I boarded with the Mint and Mosaic passengers, and arrived at my seat, 4A. Unfortunately, JetBlue doesn’t have any lounge access (maybe they can expand their American Airlines partnership and get some lounge access for the transcons please?). You can check out my review of the LAX Centurion Lounge here. JetBlue departs from LAX Terminal 5, and after dropping off my bags at the Mint/Mosaic Desk and clearing the security checkpoint with TSA Precheck, I decided to walk to the AMEX Centurion Lounge for a visit. Lucky for me, I received an email a few days after booking that both 4A and 4F became available so I quickly made the switch to 4A. I signed up for Expert Flyer and set up a seat alert to track if any of the “Throne” seats opened up. Originally, I was booked in Row 5 since all the “Throne” seats were taken when I booked around two weeks before departure. These “throne” seats have additional storage, more elbow room, as well as added privacy. What’s nice is that JetBlue doesn’t charge extra for the seats with closing doors, and if you book early, there is a better chance that someone hasn’t reserved it yet. Rows 1, 3 and 5 have a 2-2 configuration and rows 2 and 4 contain suites with closing doors in a 1-1 configuration, which many people call the “Throne Seat”. There are 12 lie-flat seats and four suites spread out over five rows. The original Mint product features 16 total seats in the cabin. Currently, you can only sample the new Mint Suites on select flights from Los Angeles to New York/Kennedy and on all flights to London. This time, I was flying on JetBlue’s original A321 Mint product, which is the majority of the current Mint routes/seats. Booking JetBlue Mint Business Class + Choosing a Seat: I enjoyed both of my flights, and the food was a definite plus. Last year, I was able to sample both the new Mint Suites from Los Angeles to New York, and the original Mint product from Newark to San Diego. Seat: 4A (Throne Seat) My Previous Experiences with JetBlue Mint Business Class: Thankfully, I was able to find about Mint ticket for the same price two weeks later, and rebooked. This came in handy as I got COVID for the first time and needed to rearrange my travel plans. Mint tickets are refundable to a travel credit as long as you cancel before the flights scheduled departure. I had over $200 in credits expiring within a month from my travels last year, and with the $80 off AMEX offer, I decided to take the splurge and purchase a Mint ticket that was selling for $899. After all, the bigger Mint's expansion potential, the more airplanes Airbus will be able to sell in the coming years to fuel that growth.Life update, I am moving from sunny Southern California to New York City! On my quest to find a flight for my relocation, I ended up seeing a flight in JetBlue Mint Business Class. By late 2019, JetBlue could even offer Mint flights to Europe using Airbus' new A321LR, which will have 4,000 miles of range.Īirbus is certainly rooting for JetBlue to succeed. If the new Mint flights are as successful as JetBlue expects, the company could announce another batch of Mint routes later this year or in early 2018.
Indeed, JetBlue has consistently seen big unit revenue improvements after converting routes to Mint service. However, EPS growth has ground to a halt in the past year, as JetBlue lost the benefit of falling fuel prices at the same time that its Mint expansion slowed.Īs JetBlue moves through its current round of Mint expansion during the next several quarters, earnings growth could accelerate again. The initial rollout of Mint coincided with a period of falling oil prices, leading to a huge increase in JetBlue's profitability.
JetBlue ordered more A321s from Airbus in order to support the rollout of Mint to seven more routes: Fort Lauderdale-Los Angeles, Fort Lauderdale-San Francisco, New York-San Diego, Boston-San Diego, New York-Las Vegas, New York-Seattle, and Boston-Seattle. In mid-2016, JetBlue's management made Mint the linchpin of a long-term growth strategy for the transcontinental market. During 2016, JetBlue converted its Boston-San Francisco and Boston-Los Angeles routes to Mint service. It then began expanding Mint to more cities.
As the profitability of those routes improved by leaps and bounds, JetBlue added more flights on those two routes. Originally, JetBlue created the Mint product to solve a specific problem: the poor financial performance of its routes from New York to Los Angeles and San Francisco. On Monday, JetBlue announced the latest expansion of its Mint service, which could help it produce strong profit growth in 2018. As a result, JetBlue has steadily expanded the dedicated Mint A321 fleet and converted numerous routes to Mint service. Not surprisingly, Mint flights have become extremely popular. JetBlue's Mint premium seats convert into 76-inch beds.
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