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		amichal on May 14, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Passwords for JetBlue accounts cannot contain a Q ... guessing... Touch tone phone keypads dont always show q and z. I suspect that some older JetBlue system allows you to use your password via a touch tone system (with a vastly reduced keyspace)

elsporko on May 14, 2014 [–]

That would also explain the last rule:

Cannot contain special characters or symbols (such as !#$@*, etc).

It seems to be geared toward those with cell phones but not necessarily 'smart' phones (with full keyboards).

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