Promo: 20% Off When You Redeem JetBlue Points

If you have any JetBlue TrueBlue points and plan to travel later this year or early next year, this is a great time to redeem them.

JetBlue offering 20% off award tickets

JetBlue is offering a 20% discount when you redeem TrueBlue points for select flights:

• This is valid for bookings made by October 9, 2024
• This is valid for travel between December 4, 2024, and February 12, 2025; blackout dates of December 19, 2024, through January 7, 2025, apply
• Unlike some past versions of this offer, only select routes qualify, and you can see all available destinations by entering your origin at this link
• Mint tickets are excluded from this sale
• There’s no registration required, but rather the rate shown will automatically reflect the discount, assuming you’re searching an eligible route

Even if you’re not sure you’ll be able to travel, keep in mind that JetBlue has no change or cancelation fees on most types of fares, so you can always book a TrueBlue ticket now, and then cancel it later. Similarly, if you’ve already booked any travel, you can see if the price hasn’t changed (or has only gone up a bit), in which case it could make sense to rebook.

This is lucrative for a revenue based program

JetBlue TrueBlue is a revenue based frequent flyer program. This means that the number of points required for a ticket is based on how much a ticket would cost in cash. Because of that, there’s ordinarily not a way to get outsized value with these points for travel on JetBlue, since the points cost is correlated to the cash cost of a ticket. To be able to redeem TrueBlue points for more value is awesome.

For example, often you’ll maybe be able to get around 1.5 cents toward the cost of a JetBlue ticket using TrueBlue points. Meanwhile with this offer, you can get closer to 1.9 cents of values per point for many itineraries. Obviously it varies based on the exact route. While JetBlue has revenue based pricing, it’s not totally linear.

Also keep in mind that if you have a JetBlue credit card, you can get up to a 10% rebate on award redemptions, stretching your points even further. The only other potential better uses of JetBlue TrueBlue points would be redeeming on Qatar Airways, which is a fairly new redemption option.

Bottom line

If you’re going to be traveling in late 2024 or early 2025 (other than over the holidays), then it’s definitely worth considering JetBlue’s TrueBlue award sale. At the moment you can get 20% off select economy award redemptions on JetBlue. Usually it’s hard to get outsized value with a revenue based frequent flyer program, so promotions like this can really make a difference.

Do you plan on taking advantage of this JetBlue award sale?