Jet Blue Airline - Any Comments?

RT here. I flew Jet Blue for my five-day visit at the end of November. The tickets were on sale.

I was very pleased, with one caveat...

PROS
* The flight left from Fort Lauderdale instead of Miami. I live 10 minutes from FLL. 'Nuff said.
* The staff was pretty nice. Unlike the Discount Airline From Hell -- Spirit -- these people acted as if they valued my business.
* One free bag. Not as good as two free bags, but one more than Spirit gives you.
* We bought Extra Room seats. That gets you early boarding and a shorter security line in FLL
* The food stuff that they sold on board seemed reasonably-priced. I didn't buy any, so I can't speak to the quality

SO-SO
* The Extra Room seats gave us a little more space between rows, I could have opened my laptop in this seat comfortably, but I didn't, so no advantage there.
* The Extra Room seats are still three across.

CONS
* The flight times weren't the best. We were a little late arriving, so I didn't get settled in until after midnight, effectively losing that day. We went to a casino for an hour, but that was it. Coming home, my flight got me into FLL at 6:30 in the morning. I tried to go to work that day, but I was pretty useless. When I take Copa, I arrive on the 3:30 in the afternoon flight, and leave on the 4:00-something flight. That gives me a whole day on arrival, and up until Lunch on departure day.
* For 10+ day visits, I need two bags.

The bottom line is that I liked them enough to use them again for my March trip, then I will make a final decision. I have LAN tickets for May already, but I really like not having to drive to Miami, so we will see.

PS - When is your flight?

 

$11 is a bargain. I paid $45.

Yes, you board in Group One, or whatever they call it.

I think it was chips and packaged foods. Not even sandwiches.

My 'stewardess' was named Roger or something.

 

There are a lot of food choices, depending on the terminal. But I'm not sure about the availability of Cubanos.

If you've got a long layover, I will pick you up and take you to lunch. We've got some nice places not far from FLL.