JetBlue Mint Expands to Seattle, San Diego, Las Vegas, Caribbean

JetBlue Mint is expanding to Seattle, San Diego, Las Vegas, Fort Lauderdale and the Caribbean (St. Lucia, St. Martin, Aruba and Barbados). I'm happy to see greater competition on these routes, since JetBlue's Mint product is better than most business class products flying in the domestic U.S., except for American Airlines' A321 first class on the transcontinental NYC to LAX and NYC to SFO routes. But with JetBlue's Mint expansion, you'd be hard pressed to find a better business class seat on domestic routes to and from Seattle, Las Vegas, San Diego and Fort Lauderdale.

JetBlue's Current Mint Routes are:

• NYC JFK – San Francisco SFO
• NYC JFK – Los Angeles LAX
• Boston BOS – San Francisco SFO
• NYC JFK – Aruba AUA
• NYC JFK – Barbados BGI
• Boston BOS – Barbados BGI

So far JetBlue has just said “early 2017” for the new Seattle, San Diego, Las Vegas and Fort Lauderdale routes. For the Caribbean, see below.

When Do the Caribbean Routes Operate?

Some of the Caribbean routes are seasonal:

• New York JFK to Aruba operates on Saturdays through April 30, 2016, and resumes on Saturdays starting November 5, 2016. Daily service is December 22, 2016 – January 3, 2017.
• New York JFK to Barbados operates on Saturdays year round, with daily service December 21, 2016 – January 3, 2017
• New York JFK to St. Lucia UVF operates on Saturdays beginning November 5, 2016, with daily service December 23, 2016 – January 2, 2017
• New York JFK to St. Martin SXM operates on Saturdays beginning November 5, 2016, with daily service December 23, 2016 – January 2, 2017
• Boston to Aruba starts Saturday service beginning November 5, 2016, with daily service December 23, 2016 – January 2, 2017
• Boston to Barbados BGI operates on Saturdays through April 30, 2016, and resumes on Saturdays starting November 5, 2016.