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Travel Daily News
2 days ago
- Business
- Travel Daily News
JetBlue and United announce Blue Sky
MileagePlus customers can earn and use miles on JetBlue including hundreds of flights in and out of New York City and Boston while TrueBlue members can earn and use points on United flights including to popular international destinations like Cape Town and Tahiti NEW YORK and CHICAGO – JetBlue and United announced Blue Sky: a new and unique collaboration that gives customers of both airlines even more options to find flights that fit their plans as well as new opportunities to earn and use MileagePlus miles and TrueBlue points across both airlines. Blue Sky includes the following components, with some starting as early as this fall, subject to regulatory review: United's MileagePlus customers can earn and use miles on most JetBlue flights. JetBlue offers 90 daily flights between the Northeast and the Caribbean this summer – with regular nonstop direct flights to popular islands like Aruba, Barbados, and Jamaica. JetBlue's TrueBlue members can earn and use points for flights on United's extensive domestic and international network, the largest across the Atlantic and Pacific that includes popular destinations like Cape Town and Tahiti. Each airline will offer flights on one another's website and app to make booking across the two airlines' complementary networks simple and easy. Blue Sky includes an interline agreement, not a codeshare, meaning each airline will continue to publish and market flights independently under its own brand and flight numbers. The benefits of each airline's loyalty program – priority boarding, complimentary access to preferred and extra legroom seats and same-day standby/switch – will be available when customers travel on the other airline's aircraft. As part of the airlines' agreement, JetBlue will provide United access to slots at JFK International Airport for up to seven daily round-trip flights out of JFK Terminal 6 to begin as early as 2027. And, as part of a net-neutral exchange, JetBlue and United will exchange eight flight timings at Newark. United will move its website and mobile app's ability to sell hotels, rental cars, cruises and travel insurance, on both a stand-alone and package basis, to new technology and services provided by JetBlue's Paisly platform. 'This collaboration with United is a bold step forward for the industry – one that brings together two customer-focused airlines to deliver more choices for travelers and value across our networks,' said Joanna Geraghty, CEO of JetBlue. 'United's global reach perfectly complements JetBlue's East Coast leisure network, and significantly expands the options and benefits for TrueBlue members, no matter where in the world they are traveling. This is a clear win for our customers and crewmembers, and supports our JetForward strategy.' 'Blue Sky reflects our airlines' shared focus on innovation and the customer experience,' said United CEO Scott Kirby. 'The JetBlue brand is tied to a great product and under Joanna's leadership the airline continues to deliver for customers. We're always looking for ways to give our MileagePlus members even more value and benefits and this collaboration gives them new, unique ways to use their hard-earned miles and find options that fit their schedule. Plus, our employees are really excited about United's return to JFK for the longer-term and we're all looking forward to starting up flights very soon.' JetBlue and United will continue to manage and price their networks independently, including the launch of new routes, frequencies and promotions. Two Award-Winning Loyalty Programs As part of Blue Sky, members of each airline's loyalty program will find similar benefits over time – as well as reciprocal revenue-based miles and points accrual and reciprocal miles and points redemption – when they use and earn miles or points on the partner airline. Timing for reciprocal benefits for customers will be announced later this year. Whether customers are flying on United or JetBlue in the future, they will receive benefits in line with what they receive today, including: Priority treatment for check-in, boarding, security and baggage Access to preferred and extra leg room seats Free first checked bag Same-day changes and switches TrueBlue, JetBlue's award-winning loyalty program, is one of the most popular airline loyalty programs in the Northeast, with nearly 3 out of 5 people in New York City and Boston holding TrueBlue membership. This generous program includes the following features: Free to join, free to earn points and with points that never expire – for all customers; JetBlue allows loyalty members to pool their points into a joint account, bringing family and friends closer with this feature; No blackout dates for award seats – JetBlue offers last-seat availability with points, even for its Mint premium experience; The ability for customers to unlock benefits after