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Re: Dear jetBlue...

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Post by Legion »

dcurtis wrote: post #17
run4yourlives wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's part of why I found her story so fascinating. No disrespect, but that's not fascinating, it's stupid. Basically, she had no savings. No rainy day fund. No retirement funds. No investments. What's the first think Suze Orman types tell all of those women that watch her? Have enough set aside for 2-3 months living expenses - minimum! There's simply no excuse for someone working so close to money to be so irrespon…

She was so addicted to her expensive lifestyle that when she lost her job she couldn't get herself to lower her expenses. You could call her stupid, but I find it fascinating.

Indeed. Stupid and fascinating aren't mutually exclusive.

In fact, I'd say they're often highly correlated.

Re: Dear jetBlue...

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Post by euroclydon »

fnid wrote: post #19
dannyr wrote: post #18

So they are asking for JetBlue to give them special treatment? They booked 43 flights in 30 days. How about cutting their flights in half so that they are less likely to miss one? I wonder what their backgrounds are that would make them good resource to interview JetBlue passengers and make them deserving of special treatment from JetBlue.

Yeah, so they put up a website, why would the CEO of a large company want to meet with them? I'm not saying he won't, but I don't see any value proposition mentioned on the site. If I were the CEO, I'd be thinking they're going to ask for even more after we have just exchanged 43 flights for $600? Talk about give an inch and they'll want a mile!

Hmm, how often does JetBlue make the top of HN? Isn't the whole offer a publicity stunt by JetBlue and aren't these folks with the website doing their part?

Re: Dear jetBlue...

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Post by deltaqueue »

Not only is this chick completely irresponsible, but this "trip" is a joke. He's going to be living in an airport for a month, all for what? No one cares about people who live in airports, nor do they care about the fascinating lives of airplane passengers.

I genuinely hope his trip goes as planned, but this social networking media web 2.0 garbage is a waste of the internet.

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Post by kqr2 »

fnid wrote: post #19
dannyr wrote: post #18

So they are asking for JetBlue to give them special treatment? They booked 43 flights in 30 days. How about cutting their flights in half so that they are less likely to miss one? I wonder what their backgrounds are that would make them good resource to interview JetBlue passengers and make them deserving of special treatment from JetBlue.

Yeah, so they put up a website, why would the CEO of a large company want to meet with them? I'm not saying he won't, but I don't see any value proposition mentioned on the site. If I were the CEO, I'd be thinking they're going to ask for even more after we have just exchanged 43 flights for $600? Talk about give an inch and they'll want a mile!

The question for the CEO is whether or not this would generate worthwhile publicity for JetBlue. For example, if Good Morning America brought their camera crew to the coffee shop, then it might be worth it.

But then again, if they offer these guys special favors which they document on their website, everyone who has the JetBlue pass will probably expect the same.

Because of this, I don't think that JetBlue will give them any special favors.

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Post by nir »

dannyr wrote: post #18

So they are asking for JetBlue to give them special treatment? They booked 43 flights in 30 days. How about cutting their flights in half so that they are less likely to miss one? I wonder what their backgrounds are that would make them good resource to interview JetBlue passengers and make them deserving of special treatment from JetBlue.

The funny bit is that rather than arranging this over the phone/email with a customer rep, they apparently need to discuss it over coffee with JetBlue's CEO. This is where the idea moves from Paul Theroux ("Great Railway Bazaar" etc) territory into Julia Allison land.

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Post by cb33 »

dannyr wrote: post #18

So they are asking for JetBlue to give them special treatment? They booked 43 flights in 30 days. How about cutting their flights in half so that they are less likely to miss one? I wonder what their backgrounds are that would make them good resource to interview JetBlue passengers and make them deserving of special treatment from JetBlue.

This letter really bothers me for a few reasons:

1. The letter did not need to be open at all. If you want to travel the country for 30 days without paying, more power to you but why not just send it to the jetBlue CEO directly?

2. The people behind this letter obviously think their idea is amazingly brilliant. Which it isn't. Everyone has interesting stories. You could go into a Dunkin' Donuts at 3AM and hear some pretty crazy stuff. No need to be at 30,000 feet.

3. These people probably WILL get free flights or some other special support from jetBlue because God forbid a publicly-traded company didn't listen to any and every simple Jack who asked for something on the internet.

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