When traveling is so incredibly chaotic, it's refreshing to see an airline do something nice -- and we're talking more than just free snacks.
JetBlue has done a host of heart-melting deeds in its day, from orchestrating a proposal to surprising immigrants with flights home. They've delivered mid-air gifts to an engaged couple and even offered to serve as witnesses at the wedding.
And then there's one really big act of kindness that the airline says it isn't about to brag about.
"We're not necessarily going to publicize [Flying It Forward]," says Morgan Johnston, a JetBlue communications manager. "It would be disingenuous to do so."
JetBlue's Flying It Forward program is a chain of free flights, gifted from one person to the next. It started with Tameka Lawson, a Chicago local who wanted to represent her non-profit at a conference in New York. JetBlue flew her there for free, on the condition that she pass the flight along to someone else in need.
Lawson passed the flight to Teena Katz, who was left handicapped after a subway accident. Katz flew to Seattle and passed the flight to a street artist so he could paint more murals around the country. The flight has since flown a passenger to Haiti to build his neighborhood library and a mom to Portland for a family reunion.
All in all, "Flying It Forward" has flown 10 people to eight cities over five months, and the chain is far from stopping.
We must say it's exhilarating to watch an airline not only do something nice, but also not look for press when it does so. You can nominate yourself or a friend to Flying It Forward online, and watch the good cheer fly even farther.
H/T Jaunted
Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/02/24/jetblue-flying-it-forward_n_6735524.html?utm_hp_ref=travel&ir=Travel and provided by entertainment-movie-news.com
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