Deal or No Deal ?

The following article was posted in the Greensboro/Winston-Salem news this morning about JetBlue offering a month of unlimited flights for $599.

JetBlue Airways is offering an “all you can fly” offer. The airline is selling all-you-can-fly tickets for $599 per passenger, allowing for unlimited travel between Sept. 8 and Oct. 8.

New York-based JetBlue (NASDAQ: JBLU) offers daily nonstop flights between Raleigh-Durham International Airport and three destinations: New York, Boston, and Fort Lauderdale, Fla. The airline also provides service to 46 other markets, including Las Vegas; Orlando, Fla.; San Francisco; Puerto Rico; Bermuda; Seattle and the Bahamas.

The airline does not fly out of Piedmont Triad International Airport.

The deadline for the purchase of the unlimited-flights package is Aug. 21. Individual flights must be booked at least three days before departure.

The airline has also said it will gauge demand to see how long it might offer the all-you-can-fly deal.

So on the surface this seems like an amazing deal if you are someone like me who has friends spread out over the US, or if you are a retire looking to visit several destination hot spots within the month of Sept. and Oct. It would be worth the money to hop on a plane every weekend and jet set to the next city I have a friend residing in, spend the weekend, and then fly back on Sunday; something I would definitely try to accomplish one month for this deal!

But, what is the guarantee that you can book flights when you want them? You have the flight there that you want, but can’t get a flight back, what do you do? Will it then cost you more to buy a one-way-ticket back?

This might be useful for a company like ours where we have employees who fly very frequently between Charlotte and Cincinnati, but what is it worth to the common traveler?