Grounded! JetBlue's all-you-can-fly pass sells out, but only a day early

If you were still deciding whether to avail yourself of JetBlue's recently announced all-you-can-fly $599 pass, your plans have been grounded. The carrier has decided to suspend sales because of strong demand.

JetBlue had warned everyone that the pass could sell out, and it did. Granted, it was only supposed to have been on sale until Friday, Aug. 21, and the airline pulled it late Wednesday, so customers didn't lose out on much booking time.

The end of a travel opportunity for you means a bright publicity opportunity for the airline, which gets to tell the world that its product was so popular that it simply couldn't provide it to everyone who wanted it. Brilliant.