11/2006 - JET BLUE TO PUERTO PLATA - Current Sales

[dmoney]

i guess this deal only works for STI?

[JD426]

Jet Blue is having a 2 Day SALE..
.some pretty GOOD prices even to POP, as low as $209 one way (from JFK) ..this is for travel dates from 7/9- 9/25 ...but you gotta pull the trigger TODAY OR TOMORROW..

STI & SDQ are $239 one way, LRM (La Romana) $179 one way , is that right ? there is a sleeper for ya right there..



http://www2.jetblue.com/deals/the-on...=EM061813_main

[blazaveli]

2day midsummer Flights-dream sale

Flights between 9/3 and 12/18

JFK-POP first week of September came out to $489.50

https://email.jetblue.com/pub/sf/For...mLhdDJC0_n3uc.

[trEPP33]

Yeah they raise the prices to over $600 and then give a trip for $489 and call it a sale. Great marketing ploy. Prior to this year I never would have paid more than $450 from JFK to POP. Lets hope those days aren't over.

[Dave Diaz]

Yeah they raise the prices to over $600 and then give a trip for $489 and call it a sale. Great marketing ploy. Prior to this year I never would have paid more than $450 from JFK to POP. Lets hope those days aren't over.

Amen. Seems like they are really pushing for samana and la romana, both those places are under 400. But even the price of santiago and santo domingo have gone up to 400 levels.

In september don't they have an evening flight to pop from jfk??

[SeaWeed]

was curious how much the cheapest flight would be these days to POP from Tampa, FL.........
back in the fall of 2009 it was right around $300 R/T on American with a nice schedule........

so mi went to Orbitz just now.........and this is what mi got.........American is the cheapest......but dayum........
have things really gone up that much in 4 years on American to POP?

$811.50Total cost
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Select this departureLeave Sat, Aug 17

9:30 AMTampa TPA
2:00 PMPuerto Plata POP

1 stop4hr 30min

• American Airlines1946 / 935

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Select this returnReturn Sat, Aug 24

3:15 PMPuerto Plata POP
11:30 PMTampa TPA

1 stop8hr 15min

• American Airlines936 / 1858

[Rubicon]

Just booked a flight JFK-POP for November. $615.00 total, includes $50.00 for Extra Space.

[Hunter]

JetBlue Airways Corp. (JBLU), trailing its peers in shareholder returns and profit-margin growth, is betting on new first-class offerings to boost revenue in cross-country business travel.

JetBlue Finds Pricing 'Sweet Spot' in First-Class 5:26 Aug. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Dave Barger, chief executive officer of JetBlue Airways Corp., talks about the addition of first-class services to some of the airline's cross-country routes. Eleven of its new Airbus SAS A321 aircraft will be outfitted with lie-flat seats and several “private suites” with closable doors in hopes of gaining more of the $1.43 billion generated annually on New York-Los Angeles routes, the carrier said yesterday in a statement. Barger speaks with Betty Liu on Bloomberg Television's "In the Loop." (Source: Bloomberg)
Eleven of its new Airbus SAS A321 aircraft will be outfitted with lie-flat seats and several “private suites” with closable doors in hopes of gaining more of the $1.43 billion generated annually on New York-Los Angeles routes, the carrier said today in a statement. That service, debuting in 2014, also will be offered on New York-San Francisco flights.

The first-class options are the initial departure from an all-coach model for JetBlue, which began flights in 2000 with seat-back televisions and leather seats. It’s only the start of needed changes, said David Fintzen, a Barclays Plc analyst. New York-based JetBlue fell short of forecasts for second-quarter profit and has struggled with aircraft maintenance costs.

“Is it the only thing JetBlue needs to do? No,” Fintzen, who rates its stock the equivalent of hold, said in an interview. “It speaks to what is JetBlue’s major problem. Their costs are not where we would like to see them, but the bigger problem at JetBlue is a revenue problem.”

JetBlue shares have climbed 14 percent this year, the lowest among the 10 carriers in the Bloomberg U.S. Airlines Index, which increased 54 percent. JetBlue also trailed the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index’s 20 percent gain.

The stock rose 0.2 percent to $6.51 at the close today in New York.

Customer Request
The first-class offering responds to feedback from regular customers who said they wouldn’t fly JetBlue on cross-country flights because of its all-coach service, and from the addition of the Airbus A321 to the airline’s fleet, Chief Executive Officer Dave Barger said in an interview.

“The A321, with its real estate, created a much better platform for us to offer these 16 seats” in first class, he said. “We feel really good about it. The competitive dynamics of the marketplace are going to play out.”

The premium seats will offer a better product at a lower cost, Barger said, without being specific on fares. The service will start in the second quarter of 2014 and should add to earnings in those cross-country markets by the second half of that year, he said.

Boston Flights
The airline may consider later adding the premium cabin on some flights out of Boston, where it offers the most daily departures, Barger said. The A321s with first class will offer 143 coach seats, while those in regular service will have 190. JetBlue’s existing A320s have 150 seats.

JetBlue joins larger carriers such as AMR Corp.’s American Airlines and Delta Air Lines Inc. that are improving cross-country premium seats in a battle for fares that can top $6,500.

