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Should you go for JetBlue 100k points credit card offer?

11/1/2020

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JetBlue recently launched an awesome 100k JetBlue points credit card offer. The offer earns 50,000 points after spending $1,000 on purchases and paying $99 annual fee within the first 90 days after the approval and earns additional 50,000 points after spending total of $6,000 on purchases within the first 12 months. 

The card also comes with noteworthy perks some of which are listed below:
  • 5,000 bonus points at account anniversary.
  • 10% back in points when you redeem your points for travel on JetBlue operated flight.
  • Free first checked bag for primary card holder and 3 companions on same reservation with reservation made using JetBlue credit card
  • $100 statement credit after you purchase a Vacations package with your card.
  • 50% savings on eligible inflight purchases including cocktails and food.
  • Points pooling at 1:1 ratio by forming a pooling account with up to 7 members.

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JetBlue 100k points offer!
One of the nice things about JetBlue points is they do not expire and since JetBlue program is revenue based you get ~1.4 cent/point value when redeeming for Blue Fare (The downside is that JetBlue does not allow to redeem points for Blue Basic fare which might ideally give even more value!!). JetBlue serves 90+ destinations with heavy presence on East coast and small presence on the West coast. You can find all the destinations in this route map.

So, if you live in one of the cities which JetBlue serves then the 100k points offer combined with other perks of the card is an amazing offer which you should definitely go for!! Do note that the JetBlue credit card is issued by Barclay's Bank which is not an easy bank to get an approval from if you have few recent inquiries. 

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Major U.S. Airlines allowing free cancellation/change (some with a catch :))

3/8/2020

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Due to spread of Coronavirus named COVID-19 majority of airlines in the U.S.A. are now offering free cancellation (in some cases free change of dates). There is a catch though for all of them where the refund will be provided as a credit for the future ticket (again the length of validity of that credit varies). The policy are different for different airlines in regards to when the tickets were booked and the flight date till which the policy would be applicable.

The good news is that if you have any travel plans within the eligible dates then the time is to book NOW!! Since you are eligible to cancel without any reason you can be assured that if your plans change you will not lose your flight money completely (although it would be tied to particular airline only). The policy also applies to "basic economy" fares which are the most restrictive otherwise.

That being said the best deal out there is with JetBlue Airways as there policy applies equally to both revenue fares purchased as well as Award Tickets. So below are the links for major U.S. Airlines regarding their change/cancellation policy.

JetBlue Airways: Policy applies to both revenue fare as well as Award Tickets. The refund will be provided in "JetBlue travel bank" credit for revenue ticket and taxes+fees on award tickets. The credit expires 1 year from initial issue date.

Alaska Airlines: Policy applies to revenue fare only. The refund will be provided in "Alaska Wallet" which is valid for travel till 28th Feb 2021.

American Airlines: Policy applies to revenue fare only and only "changes" are allowed. Also there are few "gotcha" in terms of the valid dates of booking and travel which you need to be aware of.

Delta Airlines: Policy applies to revenue fare only and only "changes" are allowed. Both domestic and international tickets can be changes without paying change fees when booked within applicable dates.

United Airlines: Policy applies to revenue fare only and both changes and cancellations are allowed. For cancelled tickets the original ticket value will be retained for future travel up to 12 months from the original ticket issue date. Also this applies only to tickets purchase within applicable dates.

So, if you have any travel plans within the applicable booking cancellations dates now is the best time to book it.

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Maximizing JetBlue free change/cancellation's till 03/11/2020

2/29/2020

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JetBlue Airways has recently issued notice that they will be waiving change/cancellation fee's for ticket's booked between 02/27/2020 till 03/11/2020 for travel booked till 06/01/2020 in light of Corona Virus. The value of the ticket if changed/cancelled will be provided as travel credit in JetBlue Travel Bank valid of 1 year from the date of issuance of credit.
This is a good news at several levels because:
  • The policy will be applied to all fare types including "Blue Basic" fare.
  • The policy applies to award redemption being made using JetBlue TrueBlue Points.
  • The policy also applies to tickets booked through 3rd party OTA such as Expedia, Priceline and includes Chase Ultimate Rewards booking.

