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Would you like to win free airline flights for an entire year? Well, JetBlue is giving you the chance, though it comes with one very big caveat, or a very small one, depending on how active you are on Instagram. To claim your entry, you must first delete all (yes, ALL!) of your Instagram photos. Oh, but "don't worry," Jet Blue says, because "if you win you'll be able to post pics from everywhere" the airline flies. In other words, you are essentially being asked to turn your Instagram account into an ongoing ad campaign for JetBlue, and the airline does not want anything else mucking it up. It's not clear exactly why JetBlue wants your account all to its own—perhaps the requirement to nuke...
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In another generation or two, fliers who take to the skies will take for granted Wi-Fi access on airplanes. For JetBlue, that reality will come a lot sooner as it aims to be the only U.S. carrier to offer high-speed wireless Internet access on every aircraft by around this time next year, if everything goes to plan. JetBlue said it's already completed installation of its cleverly named Fly-Fi service on its fleet of more than 150 Airbus A320 and A321 aircraft. In addition, its first Fly-Fi enabled E190 lifted ground this week. That leaves 59 more E190 aircraft to go, and JetBlue expects to have them all equipped with Fly-Fi by fall 2016. "Soon every JetBlue customer will step onboard knowing...
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Apple Pay is now part of the mile high club. No, it didn't hook up with Google Wallet in the lavatory while cruising above the skyline, but it did just team up with JetBlue, which is now the first major domestic airline carrier in the U.S. to start accepting Apple's mobile payment system in the sky. The partnership will make it easy for iPhone 6 and Apple Watch owners to pay for snacks without having to flash any cash. "The sky is definitely not the limit when it comes to mobile payments with Apple Pay," said Marty St George, senior vice president, commercial, JetBlue. "Customers want an easy and fast transaction when they decide to make an on-board purchase so that they can get...
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