Bill of Rights information
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Above all else, JetBlue Airways is dedicated to bringing humanity back to air travel. We strive to make every part of your experience as simple and as pleasant as possible. Unfortunately, there are times when things do not go as planned. If you’re inconvenienced as a result, we think it is important that you know exactly what you can expect from us. That’s why we created our Customer Bill of Rights. These Rights will always be subject to the highest level of safety and security for our customers and crewmembers.
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INFORMATION
JetBlue will notify customers of delays, cancellations and diversions. Notification may be given in any of the following forms: via jetblue.com, via telephone, flight information display system, airport announcement, onboard announcement, email or text message.
CANCELLATIONS
All customers whose flight is cancelled by JetBlue will, at the customer’s option, receive a full refund or reaccommodation on the next available JetBlue flight at no additional charge or fare. If JetBlue cancels a flight within 4 hours of scheduled departure and the cancellation is due to a Controllable Irregularity, JetBlue will also provide the customer with a $50 Credit good for future travel on JetBlue.
DEPARTURE DELAYS
- Customers whose flight is delayed for 1-1:59 hours after scheduled departure time due to a Controllable Irregularity are entitled to a $25 Credit good for future travel on JetBlue.
- Customers whose flight is delayed for 2-4:59 hours after scheduled departure time due to a Controllable Irregularity are entitled to a $50 Credit good for future travel on JetBlue.
- Customers whose flight is delayed for 5-5:59 hours after scheduled departure time due to a Controllable Irregularity are entitled to a Credit good for future travel on JetBlue in the amount paid by the customer for the oneway trip less taxes and fees (or $50, whichever is greater).
- Customers whose flight is delayed for 6 or more hours after scheduled departure time due to a Controllable Irregularity are entitled to a Credit good for future travel on JetBlue in the amount paid by the customer for the roundtrip (or the oneway trip, doubled) less taxes and fees.
DELAYS (DEPARTURE DELAYS AND ONBOARD GROUND DELAYS ON DEPARTURE)
For customers whose flight is delayed 3 hours or more after scheduled departure, JetBlue will provide free movies on flights that are 2 hours or longer.
OVERBOOKINGS (As defined in JetBlue’s Contract of Carriage)
Customers who are involuntarily denied boarding shall receive $1,000.
ONBOARD GROUND DELAYS
JetBlue will provide customers experiencing an onboard ground delay with 36 channels of DIRECTV®*, food and drink, access to clean restrooms and, as necessary, medical treatment. JetBlue will not permit the aircraft to remain on the tarmac for more than three hours unless the pilot-in-command determines there is a safety or security-related reason for remaining on the tarmac or Air Traffic Control advises the pilot-in-command that returning to the gate or another disembarkation point elsewhere in order to deplane would significantly disrupt airport operations.
Arrivals:
- Customers who experience an Onboard Ground Delay on Arrival for 1-1:59 hours after scheduled arrival time are entitled to a $50 Credit good for future travel on JetBlue.
- Customers who experience an Onboard Ground Delay on Arrival for 2 or more hours after scheduled arrival time are entitled to a Credit good for future travel on JetBlue in the amount paid by the customer for the roundtrip (or the oneway trip, doubled) less taxes and fees.
Departures:
- Customers who experience an Onboard Ground Delay on Departure for 3-3:59 hours after scheduled departure time are entitled to a $50 Credit good for future travel on JetBlue.
- Customers who experience an Onboard Ground Delay on Departure for 4-4:59 hours after scheduled departure time are entitled to a Credit good for future travel on JetBlue in the amount paid by the customer for the oneway trip less taxes and fees (or $50, whichever is greater).
- Customers who experience an Onboard Ground Delay on Departure for 5 or more hours after scheduled departure time are entitled to a Credit good for future travel on JetBlue in the amount paid by the customer for the roundtrip (or the oneway trip, doubled) less taxes and fees.
IN-FLIGHT ENTERTAINMENT
JetBlue offers 36 channels of DIRECTV®* service on its flights in the Continental U.S. If our LiveTV™ system is inoperable on flights in the Continental U.S, customers are entitled to a $15 Credit good for future travel on JetBlue.
Last updated: May 27, 2010
*DIRECTV service is not available on flights outside the continental United States; however, where applicable, movies from JetBlue Features are offered complimentary on these routes.
These Rights are subject to JetBlue's Contract of Carriage and, as applicable, the operational control of the flight crew, and apply to only JetBlue operated flights.
This document is representative of what is reflected in JetBlue's Contract of Carriage, the legally binding document between JetBlue and its customers. |
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Bill of Rights Definitions |
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The Contract of Carriage is the legal binding agreement between JetBlue and its Customers. Pursuant to regulation, JetBlue may incorporate the Contract of Carriage through your Itinerary and Boarding Pass.
A delay, cancellation or diversion that is not caused by a Force Majeure Event (defined below). Examples include: crew unavailability due to JetBlue’s scheduling (not due to weather-event related disruption); delay or cancellation due to maintenance; that which is considered reasonably within JetBlue’s control.
A Departure Delay is any delay prior to the aircraft’s pushback from the gate. (Customers could be boarded, awaiting pushback. Most often, however, Customers will be in the gate area or in transport to the aircraft if parked at a hardstand.)
A Ground Delay is a delay where, upon departure from the gate, the aircraft is delayed from taking off; or upon arrival, the aircraft is delayed from arriving at a gate or hardstand/air stairs for safe deplaning. A Ground Delay may occur on arrival or departure. However, in the case of arrival, if your flight lands early (prior to scheduled arrival), we do not begin calculating the delay time until after the scheduled arrival time.
A Force Majeure Event is an event outside the reasonable control of JetBlue. It includes events such as weather conditions; acts of government or airport authorities such as ATC mandated ground delays or ground stops; runway closures; airport construction that interferes with JetBlue’s operation and other events that are not reasonably foreseen, predicted, or anticipated by JetBlue. See the Contract of Carriage for the full definition of a Force Majeure Event examples.
A delay, cancellation or diversion that is caused by a Force Majeure Event. Examples would include things such as weather, a runway closure, ATC delays, airport construction.
A specified dollar amount valid for one-year from date of issuance. A Credit is non-transferable and must be used (travel booked) within the one year from date of issuance.
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