just a few flights with Perks You Pick MileagePlus was recently rated the world's best airline loyalty program and includes the following features: Free to join, for all customers; Miles never expire; No blackout dates for award seats – if there's a seat open you can buy it with miles; Just about anything you can pay for with cash at United, you can buy with miles (seats, wifi, snacks, etc.); United allows members to pool their miles with family and friends into a joint account;\ And membership includes free access to United's new Starlink internet service – in 2024, United signed the industry's largest agreement of its kind with SpaceX to bring Starlink to its fleet. The onboard internet service features the same high-speed, low-latency internet service in the air that people enjoy on the ground. MileagePlus members took more than 42 million reward flights between 2020 and 2024; and over the last year, close to 40,000 United seats per day were filled by MileagePlus customers using their miles – that's the same as filling about 128 Boeing 777 aircraft. During last year's November and December holidays alone, almost two million MileagePlus customers flew on award tickets. United Customers Benefit From More Options in Boston & New York JetBlue offers 90 daily flights between the Northeast and the Caribbean this summer – with regular nonstop direct flights to popular islands like Aruba, Barbados, and Jamaica. The airline operates approximately 180 daily flights out of JFK and 130 daily flights out of Boston's Logan International Airport (BOS), including to sought-after Florida markets like Fort Lauderdale and Orlando. JetBlue's focus cities also include Fort Lauderdale, where it operates more international flights than any other airline; San Juan, where it is the largest airline; Orlando, and Los Angeles. Additionally, JetBlue flies to 15 destinations that United does not serve including Martha's Vineyard, Mass.; Cartagena, Colombia; Kingston, Jamaica; and Ponce, Puerto Rico. JetBlue Loyalty Members Gain Access to a New World of Flying United is the world's largest airline and its vast network gives TrueBlue members hundreds of additional domestic and international options to use their points – 165 across the U.S., eight in Canada, two in the Caribbean, 31 in Latin America, 27 in Europe, five in Africa, two in the Middle East, 15 in Asia, and 14 in the South Pacific. Additional Blue Sky Benefits In a move that will make planning and booking travel and holiday packages easier for United's customers and MileagePlus members, United and JetBlue also announced today that United will move its website and mobile app's ability to sell hotels, rental cars, cruises and travel insurance to JetBlue's Paisly platform. Today, United customers are sent to different services known as United Hotels, United Cars, United Cruises and United Packages to book hotels, rental cars, cruises and holiday packages. This move will streamline these services and put them all on and the airline's mobile app, powered by the Paisly tech stack, and leveraging Paisly's proven, human-first model and advanced technology to its leisure travel customers. Unlike most airline ancillary travel platforms that rely heavily on automation and third-party services, Paisly has invested in developing every part of its service in-house. From hotel contracting and holiday curation to marketing and customer care, Paisly operates a fully integrated white-glove service model with increasing personalized offers and messaging, including customer care, and loyalty earning and redemption. Its standout feature, the 'Helpful Humans' – a dedicated, highly trained customer service team – sets it apart in an industry known for impersonal, transactional experiences. Additionally, business travelers and their employers will see benefits from the collaboration as well. While United and JetBlue will continue to manage their commercial relationship independently, both airlines may extend the terms of parts of their corporate programs to the flights operated by the other airline. This includes the discounts each airline has independently negotiated. Finally, JetBlue is expected to be the first partner airline to deploy and syndicate the technology Kinective MediaSM by United Airlines has built to connect airline customers to personalized, real-time advertising, content, experiences and offers from leading advertising brands. The Kinective Media technology platform, launched in June 2024, is a global first traveler media network that uses insights from travel behaviors to enable marketers to deliver relevant messaging to audiences across various touchpoints in the journey, and beyond. Kinective Media's focus is on premium brand relationships across key verticals such as retail, luxury goods, financial services, automotive, media & entertainment and travel, and the collaboration will bring those capabilities to highly engaged audiences across JetBlue's digital channels. *Benefits subject to change.
