6 months ago, American and JetBlue announced that they would form a new partnership. We haven’t heard much about it since then, but more details have now been released following a review by the DOT. The DOT will make the airlines divest of some slots from JFK and Washington/DCA and refrain from partnering in city pairs where there is little competition.
I’d guess that United will pick up some of those slots as they look to expand their new JFK flights. American will also likely transfer slots to JetBlue to expand their domestic operations from LaGuardia.
- The airlines will offer more seamless connectivity and better travel choices on new codeshare routes to and from New York (JFK, LGA and EWR) and Boston (BOS). Both airlines will offer the ability to book connections between the airlines on one ticket from each of their websites.
- JetBlue will significantly grow their presence at LaGuardia and Newark and provide domestic additional feed to connect to American long-haul flights from JFK and Boston. Flight schedules will be aligned to allow for connections.
- There will be loyalty reciprocity between the airlines, including the ability to redeem AA miles for JetBlue flights and JetBlue points for AA flights. There will also be elite benefit reciprocity for both airlines.
- American will stop flying their ERJ-145 and CRJ-200 aircraft to NYC, so that all American flights to NYC will feature first class seating by the end of this year.
- American will launch service from JFK-Tel Aviv and JFK-Athens this summer. That comes after years of shrinking their presence at JFK. The new flights will be made possible thanks to feed from JetBlue flights. American plans to add many more new long-haul routes from JFK as well.
If American follows through with the JFK-Tel Aviv route this summer, it will launch even before its Dallas-Tel Aviv route gets off the ground.
Will you fly on American between JFK and Tel Aviv?
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Yes! I’ve been EP for many years but always had to fly with Elal or delta to Israel. Now if AA can only fly direct from NYC to HKG
Will JetBlue points allowed to be used for reward flights on AA?
Yes, later this year.
Any idea how many JetBlue points you would need for the flight?
TBD
Starting when ?
TBD
Will Emirald status at Alaska get any benefits to fly AA to TLV this summer?
Yes.
good time to get the jetblue card with elevated 100k bonus, can use them to fly nonstop to israel !
What will it cost one way?
TBD
It really depends which planes they use. AA for me has always been nasty old planes and DL has great planes JFK-TLV.
Any idea which plane AA will use JFK-TLV?
TBD, but either a 777 or 787.
772 or 773 big difference!
773 is unlikely.
just wondering, while seated in the plane, can you tell the difference between a 772 and a 773?
Old planes are better than “Oasis”
It really depends on the class of service and the layout. Delta was using a 747 well past its prime.
This is amazing. Another option is always good. Especially when this opens up several redemption options. But Jetblue usually sets their partner redemption rates too high.
I have some 400k AAdvantage miles, so yes that’s exiting for me !!
how much miles will it be for a one wat economy/business ?
Bit I’m guessing mosaic companion tickets won’t be eligible for AA
Does this mean you’ll be able to use JetBlue points to fly to Israel?
Is it worthwhile to take out the JetBlue card for 100k and use it fo jfk to Israel
depends on how they price out the award, taking a look at their award chart with hawaiian it might not look too promising.
Should we worry about AA buying them out?
AA would have difficulty buying Air Mongolia out.
Any chance avios points will now work for JetBlue flights?
Will Mosaic status give any benefits on American?
What would you guys rather book, AA or JB (Economy) NYC to TLV (same time, same price), in terms of service, type of flight, millage?