the airport and home in 30 mins!!!


One more question, how long before your flight did you arrive at SWF? I'm use to flying out of EWR(Newark)and we get there at least 2 hours before our flight leaves. Is that necessary at SWF?

 

[Desnik]

Just a bump to see if someone can answer my question.

 

[disneydiva58]

Hi...We got to the airport 2 hours before the flight.We got through security quickly and had time to spare.I guess you could get there about an hour and a half early.Im always an early bird!!! I hope that helps! If it makes any difference,it was an 8am flight.

 

[Desnik]

Thanks for the info! Our flight also leaves at 8am.