jetBlue versus Song

Having now flown both jetBlue and Song recently, I offer my preferences from the experiences.

  1. Song’s website is much nicer and uses JSP instead of ASP.
  2. Song’s iPod + iTunes promotion was hott.
  3. Both airlines’ prices are nearly identical.
  4. jetBlue’s flight attendants are kewler and nicer.
  5. Song’s various pre-recorded safety instruction announcements are more entertaining.
  6. jetBlue’s free snacks are better tasting and healthier.
  7. Song offers the nifty SkyMall catalog. jetBlue offers inflight yoga instructions.
  8. jetBlue offers 36 channels of television, the most important being FOX News Channel and Discovery. Song does not. (Update: Song now carries FNC and Discovery.)
  9. The most annoying thing about flying Song is that when anyone touches his/her call button, the audible ping is heard over the television system’s audio. This is particularly annoying when the call button is used frequently — and it is used frequently because the flight attendants actually care. The frequent television audio interruptions just because gramps has too many questions is annoying.

This entry was posted on Tuesday, November 23rd, 2004 at 20:20 and is tagged .

One Response to “jetBlue versus Song”

  1. Jeremiah Says:
    June 24th, 2005 at 12:42

    I changed my mind. I now much prefer JetBlue. My last two flights on Song lacked “signal” for FNC. My flights were moved back an hour a week before I flew, which messed up plans for getting to/from the airport. With the hour delay, my seat was also reassigned to the back of the plane on both flights. The flight staff took forever to get drink and food service to the plane and they did one round of drinks. The really entertaining but totally useless SkyMall was absent on both flights. Besides, the bright colors on Song planes were starting to burn my retinas.