The JetBlue Blues Plus the Delta Workaround

The blue carrier is no longer driving down fares on the Transcon—but Delta has a little-known work-around to book for much less on short notice trips.

JetBlue changed the Transcon market when it launched Mint, on its New York-Los Angeles/San Francisco service, in 2014. It undercut the majors (American, Delta, and United) by up to 54% in Business Class and it offered comparable, if not better, lie-flat seats. It was an Indie and FCF gives it a Gold Star for its performance.

Now the majors have lie-flat seats, too, and now JetBlue is acting like them—by raising fares. So the three major carriers have a new wingman. Still a bit pesky, but no longer a plague.