JetBlue Waiving Cancellation & Change Fees

Update 3/11/20: JetBlue has added a new policy for flights booked before March 10th for travel March 10, 2020 through April 30, 2020. Customers may rebook their flights for travel through October 24, 2020

With everyone worried about the coronavirus, JetBlue announced they are waiving cancellation fees and change fees for travel booked between February 27th and March 11th.

  • Valid only for bookings during those dates. Not valid for for flights already booked before then.
  • Valid only for travel to be completed by June 1, 2020.
  • Eligible changes made will receive a JetBlue Travel Bank Credit in the amount of the flight fare plus any applicable taxes and fees, valid for one year from date of issuance toward future JetBlue air travel only.
  • Rebookings are permitted during the Booking Window; after the Booking Window, only the first rebooking will be eligible under this policy, and will be subject to the fare rules and Contract of Carriage in effect at time of this rebooking. This policy applies through all booking channels. Group Bookings must be handled through 1-800-JETBLUE. Only the flight component of a JetBlue Vacations package is eligible under this policy. We recommend customers contact JetBlue to understand the cancel and change policies applicable to rental cars, hotels, and other travel product components of their bookings.
  • Changes/cancellations must be made prior to scheduled departure (otherwise fare is forfeited).
  • All flight reservations made one week or more prior to a flight’s departure may be cancelled without penalty up to 24 hours after the reservation is made for full refund or Travel Bank Credit.

Due to evolving coronavirus concerns, we are suspending change and cancel fees for all new flight bookings made between February 27, 2020 and March 11, 2020 for travel through June 1, 2020.

While there are no current travel restrictions to the locations we fly, customers can book with confidence on jetblue.com and jetbluevacations.com and know that changes or cancellations will be allowed without penalty should the situation change.

In the event you need to make a change to bookings made between the qualifying dates above, visit the Manage Flights section of jetblue.com or contact us for assistance.

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Maria
Maria (@guest_953905)
April 8, 2020 03:46

JetBlue has been awesome !

Yawgoog
Yawgoog (@guest_943250)
March 21, 2020 10:52

It seems the TrueBlue Shopping portal has not allowed logins for about a week now. An error message appears: “Sorry, this service is temporarily unavailable while we perform routine maintenance.” On chat, a customer service representative said that there is no estimate as to when logins will resume.

BND
BND (@guest_934184)
March 11, 2020 09:39

Morans @ Jetblue basically told me to FUKOFF when i called them to cancel and rebook my award ticket. Thanks for nothing Jackass Blue

elise
elise (@guest_933804)
March 10, 2020 22:17

There’s a waiver up until April 30th now for travel booked before Mar 10: https://www.jetblue.com/travel-alerts

Pat
Pat (@guest_921919)
February 27, 2020 08:37

Anyone know if same day change fees are waived too? Feel like that’s the only “loophole” from this..

Tim
Tim (@guest_921891)
February 27, 2020 07:40

But unlike southwest’s 737MAX change policy one would be charged fare differential? Is that correct?

Chill
Chill (@guest_921879)
February 27, 2020 07:16

The “panic” over this is getting out of hand. I know of people advocating for a moratorium on all travel; you know, the “close the borders” types. We need more calm, less xenophobia. This will pass.

VERY STABLE GENIUS
VERY STABLE GENIUS (@guest_922011)
February 27, 2020 10:13

THE CDC IS VERY GOOD! NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT FOLKS

satellite
satellite (@guest_922091)
February 27, 2020 11:15

Borders are partially closed already for anyone coming from China (visited within 2 weeks) who’s not a US citizen/permanent resident. The problem is that the virus is spreading to other countries so US either does what you mentioned (close the borders) or deal with the outbreak.

JZ
JZ (@guest_922130)
February 27, 2020 11:46

Yeah. Imagine closing boarders for foreigners who has visited EU, Japan and South Korea…

Lrdx
Lrdx (@guest_934857)
March 12, 2020 00:23
  JZ

This comment didn’t age well.

Waco
Waco (@guest_922294)
February 27, 2020 14:26

Can’t afford to travel anyway. Good riddance.

Harumph!
Harumph! (@guest_922603)
February 27, 2020 20:40

Cancel the fun parade… sounds like no vacations this year…

Ali
Ali (@guest_921662)
February 27, 2020 00:23

Why is this only for bookings during those dates? I don’t understand the logic. So people that made bookings earlier than this don’t feel uncertain about the virus?

satellite
satellite (@guest_921666)
February 27, 2020 00:29

Because they already sold those tickets and don’t need to motivate people to buy them. But their sales are certainly hurting so they need to motivate people buying now.

I know that Alaska lost a sale from me for a trip to Hawaii due to cancellation fees and I went with Southwest even though it involves a stop. Next few months are very uncertain.

Lc
Lc (@guest_921586)
February 26, 2020 22:52

Wish they would do this for the flu and colds too

Munchys
Munchys (@guest_921617)
February 26, 2020 23:25
  Lc

You can, if you get a doctor’s note and fax it to them and it says you’re unfit to fly.