Adventures in not paying full price for air fare

[elvendoll]

It seems that JetBlue recently changes their bookings policy - they used to only issue tickets for six months out from the current date. Luckily, I did find this out more then six months before a certain wedding has me on the east coast, but not soon enough to get convenient frequent flyer passes within a week of the 4th of July.

For the trip there, I'm compensating by flying a couple of days early; for the flight back, that really isn't an option. So instead, I am scheduled to fly for free from Boston to San Diego, and then have a $130 Southwest ticket to get me from San Diego to Oakland.
What I'm hoping for, though, is that once I get through security at Logan, the nice people at JetBlue will let me fly directly to Oakland instead, and the nice people at Southwest give me ~$100 credit towards my next flight on them.

In other news, if you have any interest in going to Flipside, you should run to the post office tomorrow for your money order - it's the last day of ticket sales! My probably-not-secret source says that the state of the current website reflects the general (lack of) organization (so far) this year, but I'm willing to put my time/energy/money on it still being a great event - and without any angst-inducing theme stupidity.

Comments

[kmorris1177.livejournal.com]

JetBlue opens up new "free" trips at varied times until the date of flight. I also love that if they lower their price from the price you bought, you call them up and they bank the difference into your TruBlue account to apply to the next time you fly with them. That way you get the flight you want and just keep checking back when they have a price break!

[elvendoll.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I *heart* JetBlue.

Do you think they add TrueBlue slots to flights, or is it just a matter of looking enough to spot when someone else reschedules?

If JetBlue had more regular flights between SoCal and here, I would've checked about taking the, to John Wayne in Irvine and paying for a JetBlue flight here, but Southwest is really the best option for inter-CA flights, and I have a close friend in SD to crash with if for some reason I miss my flight.

[kmorris1177.livejournal.com]

I don't know that they add more for a fact. I've just lucked out with me & greg travel bc I have been able to find flights close to when we were leaving.

I'd agree with SW being the best for inside CA. And for travel to Vegas from OAK.