Background:

I recently flew in JetBlue Mint, and originally I was booked in a single “Throne” seat. But due to getting COVID I had to move my flight a few weeks. And unfortunately, that new flight I moved to didn’t have any of the single suite seats left unfortunately.

JetBlue’s original A321 Mint product features 16 total seats in the cabin. There are 12 lie-flat seats in addition to four suites spread out over five rows. Rows 1, 3 and 5 have a 2-2 configuration and rows 2 and 4 contain suites with closing doors in a 1-1 configuration. The cool part is that JetBlue doesn’t charge extra for the single suites, and the earlier you book, the better chance you can grab one.

I really wanted one of the four suites, so I set up an ExpertFlyer alert for any of the four suites to be available.

ExpertFlyer

ExpertFlyer Example

Cost for Seat Alerts:

So there are many subscription levels to set up seat alerts. You could do a one-time seat alert like the example above for just $0.99 cents and pick the specific seats you’re looking out for. Or you could have a Basic Account for $4.99 a month or a Premium Account that is $9.99 a month (or $99.99 a year). The Basic Account comes with 4 Seat Alerts at a time, and Premium accounts include 200 combined Flight & Seat Alerts at a time, among other features as well such as searching airline award and upgrades, etc.

The Golden Ticket (Email):

About a week before my flight, I got a nice email that stated:

This is a notification that your Seat Alert has located available seats.

Seats:         2A, 2F, 4A, 4F
Found:         4A, 4F

Yippee! I quickly logged into my reservation and sure enough 4A and 4F were showing available on the JetBlue website so I quickly moved to 4A.

The Verdict: ExpertFlyer Helped!

Overall, ExpertFlyer helped me not have to check daily for the seats to pop up, and allowed me to move from a seat where I’d have to sit next to someone, to my own single seat. I enjoyed my JetBlue Mint experience, and you can read up on that flight here.

 

ExpertFlyer helped me! Have you used it before? Has it been helpful for you? Comment below!

 

Safe travels,

Ty

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