It would disengenous of me and ungrateful too to be-yatch about Jet Blue. Not after I got lucky enough to score $10 tickets each way to fly to Boston and New York this week! For their 10-Year Anniversary, the airline threw out a bargain on Facebook and Twitter to their loyal fans!
Already at 6 a.m. Monday morning, Seattle and Salt Lake City were sold out of $10 tickets, so I thought fast and gambled that some Massachusetts relatives would welcome a quick visit from their favorite niece...and pick me up at that dreaded Logan Airport as well.
First off-delays. The flight coming into San Diego had a "medical emergency" and had to land in New Mexico to drop off a sick passenger. Understandable-but now our flight out was delayed almost 2 hours. Bad start! BUT NOT THE FAULT OF JET BLUE! Still-I was lucky to score a front row bulk head seat for my bad knees-as close to first class as you get there!
Prompt delivery of luggage to the carousels and nice snacks on the plane-blue corn chips and organic juices. So far, so good. Coming back-a seriously elderly counter attendant who had to squint to read directions on how to print out the luggage receipt. He took forever and I was in a hurry, as usual. But most certainly this gentleman was nice, and that is the saving grace always in customer service. Jet Blue may not hire the youngest, the firmest, the nicely-complexioned but their employees are genuinely and sincerely pleasant!
Finally-on my way and making a mad dash to catch a $10 flight to New York for a quick business meeting! More delays! But again-NOT THE FAULT OF JET BLUE! JFK Airport had closed a runway for repair and take-offs and landings were lagging because of it. NOT THE FAULT OF JET BLUE! But now wait-if I was late into New York, I would miss my $10 connecting flight back to San Diego! Not Cool!
So savvy traveler that I am, I nicely finagled a SRO seat on a New York bound flight leaving IMMEDIATELY! I hoped and prayed my luggage would make the last-minute flight switch-which it did! Hallelujah!
Once in New York, I enjoyed strolling that big airport and checking out weird airline planes I had never heard of. Lots of beautiful people-watching! But wait! It was time to go to my gate for a $10 trip home! Delayed! This time the reason: weather-it was sprinkling rain! NOT THE FAULT OF JET BLUE!
So I sat quietly and waited and asked God to PLEASE BLESS MY FLIGHT! Put a DECENT, eligible man next to me on the flight so I can practice my flirting and charming- a- man skills. And lo-and-behold, a beautiful specimen boarded right smack in front of me! Tall, nicely-dressed, long blondish-brown hair. HE WAS PERFECT! I prayed that his seat assignment would warm that seat right next to me! But fate is not kind to this poor women! In the front row again and what should appear to sit right next to me: an enormous, corpulent old man! Gross! NOT THE FAULT OF JET BLUE! Soon the flight takes off, and this man is so fat, he keeps hitting me with his fleshy arms as he moves around. Next, a quick nap and the worst SNORING imaginable. I was utterly miserable. But then again-it was only costing me $10 to rue my bad luck with men, ONCE AGAIN!
The compassionate flight steward could sense my disgust by the rolling of my eyes and offered me a free headset-which I promptly said yes to! And mercifully, the sound of Dog the Bounty Hunter and Billy the Exterminator soon enough did drone out the terrible noises that horrible man was making next to me. I felt such sympathy for his wife-who looked like nothing was amiss in the seat on the other side.
NOT THE FAULT OF JET BLUE that such yucky men fly on their planes. But I did catch a break, as this guy woke up and then went into the front bathroom-spending at least 20 minutes doing something-I care NOT to think about!
Finally home after my quick adventure and looking back I have to say, I could have any number of even worse experiences on that plane, and still give Jet Blue 5 Stars! Because Jet Blue has the foresight to hire such cool staff and the monetary ability to have a internet ticket fire sale, the likes of which an unemployed person such as me can fly coast-to-coast for $20- Well, JET BLUE I LOVE YOU!!! read more