In 2013, JetBlue introduced a family pooling feature for their TrueBlue program. I'm a big fan of any program that lets you pool points, since it makes rewards more accessible for the average member. In other words, if you're a family traveling together, you're going to earn a reward much more quickly if you can…
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When do these changes take effect? I'm particularly nervous about the Badges going away because I've very close to the "Half Way There" badge (20,000 points), the Isle Sea You Soon badge (5,000 points), and the "Practically a local" badges of two other cities (1,000 points each)
This is great news! Quick question: I’m in a pool with my husband. We both have the premium JetBlue card. Does anyone else have issues getting the 10% points rebate (on ticket purchases) to appear in the pool?
I love family pooling so much. If I lived in NY I'd be a JetBlue loyalist for sure. I really wish they'd bought VX...
@Eric we encountered the same thing. The JetBlue card only gives that 10% rebate to the primary cardholder when s/he redeems miles for their own travel. It's irritating: if they redeem for a spouse who has a JetBlue Plus card, they don't get the rebate.
I'm a little sad about the Badges. Sure, the IT powering them never ever worked right and they're a bit anachronistic now that the "gamification" trend is long over, but it was nice to just randomly get 1000 points here, 500 points there... It looks like the the Go Long, Take 3, and Lucky 7 all survived the chop, though.
@ Brian. Thanks! That IS annoying. But it sounds like it will be fixed with these updates if I book my own travel from the pooled points, no?
Why can't AA, UA, and DL do this as well? Oh right, because they love sticking it to the customer. Charging people to transfer miles already earned is ridiculous, but I am not holding my breath.
Jetblue can do it because redemption rates are tied to the ticket prices and they know exactly how much value they are rebating when awarding points. I actually redeem on them a lot because of how convenient it is to redeem and they always have a good deal to places I want to go out of boston and JetBlue Plus card is such a dang good deal.