FWIW, a few weeks ago JetBlue rolled out a new boarding process. Instead of boarding in 5-row increments from the back of the plane, customers are now assigned a boarding group (it will appear on your boarding pass). Boarding proceeds as follows:
Group B: window seats in the back; then
Group C: middle seats in the back + window seats in the front; then
Group D: aisle seats in the back + middle seats in the front; then
Group D/E: aisle seats in the front.
Of importance to families traveling together, the JetBlue website has the following Q&A (see below). What it boils down to is that if you want to board together, you should either be traveling under the same reservation number and check in together, OR if you can't and are concerned about kids boarding alone (and I've read anecdotal reports that guests using Disney's resort check-in service for return flights have found that they were checked in separately and got split into different boarding groups), then try to select pairs of window and aisle seats toward the back of the aircraft in the same row, with (for a family of four), one adult and one child in the window seats (who will be in the same boarding group and can board together), and one adult and one child in the adjacent aisle seats (who will be in the same boarding group and can board together). Of course, if that doesn't work for your family configuration, then you can always choose to have the whole party board together with the person who has the last-called boarding group assignment in your party, too. Here's JetBlue's official word:
Q: Will families or multiple customers traveling together be split up with this new boarding process?
A: As long as you’re on the same reservation and check in together, parties traveling together will be prioritized into the earliest boarding group assigned to that party on the same reservation. If you check in separately, you may be assigned different boarding groups, even if you’re on the same reservation. In this scenario, you are welcome to board in the group you are each assigned, or if you’d prefer to board together, you may board with the latter of the assigned groups in your party.
More information here:
http://mobile.jetblue.com/mt/help.j...IN/webcgi.exe?New,Kb=askBlue,case=obj(381591)
- Pre-Boarding for customers with disabilities
- Mosaic and Mint® customers
- Even More® Space customers (Group A)
- Courtesy Boarding for active military personnel and customers traveling with children in car seats or strollers (not "children under a certain age," as before)
- General Boarding by group:
- Group B
- Group C
- Group D
- Group E (N/A for E-190 aircraft)
- All remaining customers
Group B: window seats in the back; then
Group C: middle seats in the back + window seats in the front; then
Group D: aisle seats in the back + middle seats in the front; then
Group D/E: aisle seats in the front.
Of importance to families traveling together, the JetBlue website has the following Q&A (see below). What it boils down to is that if you want to board together, you should either be traveling under the same reservation number and check in together, OR if you can't and are concerned about kids boarding alone (and I've read anecdotal reports that guests using Disney's resort check-in service for return flights have found that they were checked in separately and got split into different boarding groups), then try to select pairs of window and aisle seats toward the back of the aircraft in the same row, with (for a family of four), one adult and one child in the window seats (who will be in the same boarding group and can board together), and one adult and one child in the adjacent aisle seats (who will be in the same boarding group and can board together). Of course, if that doesn't work for your family configuration, then you can always choose to have the whole party board together with the person who has the last-called boarding group assignment in your party, too. Here's JetBlue's official word:
Q: Will families or multiple customers traveling together be split up with this new boarding process?
A: As long as you’re on the same reservation and check in together, parties traveling together will be prioritized into the earliest boarding group assigned to that party on the same reservation. If you check in separately, you may be assigned different boarding groups, even if you’re on the same reservation. In this scenario, you are welcome to board in the group you are each assigned, or if you’d prefer to board together, you may board with the latter of the assigned groups in your party.
More information here:
http://mobile.jetblue.com/mt/help.j...IN/webcgi.exe?New,Kb=askBlue,case=obj(381591)
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