JetBlue’s second-quarter operating margin decline of 250 basis points, or 2.5 percentage points, from a year earlier was the worst among major U.S. carriers, said Jamie Baker, a JPMorgan Chase & Co. analyst in New York. He rates its shares the equivalent of sell. JetBlue Chief Financial Officer Mark Powers called the quarter’s margin contraction “highly disappointing.”

Maintenance costs at JetBlue, with one of the industry’s younger aircraft fleets, have climbed an average 49 percent annually since 2002, Hunter Keay, a Wolfe Research analyst, said in a report. Keay, based in New York, rates the stock the equivalent of hold.

Maintenance Agreement
Higher expenses for engine work on its Embraer SA E190 planes this year followed JetBlue’s struggles with a maintenance provider that unexpectedly liquidated last year. The carrier recently signed a maintenance accord with a General Electric Co. unit that JetBlue said should prevent major changes in engine repair costs going forward.

“It’s definitely something they talk about and say they are focused on,” Savanthi Syth, a Raymond James Financial analyst in St. Petersburg, Florida, said about escalating operating costs. “It obviously doesn’t show through.” She rates the shares underperform.

The delivery of JetBlue’s first A321s next year is expected to help lower unit cost, or the expense to fly each seat a mile, along with new technology at the airline’s flight operations center that should boost efficiency, Powers and Barger said last month.

“We get it and we know that this is really probably the one challenge where we have to nail it,” Barger said on a July 30 conference call. JetBlue executives on the call forecast higher unit costs and improved margins in 2013’s second half.

Low-Cost Rivals
Fintzen, the Barclays analyst, said the carrier must find more ways to boost revenue from each seat flown a mile to close the gap with competitors such as Spirit Airlines Inc. (SAVE), which generates more revenue per plane and operates at lower costs. Spirit offers lower fares, with fees for anything beyond the base ticket price.

“Analysts are forcing investors to look at the stock in a new way and pressuring the company to change or face the consequences of not changing,” said Jim Corridore, an analyst at S&P Capital IQ in New York who recommends selling JetBlue shares. “It’s no longer the fast-growing company that’s the darling of the Street.”

[blazaveli]

Prior to this year really? This is nothing new. This flight increase from JFK to POP has been occurring for quite some time. I've only been able to get 3 or 4 flights under $450 in the last 3 years. And that's only been with one of these promo type deals. This is the new reality. The average flight without one of these promo deals to POP from JFK when booking in advance is going to run you in the 500 range. I understand it was way cheaper than that prior to 2010 but I'm not complaining cause there are cities that would kill to pay what I'm paying to get to POP. I just hope it doesn't keep going up and and up but that too is inevitable. Perhaps the "cleanup" will slow things down and force them to reconsider their rates.

Yeah they raise the prices to over $600 and then give a trip for $489 and call it a sale. Great marketing ploy. Prior to this year I never would have paid more than $450 from JFK to POP. Lets hope those days aren't over.

[Dave Diaz]

http://www.frequentflier.com/blog/je...coach-no-more/

Jetblue is funny. I hope prices come down after their attempt to come up with the big airlines goes bad.

I don't see anyone flying the new business class/first class with the lay back seats. Jfk to dr isn't far enough a distance. From california to dr it wouldn't be a bad deal but I can only imagine what the prices will be.

Jetblue should just stay a budget airline and fly their little 320 airbus until the end of time.

[Dave Diaz]

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[Jao]

JFK to AZS (Samana), $350US total price, round-trip, non-stop, Wednesdays and Saturdays only, dates in September, October and November 2013. Other cities and airports included in the offer and sale.

http://www.jetblue.com/deals/a-trip-...e-Me-520130909

Fares include government taxes and fees.
Book by September 10, 2013 (the earlier of 11:59 PM ET or local time).
Fares not available on Expedia, Hotwire, Orbitz, CheapTickets, Travelocity, Priceline or LowestFare.
Travel September 24 - December 18, 2013. Blackout dates November 22 - December 2, 2013. (Day of week restrictions, travel window exceptions and additional blackout dates apply and vary by route).

5x point offer valid only for JetBlue flights (one-way or roundtrip) that are purchased between now and 9/10/13 for travel 9/17/13 - 12/18/13. TrueBlue number must be entered at time of booking. New bookings only. TrueBlue members generally earn three (3) points per dollar spent on their individual JetBlue flight plus three (3) bonus points per dollar for flights booked on jetblue.com. 5x points are awarded on the base TrueBlue point offer only, meaning that Members qualifying for this offer will earn fifteen (15) TrueBlue points per dollar spent on their individual flight. Members can still earn the three (3) bonus points for booking on jetblue.com, for a total of eighteen (18) TrueBlue points per dollar spent on their individual eligible 5x Points flight booked on jetblue.com. Points will be earned on the base fare of the flight only. Points will not be earned on government taxes/fees, travel insurance or other fees or charges (e.g., change/cancel fees, etc.).

