Mar 03 2025

My Very Odd Seat On JetBlue

To end my trip to Copenhagen and Brussels, I flew from New York to Los Angeles on JetBlue. I’m not going to review the flight beyond remarking on the very unique seat I ended up with.

My Unique A321 Economy Class Seat On JetBlue

After landing at JFK Terminal 1, I cleared passport control via Global Entry and darted over to the TWA Hotel hoping I would be in time for a coffee at Intelligencia before it closed…sadly I missed it.

a coffee machine in a room

a large white building with a large staircase

a group of red couches and tables in a room

I found coffee at a little coffee stand near my JetBlue gate in T5 instead.

a woman standing behind a counter with a tray of doughnuts

a cup of coffee with foam

Sometimes when you don’t assign a seat in advance (there were only pre-assigned middles left) you wind up with a much better seat. I wound up with an aisle seat, 19D, but I had to chuckle at it..what a unique seat:

a screen on a plane

What you’re seeing is the back of a crew rest seat…hence the tall seatback.

I suppose this was much better than the Lufthansa A321, where in that seat the crew member would face you instead of facing forward…

I try not to fly on economy class on flights this long, but the middle seat stayed open and it was a very productive ride to LA with high-speed internet…one of the primary reasons I choose JetBlue.

a can of soda and a plastic cup on a table