United Will End All Flights From JFK Later This Year; Grab Lie-Flat Award Seats Now…

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Amid heavy competition from American, Delta, JetBlue, and Virgin America on transcontinental flights from JFK, United is raising the white flag.

Effective 10/25 there will no longer be any United service from JFK. The p.s. service from JFK to Los Angeles and S. Francisco will transition to Newark and eventually all LAX and SFO flights from Newark will feature lie-flat business class seating.

Last year United ended service from JFK to Washington D.C.  In 2006 United ended flights from JFK to Tokyo and London and with the end of the LAX and SFO flights United will no longer have any JFK service.

United is giving Delta their JFK slots in exchange for Delta’s Newark slots.

Currently United doesn’t offer kosher meals on transcontinental routes from Newark, though presumably that will be added back with the transition of p.s. service to Newark as p.s. flights currently do offer kosher meals in business class.

If you are already booked on a p.s. flights departing on or after October 25, United will be rebooking you on a Newark-based p.s. flight. Those changes will happen over this weekend. Once the change is processed, if the schedule or route doesn’t work for you, you can contact United for other flight options or to request a refund.

Update: 2pm: United has pulled all JFK-LAX/SFO flights after 10/24 from their website.

In the meantime you can book award tickets on the p.s. flights from JFK and you’ll be guarenteed a p.s. seat from Newark after this weekend when the new schedule is published.

BusinessFirst lie-flat seats can be booked one-way for 17K Lufthansa miles, 20K Singapore miles, or 25K United miles.

If you book one of these JFK awards now you’ll receive notice of your new flight to/from Newark over the weekend.  If the new flight doesn’t work you’ll be able to call to choose another flight or get a refund.  If you book 2 people on separate flights on the same day (or an adjacent day if you’re a good talker 😉 ) you should be able to merge them both onto the same flight to/from Newark.

After 10/25, there are currently BusinessFirst saver awards from JFK to LAX on:
11/23: 2 seats
11/24: 1 seat
01/06: 1 seat
01/17: 2 seats
01/20: 1 seat
02/16: 1 seat on 2 flights
02/17: 1 seat
03/23: 1 seat
03/29: 1 seat on 2 flights
03/30: 1 seat

After 10/25, there are currently BusinessFirst saver awards from LAX to JFK on:
11/26: 2 seats
01/07: 1 seat
02/04: 1 seat
02/13: 2 seats for top-tier elites, 1 seat for gold elite and lower.
02/17: 1 seat on 2 flights
02/18: 1 seat

After 10/25, there are currently BusinessFirst saver awards from JFK to SFO on:
11/23: 3 seats on 1 flight, 1 seat on a 2nd flight.
11/26: 3 seats on 1 flight, 2 seats on a 2nd flight.
11/27: 1 seat
12/25: 1 seat
01/06: 1 seat on 2 flights
01/12: 1 seat
01/17: 3 seats on 1 flight, 2 seats on a 2nd flight.
01/18: 1 seat
01/20: 1 seat
02/17: 1 seat
02/17: 1 seat
03/28: 1 seat

After 10/25, there are currently BusinessFirst saver awards from SFO to JFK on:
11/26 2 seats on 1 flight, 1 seat on a 2nd flight.
12/25: 1 seat
01/06: 2 seas
01/07: 1 seat
01/17: 2 seats on 1 flight, 1 seat on a 2nd flight.
01/20: 1 seat
02/14: 2 seats on 1 flight, 1 seat on a 2nd flight.

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