JetBlue's Codeshare Booking Deal with American Airlines to End this Month
July 14 2023 - 10:04AM
Dow Jones News
By Dean Seal
JetBlue said it is advancing a plan to wind down a partnership
with American Airlines that was successfully challenged by the
Justice Department.
The airline said Friday that starting July 21, customers won't
be able to book new codeshare bookings on American Airlines
anymore, and vice versa. For customers who have already booked,
their loyalty account numbers will need to be added to the booking
before that time in order to earn points and other perks.
"We are disappointed to be ending popular benefits like
codesharing and reciprocal loyalty benefits," said Dave Fintzen,
vice president of the Northeast Alliance for JetBlue. "We know
customers will miss these features and believe the U.S. Department
of Justice's position opposing them misses the mark."
JetBlue and American said they are working together to minimize
disruption to customers who have booked travel already and complete
the legal process of the wind-down plan in a way that protects
consumers. Jetblue said it will reach out to any individual
customer impacted by the recent shakeups.
American and JetBlue reached an agreement in 2020 to join forces
in New York and Boston, but the partnership was struck down by a
federal judge in May following a challenge by the Justice
Department, which alleged that the arrangement would drive up fares
and erode competition.
JetBlue said earlier this month that it wouldn't join American
in challenging the ruling as it focuses on battling antitrust
officials in a separate suit seeking to block its planned takeover
of Spirit Airlines.
Write to Dean Seal at dean.seal@wsj.com
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