Promo: 20% Off When You Redeem JetBlue Points

Promo: 20% Off When You Redeem JetBlue Points

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If you have any JetBlue TrueBlue points and plan to travel several weeks from now, 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 flights:

  • This is valid for bookings made by March 13, 2024
  • This is valid for travel between May 1 and June 12, 2024; blackout dates of May 23 through May 27, 2024, apply
  • Mint tickets are excluded from this sale
  • There’s no registration required, but rather the rate shown will automatically reflect the discount

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.

JetBlue TrueBlue is offering an award sale at the moment

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 JetBlue points, 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, take a $141 fare from Palm Beach to New York (Blue Basic fares aren’t bookable with points, so this would be for the Blue fare).

Cost of a JetBlue ticket with cash

If you booked a ticket with this fare on a date where the promotion doesn’t apply, you’d pay 8,800 TrueBlue points plus $5.60 in taxes & fees. That gives you a value of 1.54 cents per point, after subtracting the taxes & fees.

JetBlue award cost without promotion

Meanwhile if you booked this on a date during the promotion period, you’d pay 7,000 TrueBlue points plus $5.60 in taxes & fees. That gives you a value of 1.93 cents per point, after subtracting the taxes & fees.

JetBlue award cost without promotion

Suffice it to say that’s a much better value. 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 May or early June, then it’s definitely worth considering JetBlue’s TrueBlue award sale. At the moment you can get 20% off an award redemption, except on Mint flights. 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?

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  1. S c Guest

    Note that the taxes on an award booking with JetBlue are *not* refundable (you will get a credit instead). This is unlike any other US airline I’ve dealt with. Not super material for domestic flights, but can be significant for international.

  2. Matt Guest

    Doesn't seem to cover partner inventory.

  3. Anthony Diamond

    Also worth pointing out for those of us that got the JetBlue Plus card when they were matching Delta status that you get an automatic 10% points rebate when redeeming points when you hold that card. I'm not exactly sure how it stacks with this, but redeeming points on JetBlue can be really attractive under these terms, especially for cheap flights. I will look for some flights tomorrow.

  4. splane21 Member

    What is the best program to credit miles from JetBlue flights to? Esp now that American is not a partner anymore

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S c Guest

Note that the taxes on an award booking with JetBlue are *not* refundable (you will get a credit instead). This is unlike any other US airline I’ve dealt with. Not super material for domestic flights, but can be significant for international.

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Matt Guest

Doesn't seem to cover partner inventory.

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Anthony Diamond

Also worth pointing out for those of us that got the JetBlue Plus card when they were matching Delta status that you get an automatic 10% points rebate when redeeming points when you hold that card. I'm not exactly sure how it stacks with this, but redeeming points on JetBlue can be really attractive under these terms, especially for cheap flights. I will look for some flights tomorrow.

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