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Re: Dear jetBlue...

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Post by vibhavs »

nir wrote: post #25
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.

I think in general, he also wants to meet with the CEO of a large company.

@dcurtis' tweet: "My two-month goal is to have a beer with a Fortune 500 CEO. Can anyone help me with this?" (http://twitter.com/dcurtis/status/2096133916).

Now, he has an "excuse" to do so.

(Just don't tell him JetBlue isn't in the Fortune 500 :-).

Re: Dear jetBlue...

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Post by bsgamble »

deltaqueue wrote: post #23

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.

For someone who thinks the web 2.0 stuff is garbage you certainly spend enough time posting redundant comments in multiple places.

Re: Dear jetBlue...

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Post by pyre »

deltaqueue wrote: post #23

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.

> this social networking media web 2.0 garbage is a waste of the internet.

Why is this necessarily a waste of internet? Are you worried that we're going to run out of internet, and there won't be any left for you?

This sounds like the sort of idea that in years past someone would embark on to write a book about. Nowadays it's on the internet instead. This attitude is just as bad as the 'a crime is a worse crime when it happens on the internet' attitude that people seem to have today...

Re: Dear jetBlue...

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Post by pyre »

cb33 wrote: post #27
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 p…

I don't think they're asking for free flights. I think they are asking for the 'missed flight' penalty to be waived. Since they are trying to pack so many flights into 30 days, they understandably might miss a flight or two due to delays.

42 flights in 30 days does seem a bit much though. For many of those flights, they are just going to be sleeping through the flight anyways (and unable to talk to 'interesting people').

Re: Dear jetBlue...

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Post by dannyr »

cb33 wrote: post #27
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 p…

Exactly. Why did they have to make it public? To put pressure on Jetblue?

I don't think this trip is a smart idea. 43 flights in 30 days? They'll be spending their time running to and from and around airports. I doubt they'll enjoy it.

I have to admit that I'll follow the blog though.

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