JetBlue puts ticket price in public hands

Published: Sept. 8, 2008 at 12:55 PM
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NEW YORK, Sept. 8 (UPI) -- JetBlue Airways said Monday it would turn to U.S. Internet auction house eBay to sell 300 round-trip tickets with the starting prices of a nickel and a dime.

Taxes and fees apply, the airline said in a statement.

The airline was the first to sell "last-minute flights and packages on eBay, the statement said.

"We're putting the price of spontaneous weekend trips this fall into the hands of our customers," said Don Uselmann, JetBlue's manager of Business Development.

"This is their chance to compete to get the best deals on flights and vacation packages to many of JetBlue's most exciting destinations," he said.


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