JetBlue as commuter
03-23-2023, 03:03 AM
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Originally Posted by Bgood
no limits. But keep in mind that company can stop offering PS commute at anytime. It's not contractual.
To the original poster, I would give up on the idea of buying your tickets. Just not necessary. Half of JB is commuters, and somewhere between 0-.00000001% but their tickets regularly. If you did buy tickets you'd have to buy them early, and then you can't change your schedule.
I think you will find it is not necessary at all.
03-23-2023, 03:37 AM
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Originally Posted by Bluedriver
And unfortunately, at some point, the almost certainly will stop offering it.
To the original poster, I would give up on the idea of buying your tickets. Just not necessary. Half of JB is commuters, and somewhere between 0-.00000001% but their tickets regularly. If you did buy tickets you'd have to buy them early, and then you can't change your schedule.
I think you will find it is not necessary at all.
To the original poster, I would give up on the idea of buying your tickets. Just not necessary. Half of JB is commuters, and somewhere between 0-.00000001% but their tickets regularly. If you did buy tickets you'd have to buy them early, and then you can't change your schedule.
I think you will find it is not necessary at all.
If I were buying tickets, I would probably buy the Delta to JFK and if needed can change/cancel the flight and retain the flight credit in most cases. I'm just trying to come up with ways to make commuting less bad since I'm not moving to base.
03-23-2023, 06:06 AM
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I've only ever purchased my own ticket for commuting once. That was to make sure I would make it home for Christmas. You talk about buying hotels and tickets, are you not planning on using a crash pad as a commuter? That only adds up to about $5000/yr, which is much cheaper than you hotel and purchased ticket options. You might burn a few days extra a month getting to and from work, but honestly that's the life of being a commuter. If being at home is more important, you utilize the commuter clause on the front end. It doesn't count against you other than the loss of pay (I believe you can use pto to cover it if you have enough banked).
03-28-2023, 06:30 AM
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I've been able to avoid the crash pad while commuting for four years. The crash pad may be cheaper overall, but time at home and having my own space are 1000% more important at this stage (I'm definitely not floating the self-funded positive space idea as a way to save money). I figure there's a trade off on the flight/hotel option in that if I have a guaranteed seat then there's no reason to go in the night before. Obviously the positive space for commuters might make that moot for the time being but that could be pulled at any time. Just trying to figure out if JB is the kind of place where life will be better as a commuter even if the flight is an hour longer than to ATL. Thanks!
03-28-2023, 06:31 AM
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Originally Posted by embraerjetpilot
Easy, take first class date that you can get....
Then when you get hired apply to delta!
Then when you get hired apply to delta!
03-28-2023, 07:30 AM
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Originally Posted by harad
I've been able to avoid the crash pad while commuting for four years. The crash pad may be cheaper overall, but time at home and having my own space are 1000% more important at this stage (I'm definitely not floating the self-funded positive space idea as a way to save money). I figure there's a trade off on the flight/hotel option in that if I have a guaranteed seat then there's no reason to go in the night before. Obviously the positive space for commuters might make that moot for the time being but that could be pulled at any time. Just trying to figure out if JB is the kind of place where life will be better as a commuter even if the flight is an hour longer than to ATL. Thanks!
03-28-2023, 12:43 PM
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Originally Posted by Bluedriver
There is NO way you end up buying your tickets. Not gonna happen. After the first ten flights where you see open seats on the jet, no way you'll keep buying tickets.
Also to the OP don’t forget about CLT at AA
03-28-2023, 02:43 PM
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Originally Posted by Noisecanceller
I’ve bought plenty of tickets for flights that were wide open a month out. Some filled up and some didn’t. Never regretted buying the tickets.
Also to the OP don’t forget about CLT at AA
Also to the OP don’t forget about CLT at AA
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