JetBlue starts charging customers for pillows and blankets

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By SAMANTHA BOMKAMP | AP Business Writer
1:09 PM EDT, August 4, 2008

NEW YORK (AP) _ 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.

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

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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.

Are there any more a la carte reasons for airlines to increase fees or charge passengers?

[Ian David]

1. Self-detete. Excessive naughtiness. n/t

[2KS2KHonda]

2. JetBlue applies for name change...to

JetBlows

[Eurobabe]

3. Bathrooms will have a coin operate door opener installed

Toilet paper is at least .50 a sheet, no more than two per customer. If you don't like it use your hand.

There will be an additional charge of $2 for each squirt of soap to wash your hands. Paper towels? Forget about it. Use your pants! :eyes:

[Clear Blue Sky]

4. They have lower than average fares.

I'd rather have the lower fares and skip the pillow and blanket.

[Recursion]

5. As long as their tickets stay so cheap, I don't care nt