Least unpleasant SF Bay Area - Boston nonstop economy flights?

Anyone have an opinion on least unpleasant nonstop economy service from
SF Bay Area (SFO, OAK or SJC) to Boston? (where "least unpleasant" is
primarily seat comfort and spacing)

Choices seem to be United Economy Plus, Jet Blue, and ????.

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AES wrote:
Anyone have an opinion on least unpleasant nonstop economy service from
SF Bay Area (SFO, OAK or SJC) to Boston? (where "least unpleasant" is
primarily seat comfort and spacing)

Choices seem to be United Economy Plus, Jet Blue, and ????.

JetBlue has standard 34" pitch, and 38" pitch available for a slight
upcharge. JetBlue also has individual DirecTV screens at every
seat.

Seatguru.com doesn't list the pitch on United A320s, but has a note
that the standard Economy seats being more uncomfortable then other
planes. The United 757 listing on SeatGuru says Economy Plus is
34" pitch and Economy is 31".

I haven't flow United in years, but fly JetBlue from SJC to JFK
regularly and am a happy customer. The sale might be over now,
but my dad booked JFK-SJC on JetBlue for ~$180 r/t the other day.
I think he said it was a one day sale type thing.

John
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John Clear - http://www.clear-prop.org/

John Clear wrote:

JetBlue has standard 34" pitch, and 38" pitch available for a slight
upcharge. JetBlue also has individual DirecTV screens at every
seat.

Seatguru.com doesn't list the pitch on United A320s, but has a note
that the standard Economy seats being more uncomfortable then other
planes. The United 757 listing on SeatGuru says Economy Plus is
34" pitch and Economy is 31".

I haven't flow United in years,

I fly United regularly (mostly because my "home base" is DEN, and
so all my miles are with UA). Take JetBlue.

Bob M.

"AES" wrote in message
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Anyone have an opinion on least unpleasant nonstop economy service from
SF Bay Area (SFO, OAK or SJC) to Boston? (where "least unpleasant" is
primarily seat comfort and spacing)

Choices seem to be United Economy Plus, Jet Blue, and ????.



Jet Blue at least gives decent legroom and DirecTV

Thanks much for replies thus far. I failed to ask about Virgin America,
which also does this route.

AES wrote:
Anyone have an opinion on least unpleasant nonstop economy service from
SF Bay Area (SFO, OAK or SJC) to Boston? (where "least unpleasant" is
primarily seat comfort and spacing)

Choices seem to be United Economy Plus, Jet Blue, and ????.

There's also Virgin America.

Seat pitch will be about the same on all three, 31-32"

I'd avoid Jet Blue at all costs, simply because the chances of getting
stuck are much higher than with United.

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SMS wrote:

I'd avoid Jet Blue at all costs, simply because the chances of getting
stuck are much higher than with United.

I find it amusing how some posters become very emotional
after one bad experience with an airline and start badmouthing
it at every opportunity instead of calmly considering the facts.

Fact: JetBlue is generally a more reliable airline than United,
with lower flight cancellation rates and better ontime statistics.

Unless the OP has a status with United that would put him into
Economy Plus or some other reason to fly United specifically,
choosing JetBlue over United on this route is a no-brainer.

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(VS) was claimed to have wrote:

In article ,
SMS wrote:

I'd avoid Jet Blue at all costs, simply because the chances of getting
stuck are much higher than with United.

I find it amusing how some posters become very emotional
after one bad experience with an airline and start badmouthing
it at every opportunity instead of calmly considering the facts.

Fact: JetBlue is generally a more reliable airline than United,
with lower flight cancellation rates and better ontime statistics.

Unless the OP has a status with United that would put him into
Economy Plus or some other reason to fly United specifically,
choosing JetBlue over United on this route is a no-brainer.

I thought JetBlue has a reputation for leaving passengers refunded and
stranded when something goes wrong, vs more traditional airlines that
usually eventually route you home?

I might be wrong, I've never had the opportunity to fly JetBlue so I've
never really looked into it, just going based on a vague recollection.

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DevilsPGD wrote:

I thought JetBlue has a reputation for leaving passengers refunded and
stranded when something goes wrong, vs more traditional airlines that
usually eventually route you home?

This ``reputation'' is based on one story that this particular
poster keeps repeating every time JetBlue is mentioned. Of course,
there are horror stories about every airline (and boy, does that
include United .

He also accompanies it by plain misinformation about JetBlue.
For example, their seat pich is *not* not 31-32''.

VS wrote:
In article ,
SMS wrote:

I'd avoid Jet Blue at all costs, simply because the chances of getting
stuck are much higher than with United.

I find it amusing how some posters become very emotional
after one bad experience with an airline and start badmouthing
it at every opportunity instead of calmly considering the facts.

If it were just my experience then I wouldn't have posted that. But it
isn't. Numerous individuals, including at least one journalist, have
reported similar experiences.

Fact: JetBlue is generally a more reliable airline than United,
with lower flight cancellation rates and better ontime statistics.

The difference is that if United cancels a flight, they'll get you on
another flight to your destination in a reasonable time period, albeit
perhaps in not the most direct way. Jet Blue can't do that because they
have so few flights between your origin and destination, often only one
per day, and subsequent day's flights are likely to be fully booked.
They also have no reciprocal agreements with other airlines to help
mitigate the situation of a canceled flight, hence their refund policy.

Jet Blue likes to boast about how they'll refund your fare if they can't
accommodate you, and to the traveler that lacks any critical thinking
skills that sounds like a good thing. To those that realize that a
refund of a 21 day advance fare won't even buy 1/2 of a no-advance
purchase ticket on another airline, the refund policy is not a
positive--they'd rather get to their destination at the price they
originally paid.

Really, is it a lot to expect that an airline will get you between point
A and point B at the agreed upon fare?