New York Post
3 days ago
- Business
- New York Post
New JetBlue and United partnership links loyalty programs and boosts frequent-flyer perks
United Airlines and JetBlue Airways are elevating their frequent flier perks through a new partnership. The two airlines announced a new loyalty collaboration called Blue Sky, which will allow United's MileagePlus members and JetBlue's TrueBlue members to earn and redeem points and miles on 'most' flights operated by the other airline. If approved by regulators, other frequent-flier benefits will also be offered when travelers fly on the other airline at no extra cost, including priority boarding, free baggage and preferred seats. The program is targeted to start in the fall, according to USA Today. 3 JetBlue and United announced a new loyalty collaboration called Blue Sky. Tayfun CoSkun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images The airlines will also offer flights on one another's websites and apps. Additionally, they will show the other's itineraries and fares on the website and apps when passengers search for flights to book. 'United's global reach perfectly complements JetBlue's East Coast leisure network, and significantly expands the options and benefits for TrueBlue members, no matter where in the world they are traveling,' Joanna Geraghty, CEO of JetBlue, said in a statement. 3 The airlines will offer flights on one another's websites and partnership also means the return of United flights to New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport after the airline shut down operations at JFK in 2022. The new venture comes amid chatter about a As part of the agreement, JetBlue will give United access to space at JFK for up to seven daily round-trip flights beginning in 2027. JetBlue currently sees about 180 round trips per day at the airport. JetBlue and United will also exchange eight flight time slots at Newark Liberty International Airport. 'We're always looking for ways to give our MileagePlus members even more value and benefits and this collaboration gives them new, unique ways to use their hard-earned miles and find options that fit their schedule,' United CEO Scott Kirby added in the statement. 'Plus, our employees are really excited about United's return to JFK for the longer term, and we're all looking forward to starting up flights very soon.' As was previously reported, JetBlue had been interested in forming a partnership, with an aim 'to better compete against larger airlines like United and their shared rival Delta Airlines,' according to CNBC. 3 JetBlue and United will also exchange eight flight time slots at Newark Liberty International the announcement noted that JetBlue and United will still operate as separate, independent companies, managing and pricing their networks independently, including the launch of new routes, frequencies and promotions. The announcement comes shortly after United announced that starting June 3, it will require domestic travelers to check in at least 45 minutes before departure, syncing the carrier up with Delta and American, which have already done the same.
Yahoo
3 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
United Airlines and JetBlue Airways to allow frequent flyers to earn and use miles on each other's airline
United Airlines and JetBlue Airways announced an agreement Thursday morning to share frequent flier benefits and sell tickets on each other's websites. If approved by regulators, the deal, called 'Blue Sky,' would allow United's MileagePlus members and JetBlue's TrueBlue members to earn and redeem miles on 'most' flights operated by the other airline, according to a statement from the carriers. Frequent flyer benefits, including priority boarding, free baggage and preferred seats will be offered when passengers travel on the other airline's aircraft. More details will be announced later this year, the statement notes. Both airlines will also display the other's itineraries and fares on their website and apps when passengers search for a flight to buy, the statement said. JetBlue previously had an alliance with American Airlines that ended in 2023 after a Justice Department lawsuit under the Biden administration. As part of the agreement with United, JetBlue will also give United space for seven round trips a day at John F. Kennedy Airport starting as early as 2027. United shut down all operations there in 2022, focusing on the other side of New York at Newark Liberty International Airport. JetBlue currently operates about 180 round trips a day at JFK. 'United's global reach perfectly complements JetBlue's East Coast leisure network, and significantly expands the options and benefits for TrueBlue members, no matter where in the world they are traveling,' Joanna Geraghty, CEO of JetBlue said in a statement. 'We're always looking for ways to give our MileagePlus members even more value and benefits and this collaboration gives them new, unique ways to use their hard- earned miles and find options that fit their schedule,' United CEO Scott Kirby said in the same statement. The airlines will remain separate companies and will manage and price their flights independently, the statement noted. The Biden administration took a very activist position opposing business combinations. Besides opposing the JetBlue and American alliance, it also filed an antitrust suit that was successful in blocking JetBlue's purchase of Spirit Airlines. The Trump administration has signaled it is far more open to allowing mergers to go through, announcing rules that will give a clearer path towards banking mergers, for example. Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
Miami Herald
3 days ago
- Business
- Miami Herald
United Airlines to return to JFK Airport in partnership with JetBlue
May 29 (UPI) -- United Airlines will once again fly out of New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport, via a partnership with JetBlue Airways. The two airlines announced Thursday they have reached an agreement, which they called "Blue Sky," that will see each airline offer flights from each other's websites but also continue to publish and market flights under their own brands. "Blue Sky reflects our airlines' shared focus on innovation and the customer experience," said United CEO Scott Kirby Thursday in a press release. "We're always looking for ways to give our MileagePlus members even more value and benefits and this collaboration gives them new, unique ways to use their hard-earned miles and find options that fit their schedule." United left JFK in 2015, then made a short return in 2021 before exiting again in 2022 because it wasn't able to secure longer-term slots there. Under the agreement, JetBlue will allow United access to slots at JFK for as many as seven daily round-trip flights out of the airport's Terminal 6, a deal which could begin as early as 2027. The airlines will also exchange eight flight timings at New Jersey's Newark Liberty International Airport as part of the arrangement. Additionally, each airline's loyalty program benefits, such as complimentary access to preferred and extra legroom seats, free first-checked bags and priority boarding, will be available to passengers when they travel on the other airline's aircraft. United will also shift its mobile app and website's ability to sell rental cars, hotels, cruises and travel insurance on both a stand-alone and package basis to the Paisly by JetBlue online platform. Blue Sky will also allow United's MileagePlus customers to earn and use miles on most JetBlue flights, while JetBlue's TrueBlue members can earn and use points for United flights within its domestic and international network. "This collaboration with United is a bold step forward for the industry" said JetBlue CEO Joanna Geraghty in the release, "United's global reach perfectly complements JetBlue's East Coast leisure network and significantly expands the options and benefits for TrueBlue members, no matter where in the world they are traveling." Copyright 2025 UPI News Corporation. All Rights Reserved.
