American Airlines and JetBlue Airways on July 20 are launching their partnership to offer customers connections and more travel options to and from New York and Boston. The two airlines also said they will begin a frequent-flyer relationship later this year. Members of American’s AAdvantage program and JetBlue’s TrueBlue customer loyalty program will be able to earn AAdvantage miles or TrueBlue points, respectively, when they fly only on the cooperative interline routes listed below.
American and JetBlue said these announcements are the next steps toward enhancing the cooperation between them since the two airlines announced their new partnership in March. Beginning July 20, customers will be able to book interline service in non-overlapping markets from New York‘s John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) and Boston’s Logan Airport (BOS) through travel agencies, most major North American online travel agency websites, American Airlines ticket counters, or by calling American Airlines Reservations at 800-433-7300. Both American and JetBlue are also working to make flights offered through the agreement available for sale on each other’s websites.
Under the cooperative agreement, customers will be able to connect between 14 of American’s international destinations departing from JFK and Boston, including Barcelona, Spain; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; and Tokyo and 18 JetBlue domestic markets, including Portland, Maine; Rochester, N.Y.; or Richmond, Va. None of the routes on which the airlines will cooperate overlap current flights flown by the other. A full list of the cities for each airline is available at the end of this release.
American and JetBlue said customers will benefit from improved connections, while each airline will see additional customers fed into their networks -JetBlue’s domestic network and American’s international network to Europe, Asia, and South America. As announced previously, on Nov. 1, American will transfer eight slot pairs at Ronald Reagan National Airport and one slot pair at White Plains, N.Y., to JetBlue, while JetBlue will transfer 12 slot pairs at JFK to American. For more information, visit www.aa.com or www.jetblue.com.
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