However one thing to keep in mind, while you can purchase American Airlines flights and accrue miles/status on American Airlines operated flights, you can still only redeem your TrueBlue Points on Jetblue and a few other select partners. This being said, some flights may yield slightly better or worse value. This is great on flights within North America but means Jetblue’s signature Mint product to London is quite unrealistic at over 200,000 TrueBlue points on most dates.Īccording to TPG’s most recent valuations, you can expect to get roughly 1.3 cents of value per TrueBlue point. Redeeming JetBlue TrueBlue points for the carrier’s flights is simple: the more a flight costs in cash, the more points you have to redeem. Redeem on JetBlue flights (Photo by Zach Griff/The Points Guy) After publishing the complete guide to earning JetBlue TrueBlue points, we’ll now shift gears and look at all of the ways to redeem points with the TrueBlue program.įor more TPG news delivered each morning to your inbox, sign up for our daily newsletter. Whether you’re enticed by JetBlue’s entry into the transatlantic market or more focused on shorter flights within the carrier’s current route network, there are still a couple of quirks and features you should be aware of when earning and redeeming with the TrueBlue program. While initial offerings show mint to be incredibly overpriced with points for the few first months of service, we hope to award prices come down in the coming months. It will be very interesting to watch the reviews come in on their new highly anticipated JetBlue mint suites that debuted in June of 2021. We’ve already seen JetBlue shake up the transcontinental market with the introduction (and rapid expansion) of its Mint business class product. However, the program is now back in the spotlight thanks to the announcement of the London area service from New York-JFK starting in August 2021.
As of recently though, you can also earn TrueBlue points from flying American Airlines thanks to their new joint venture. Nowadays, the TrueBlue program is largely the same as it was after its 2009 revamp: You’ll earn and redeem points based on how expensive a flight is. The program was originally launched a year after the New York-based airline debuted in 2001 but received a major overhaul in 2009.
Also check the special offers on airline websites for award-redemption discounts.JetBlue TrueBlue is a relative newcomer to the points and miles world (compared to the legacy carriers, at least). Award prices can vary (and are sometimes cheaper) if you fly on a partner airline, which may require telephone booking. *NOTE: All award flights are subject to availability and, for most carriers, are priced by regional zones. They are listed in alphabetical order, with the U.S.-based frequent flier programs first, followed by those of the foreign carriers. Here’s how you can earn miles, attain elite status, and book award flights on more than a dozen domestic and foreign frequent-flier programs-each of which has at least one major U.S.
#Come fly with me program for free#
The loyalty programs of the six biggest U.S.-based carriers have received major overhauls in recent years, with some of them adding spending minimums for achieving elite status, reducing the amount of miles earned per flight, and even limiting the rules for redeeming them for free travel.īecause of those overhauls, many travelers might find it worthwhile to consider the mileage programs of international carriers.