CNET
3 days ago
- Business
- CNET
JetBlue and United Airlines Announce Partnership: What This Means for Your Next Trip
United Airlines and JetBlue Airways on Thursday announced a strategic partnership named Blue Sky, aiming to enhance connectivity and combine customer benefits, but without merging operations. The agreement is still awaiting regulatory approval, but both airlines expect to start rolling out the partnership later this fall. If it's approved, passengers will be able to earn and spend frequent flyer miles between the two airlines. "This collaboration with United is a bold step forward for the industry -- one that brings together two customer-focused airlines to deliver more choices for travelers and value across our networks," Joanna Geraghty, CEO of JetBlue, said in a statement. "United's global reach perfectly complements JetBlue's East Coast leisure network, and significantly expands the options and benefits for TrueBlue members, no matter where in the world they are traveling." Read more: Southwest Airlines Says You Can't Use Portable Chargers Inside Your Bags Why the Blue Sky partnership matters This alliance allows both airlines to sell seats on each other's flights and expand their market presence. United will regain access to New York's JFK Airport with up to seven daily round-trip flights by 2027, after a long absence since its exit in 2015. JetBlue, in turn, will increase its operations at Newark Liberty International Airport, a United hub. What are the perks of Blue Sky? Here's what travelers on both airlines should know about how the partnership will operate: Reciprocal frequent flyer benefits: Members of United's MileagePlus and JetBlue's TrueBlue programs can earn and redeem points across both airlines. Members of United's MileagePlus and JetBlue's TrueBlue programs can earn and redeem points across both airlines. Integrated booking platforms: Customers can book flights on either airline through both United's and JetBlue's websites and apps, simplifying the booking process. Customers can book flights on either airline through both United's and JetBlue's websites and apps, simplifying the booking process. Expanded route options: The partnership offers travelers more choices, especially along the East Coast. What this partnership means for travelers For passengers, this collaboration translates to more flight options, streamlined booking experiences and enhanced loyalty rewards. Business travelers, in particular, may benefit from United's return to JFK, with its convenient access to New York City. Leisure travelers can benefit from increased connectivity to various destinations, especially with JetBlue's strong presence in the Caribbean and Florida. Both airlines plan to maintain separate operations while offering customers the benefits of a collaboration. JetBlue/United What does this mean for the airlines? This partnership comes after JetBlue's previous alliance with American Airlines was dissolved following legal challenges over competition concerns. Unlike that arrangement, the Blue Sky partnership avoids revenue sharing and coordinated scheduling, potentially sidestepping regulatory issues. JetBlue has been actively seeking partnerships to strengthen its position in the market, enhance its loyalty program and expand its network. What comes next? Pending regulatory approval, elements of the Blue Sky partnership may roll out as early as fall 2025. Both airlines plan to maintain independent, separate operations alongside their collaboration. This move reflects a broader trend in the airline industry, where carriers seek innovative ways to expand reach and improve customer experience without full mergers. For more travel-related articles, explore these travel essentials you need for every vacation and then take a look at this travel checklist. You should also read about the new Real ID requirement for getting through airport security.
