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Chateau Fleur-De-Lis, Estate of the Day

Filed under: Estates

The Wall Street Journal recently reported that JetBlue founder David Neeleman and his wife, Vicki had put their New Canaan, Connecticut home up for sale. The Neelmans spent a year designing the eight-bedroom home which was completed in 2008. The couple has nine children and the home's 13,300 square feet offered plenty of room to roam. The home is also on 3.4 acres with a heated swimming pool on the grounds. There is a large gym with a basketball court and a lower level recreation room that has a fireplace, full kitchen and a theater with a stage. Although this is a newer home it takes many of its design cues from the past with large fireplaces and arched wood beam ceilings. The WSJ says the couple spent more than $17 million on the house but are asking $10.999 million (with Lynne Leonard Realty).

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Charity Auction Offers Travel and VIP Experiences

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Luxury Travel & Hotels, Auctions, Charity

Online auction leader Charity Folks has teamed up with Jet Blue Airways for their "Bid for Good" online auction to benefit KaBOOM! and DoSomething.org for a new auction that includes more than 60 destination trips and other unique celebrity and sports experiences. As you might expect, every package includes airfare on Jet Blue.

The celebrity packages offer VIP access such as a meet-and-greet with Tim McGraw and tickets to one of his 2011 concerts; a set-visit in Los Angeles to "Chelsea Lately" and a meeting with Chelsea Handler; a pair of tickets to see Cher in Las Vegas and insider green room access at "Jimmy Kimmel Live!"

The package that is receiving the most attention is a sports package with four tickets, a private tour and the opportunity to throw out the first pitch at Fenway Park at a Boston Red Sox game. Other sports package are pit passes to the 2011 Daytona 500; playing in the David Ortiz Celebrity Golf Classic in a celebrity foursome in the exotic Dominican Republic and two Trophy Club tickets to the 2011 U.S. Open.

The travel package includes some of the most desired destinations including a trip to New York City for Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week and your own personal photo shoot; a trip to Bermuda's famous Fairmont Hotel; a tropical paradise visit to Barbados; a luxury stay at the Cotton Bay Village in Saint Lucia; a dinner and stay lakeside at the W Chicago and a lavish stay at the Atlantis Resort at Paradise Island in the Bahamas. The auction ends November 11 at 3:00 p.m.

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JetBlue's Promise Program Offers Flight Refunds

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Wings

JetBlue Airways is showing that they are sensitive to those suffering in this economy. They will be providing refunds to those who lost their jobs after they already planned trips. The Jet Blue Promise Program says JetBlue customers who book flights between February 1 and June 1 and then lose their jobs on or after February 17 could be eligible for a full refund. The travelers will have to request the refund at least two weeks ahead of the travel date. JetBlue is hoping that this will encourage those who may be on the fence about traveling due to job insecurity worries to make travel plans anyway.

[via Palm Beach Post]

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The Ultimate Airline Perk: In-Flight Email Access

by Rigel Celeste (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Services, Wings

No matter how rich you are and no matter what kind of perks the airlines may offer you in first class to make your flight more comfortable, there's one thing that they've never offered no matter who you are: mid-flight wi-fi internet access.

JetBlue is changing that. They aren't offering enough bandwidth to surf the net necessarily, but just enough to make checking and sending emails through Blackberries and other devices, even laptops, possible. The new perk is now being offered on select flights only, on a trial basis. But JetBlue expects within about six months to be rolling out internet access company-wide.

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