JetBlue is offering 25% Off TrueBlue Awards booked by August 4 for travel September 7 – November 16, although exceptions apply. Here are the details:
- 25% off JetBlue TrueBlue award travel September 7 – November 16, 2016
- Valid for Monday – Thursday and Saturday flights (not valid for flights on Fridays or Sundays)
- Additional blackout dates: October 6-16, 2016
- Book by August 4, 2016
- Update: the sale IS valid for JetBlue Mint, still with the restrictions above
Sample TrueBlue Awards with the 25% Discount (Blue fares, exclude any checked baggage)
Note that these are sample one way fares found for select flights at the time of writing. Fares vary based on flight and day.
1. NYC JFK to San Francisco SFO in JetBlue Mint: 31,000 TrueBlue points (instead of 41,400 or $549)
2. NYC JFK to San Francisco SFO: 9000 TrueBlue points (instead of 11,900 points or $179)
3. NYC JFK to Boston BOS: 3400 TrueBlue points (instead of 4500 points or $75)
4. Boston BOS to LAX: 8300 TrueBlue points (instead of 11,100 points or $164)
5. NYC JFK to Las Vegas LAS: 7500 TrueBlue points (instead of 9900 points or $148)
6. NYC JFK to NAS (Nassau, Bahamas): 7500 TrueBlue points (instead of $10,000 points or $191)
7. NYC JFK to FLL to CMW (Cuba): 7200 TrueBlue points (instead of 9600 points or $187)
8. FLL to SNU (Santa Clara, Cuba): 2600 TrueBlue points (instead of 3500 points or $99)
Additional 10% Redemption Bonus if You Have the JetBlue Plus Card
If you happen to have the JetBlue Plus card, you earn an additional 10% of your redeemed TrueBlue points back; see New JetBlue Credit Cards Worth It?
What Are JetBlue TrueBlue Points Worth?
In the above examples, with the 25% off awards promotion, a TrueBlue point is worth about 1.9 cents – 2 cents for the continental U.S. flight awards.
But take a look at NYC to the Bahamas and JFK-FLL-CMW, where you're redeeming each point at about 2.5 cents each, and at the FLL to SNU (Santa Clara, Cuba) flight, where you're redeeming at 3.6 cents per point. You'll want to do the math on some of these flights to the Caribbean since you could be getting the most value per TrueBlue point on these awards.
Unfortunately, if you want to redeem for JetBlue Mint Business Class, you'll generally only get 1.3-1.4 cents per point for award redemptions normally,with the possibility of 1.8 cents per point with this 25% off promotion, which is why it often makes more sense to pay outright for those flights.
Crediting JetBlue Flights
Personally, I tend to credit our occasional JetBlue flights to Singapore KrisFlyer, since you can Earn Singapore KrisFlyer Miles for JetBlue Flights. We do little domestic travel and prefer to redeem miles for international first class and business class travel and get at least 5 cents (and preferably 8 cents or more) per mile or point redeemed. That's why I don't value JetBlue miles very highly, but everyone has different travel preferences and miles and points valuations.
If you and your family do credit to JetBlue TrueBlue, be sure you're all signed up for Family Pooling, so you can redeem for an award sooner.
Do you plan to redeem for a 25% off JetBlue TrueBlue Award?
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