JetBlue charging $7 for pillow, blanket kit

[Saffyre 0]

It also says you get a $5 coupon to spend in Bed Bath and Beyond, so really it's only costing you $2. I think it's a good deal and wouldn't mind paying it to get clean blankets.

[HAL 9000 96]

Airlines will be charging for toilet roll next.

Carry your own TP...

Don't laugh. B.Y.O.T.P. is a necessity in Vietnam (even in a city like Saigon). I found out the hard way.

[zqt3344 21]

They gots to eat somehow!

NEW YORK - JetBlue Airways Corp. said Monday it is now charging customers for pillows and blankets.

The carrier has done away with the recycled blankets and pillows used on its flights, and has started offering an "eco-friendly" travel blanket and pillow that can be purchased for $7 on flights longer than two hours. The pair come in a kit with a $5 coupon to home furnishings retailer Bed Bath & Beyond.

The carrier claims the pillow and blanket feature a fabric technology, developed by CleanBrands LLC, that blocks pesky critters like dust mites, mold spores, pollen and pet dander.

JetBlue already offers free "Snooze Kits" on overnight flights from the West that include an eyeshade and ear plugs.

But the blanket and pillow kit is the latest in a string of a la carte items the company says are providing a revenue boost to help offset the soaring price of jet fuel.

A JetBlue spokeswoman declined to predict how much the sale of these kits will bring in, saying that the company only provides revenue details for specific items in its quarterly earnings conference calls.

The carrier said last month it expects to collect about $40 million from customers buying seats with extra leg room this year. Its $15 fee for a second checked bag is expected to translate into about $20 million in additional revenue. A ticket change fee, which doubled to $100 in the second quarter, is part of a "basket of fee changes" expected to produce about $50 million in extra revenue in 2008.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20080804...ief_pillow_fees

[Nanusia & Lukaszek 0]

Airlines will be charging for toilet roll next.

Carry your own TP...

Don't laugh. B.Y.O.T.P. is a necessity in Vietnam (even in a city like Saigon). I found out the hard way.

Isn't it like that in China too? I heard that most US visitors at the Olympics would have some surprises in the bathrooms.

[Nagishkaw 510]

Maybe they will leave some suprises in the bathrooms.

[Teacher Mark 53]

Airlines will be charging for toilet roll next.

Carry your own TP...

Don't laugh. B.Y.O.T.P. is a necessity in Vietnam (even in a city like Saigon). I found out the hard way.

Isn't it like that in China too? I heard that most US visitors at the Olympics would have some surprises in the bathrooms.

Surprised?

Edited August 5, 2008 by WideAwakeInTheUSA

[Marilyn. 340]

Now they are charging to pass the germs around.

I never trust those things to be clean.

I am assuming they come prepackaged and you keep them when you are done..

[Savanphil 3]

I would rather bring my own anyways, for free!