JetBlue is the first airline to accept payments from the peer-to-peer payment app, which is owned by PayPal. Like Apple Pay, Google Pay, or PayPal itself, Venmo lets you complete a transaction without having to dig out your credit card or input your financial details into the website.
"We're continually looking for ways to make it easier to book a JetBlue flight on our website and mobile app."
Are you planning a getaway? JetBlue has announced a new winter sale featuring flights out of Boston for as low as $49.
JetBlue introduces 1st-ever premium credit card
The airline is in the middle of a plan to reduce costs by culling unprofitable routes and drumming up revenue with higher-priced seats.
Shares of JetBlue Airways ( JBLU -25.71%) fell Tuesday. The stock lost 25.7% as of market close but was down as much as 28.9% earlier in the day. The move down comes as the S&P 500 and Nasdaq composite gained 0.9% and 2%, respectively.
Shares of JetBlue tumbled Tuesday morning after the airline's downbeat outlook for the first quarter and upcoming fiscal year overshadowed a better fourth quarter than analysts had expected.
Los Angeles residents Michael Reese and Leah Ferrarini are suing JetBlue for $1 million over the incident at their Inglewood home in024.
JetBlue announced this week that it will now accept Venmo payments, a first for the airline industry. The new arrangement has many advantages but also a few uncertainties, especially for travelers who live for their credit card’s bonus points.
"We're continually looking for ways to make it easier to book a JetBlue flight on our website and mobile app."
JetBlue’s fourth-quarter results beat expectations, but the outlook for a key revenue metric was below forecasts.
Relatives of missing teenagers in the Dominican Republic have identified them as the deceased in a wheel well of a JetBlue plane at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport earlier this month.