[Jao]

JFK to SDQ, $399; JFK to LRM, $407; JFK to AZS, $349; JFK to STI, $399. Dates in October, November and December 2013.

https://www.jetblue.com/deals/the-wi...t-sale20130912

• Fares include government taxes and fees.
• Book by September 25, 2013 (the earlier of 11:59 PM ET or local time).
• Fares not available on Expedia, Hotwire, Orbitz, CheapTickets, Travelocity, Priceline or LowestFare.
• Travel October 8 - December 18, 2013. Blackout dates November 22 - December 2, 2013. (Day of week restrictions, travel window exceptions and additional blackout dates apply and vary by route).
• Click on a fare for details.

[Jao]

Jetblue Promo code info for 15% off and 20% off (JFK to SDQ, $347; JFK to STI, $347; JFK to AZS, $307; JFK to LRM, $384 (all taxes and fees included, non-stop flights, round-trip):

Offer Details:

• Promo Code: OCTOBER1
• 20% off* the base fare of a domestic roundtrip JetBlue flight or 15% off* the base fare of an international roundtrip JetBlue flight. (Base fare is everything but the gov’t taxes/fees)
• Book by October 1, 2013 (11:59 PM EST)
• Travel October 15 – November 20, 2013
• Not valid for Friday or Sunday flights. Roundtrip flights cannot have a Friday or Sunday departure or return
• Not valid on previous bookings

How to Book:

• Promo codes can only be redeemed online at jetblue.com/promo
• Search an eligible roundtrip flight
• Enter promo code from www.jetblue.com/deals/oct-fast exactly as it appears (case sensitive)
• You must select flights in order for discount to appear. Once selected you will see the discount amount displayed in the itinerary subtotal on the right side of the flights page
• Only one code per reservation

Also Jetblue has a promotion until October 16, 2013: "For every purchase of 5,000 points, receive a 50% bonus."

[TonyT]

LOl, just checked the Jetblue code for JA and flying on a Friday is $200 cheaper than using their coupon for a Thursday flight. Just a headsup for those thinking flying while avoiding Friday and Sunday are cheaper.

[Dave Diaz]

http://www2.jetblue.com/deals/the-tr...rways_National

• Fares include government taxes and fees.
• Book October 22 – 23, 2013 (the earlier of 11:59 PM ET or local time).
• Travel November 5 – December 18, 2013. Travel valid every day except Friday and Sunday.
• Blackout dates November 22 – December 2, 2013.
• Fares not available on Expedia, Hotwire, Orbitz, CheapTickets, Travelocity, Priceline or LowestFare.
• Different or additional day of week restrictions, travel windows, and blackout dates may apply and vary by route. Click on a fare for details.
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[culoamaro]

http://www2.jetblue.com/deals/the-tr...rways_National

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• Fares include government taxes and fees.
• Book October 22 – 23, 2013 (the earlier of 11:59 PM ET or local time).
• Travel November 5 – December 18, 2013. Travel valid every day except Friday and Sunday.
• Blackout dates November 22 – December 2, 2013.
• Fares not available on Expedia, Hotwire, Orbitz, CheapTickets, Travelocity, Priceline or LowestFare.
• Different or additional day of week restrictions, travel windows, and blackout dates may apply and vary by route. Click on a fare for details.
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as always is a scam. They tell you 249 but it's one way only. I tried to book now and from JFK in those dates a round trip come out $637.50

[JD426]

as always is a scam. They tell you 249 but it's one way only. I tried to book now and from JFK in those dates a round trip come out $637.50

A Scam ? really.. It says right there ONE way.. they always did it that way.. or did you think $59 is ANYwhere in the world. anytime..

I always thought a Scam was like when a Barrister from England who is working with another Barrister in Nigeria, tells you you just won 10 Million Dollars , but they just need you to send them $500 so they can start the paperwork..
but i could be wrong.

[culoamaro]

A Scam ? really.. It says right there ONE way.. they always did it that way.. or did you think $59 is ANYwhere in the world. anytime..

I always thought a Scam was like when a Barrister from England who is working with another Barrister in Nigeria, tells you you just won 10 Million Dollars , but they just need you to send them $500 so they can start the paperwork..
but i could be wrong.

I did not mention the $59 I was talking about the great fair in general. To me $637.50 for a 3 hours flight is a scam! Twist it and turn it the way u want it but it is just unfair. We can blame the airport ( which I do too) but I also blame JetBlue too. I am a trueblue member ( I also have their American Express card) and I did it because I fly many times to DR, but I cannot say it is a bargain because it is not. It takes an average of 40000 points to get a flight to DR....

[deezl]

I did not mention the $59 I was talking about the great fair in general. To me $637.50 for a 3 hours flight is a scam! Twist it and turn it the way u want it but it is just unfair. We can blame the airport ( which I do too) but I also blame JetBlue too. I am a trueblue member ( I also have their American Express card) and I did it because I fly many times to DR, but I cannot say it is a bargain because it is not. It takes an average of 40000 points to get a flight to DR....

I checked jetblue and found r/t fares during this sale for under $460 from NY, the lowest fare from united in that same period is $560, the lowest fare from AA is $512, and the AA flights all have stopovers.

So... yeah. Not a scam.