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The already-expensive AirTrain to JFK is getting a steep price hike from $5 to $7.75 effective November 1st. (To quote a visiting friend, "there's not much public about your public transportation, is there?"). They're also raising the Uber/Lyft surcharge at the same time. For years you've been able to buy a 10-ride pass for $25 – half off the $5 fare. The card can be used 4 times in rapid succession before it triggers an 18-minute waiting period, so it's feasible to use one card for groups of 4 or fewer. Unfortunately, according to 2nd Avenue Sagas and commenters on Streetsblog , the MTA is drastically shortening the 10-ride Metrocard's validity period down to one month in lieu of hiking the price to $38.75. The official meeting notes are here , but there's no word on what happens after the switchover if you have an already-activated card with say, 5 months remaining on it. Since "affordable fares for airport workers" is the general ...

UPDATE (Autumn 2021): A new site calle LugLess will help you price out all of your options for shipping versus checking.   That's a picture my shiny roll-aboard Hideo Wakamatsu bag being unboxed after the FedEx delivery person dropped it off at my apartment. We just finished an awesome bucket-list trip with my parents to see the fall foliage in Vermont , so the bag is heavy with maple syrup, local spirits , souvenirs, and lots of dirty clothes. Our trip involved a one-way car rental and a flight back home to JFK from Burlington on a Delta commuter plane, so we had a few decisions to make about how to get all of this delicious and heavy stuff home that's not allowed in a carry-on. None of us is a Delta elite or Delta credit card holder, so checking a bag meant ponying up $30 and then waiting around for the bag to show up on the carousel, which at JFK can mean anything from 5 to 45 minutes. In addition to the waiting, it also means more bags to schlep onto the AirTrain an...

A few JetBlue news nuggets: JetBlue is going to start serving 2019's most important beverage: hard seltzer They're adding Showtime, Spotify, and a bunch of other " bingeable " media onboard  They're completely leaving Mexico City They're forming a partnership with Norwegian Their new A320s started arriving , and you can now pair your phone with the seatback TV For real, if White Claw hard selter ran for president right now, it would win. JetBlue is actually going to serve one of their competitors, but it's good to see them keeping up with food and bev trends.  The Mexico City news is a bit disappointing but not surprising, since our flight there in February was practically empty. But the Norwegian thing is puzzling. Are they looking to eventually buy Norwegian if/when they go bankrupt like so many of the other transatlantic Low Cost Carriers? I've been super excited about JetBlue's entry into the transatlantic market, but this mig...