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Change/Cancellation fees waived for JetBlue
Maximizing the policy:
  • Since most of the folks are worried right now about travel this policy would provide some peace of mind knowing that the ticket's booked with JetBlue can be cancelled/changed if the need arises.
  • Since the reward tickets are included and typically JetBlue TrueBlue points provide a value of 1.4 cent/point you can score some good deal's knowing it can be cancelled in future without forfeiting the points and with minimal amount (taxes/fees) tied up in JetBlue Travel Bank.
  • If you are worried about check bags; you can score free check bag for yourself and up to 3 companions if you have JetBlue Plus Card up to 7 days before your travel date. So, you can apply for JetBlue Plus Card which currently comes with 60,000 TrueBlue Points after $1,000 spend in 90 days and paying $99 annual fees (Of course there are other benefits of the card which you also get). 

Of course all of the above assumes that JetBlue has service to your closest airport and it flies to the destination you are planning to visit before June 1st, 2020. But just something useful if you do have any domestic travel plans!!

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Riding with Lyft? Earn Jetblue, Delta and Hilton points + Cashback!!

6/16/2019

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As Lyft expands its service in the United States it is also expanding the partnership where you can earn miles and points as well as cashback for the rides taken with them. You do need to link up your mileage or points earning account to earn miles and points. Below are the current partnership where lyft provides potential to earn miles/points.

JetBlue Lyft Partnership:
JetBlue offers existing Lyft users opportunity to earn JetBlue points for rides to/from airport. You need to link your JetBlue account with lyft. For every ride taken you earn 30 JetBlue points. Although those are small amount of points they are free. More details can be found here. 

Delta Lyft Partnership:
Delta Airlines has also partnered with Lyft where you earn 1 mile/$ for non-airport rides and 2 miles/$ for airport rides for exiting Lyft users. This has potential of earning variable amount of Delta Airlines miles depending on the cost of the ride you take. You need to link your Delta Airlines account with Lyft to start earning. More details can be found here. 

Hilton Lyft Parnership:
Hilton Hotels has partnered with Lyft where you earn 2 points/$ on shared ride and 3 points/$ on all other Lyft rides. You can earn variable amount of Hilton Honor points based on the spend. You need to link your Hilton Honors account with Lyft to start earning. More details on this partnership can be found here. 

Earn Cashback with Ebates App:
Although not a significant amount you can earn cashback for every ride you take with Lyft while launching the Lyft App from Ebates App and booking your ride. As of this writing Ebates is offering $0.25 per ride but in the past it has been as high as $1. So, if you have cashback account with Ebates it would be nice to earn cashback for the ride you are going to take anyway. More details can be found on this blog post. 

When linking the accounts make sure you enter the names correctly. For e.g. Delta Airlines webpage will throw error if you do not enter correct name as per your Delta Airlines Mileage account. 

So, get going and link your accounts today so you earn the miles/points on JetBlue, Delta and Hilton. Also do remember the cash back through Ebates App.

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Earning Airline Miles or Hotel Points with Groupon

10/29/2017

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Groupon recently announced loyalty program partnership where you can earn Airlines miles or Hotel points with participating airlines and hotels by using a airline/hotel specific promo code. The current earning for Airlines and Hotels are as below:
Airlines

  • New customer bonus for local purchase of $30 or more = 1,000 miles
  • Local = 5 miles/dollar spent
  • Getaways = 4 miles/dollar spent
  • Goods = 3 miles /dollar spent
Hotels
  • New customer bonus for local purchase of $30 or more = 2,000 points
  • Local = 10 points/dollar spent
  • Getaways = 8 points/dollar spent
  • Goods = 6 points /dollar spent
Below are the current participating partners:
  • Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan
  • American Airlines AAdvantage
  • United MileagePlus
  • JetBlue True Blue
  • Choice Privileges
  • IHG Rewards Club
  • LaQuinta Returns

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Participating Airlines and Hotels
When you click the link here you need to login and select the partner program in which you need to earn miles/points as and enter your membership number on the screen as shown below:
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If you want to earn Alaska Airlines Miles, you will need to enter your Mileage Plan number above.
After confirming your membership number you will be given the airline/hotel specific promo code. For e.g. below is what you would see for Alaska Airlines.
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Specific promo code for Alaska Airlines
While on the surface the program looks interesting you might be better off getting discount using frequently provided Groupon promotions for 10% to 20% off using a promotion code. Also you can earn miles or cashback today by going through various cashback site. Using the special promo code for airline miles/hotel points would potentially invalidate the cashback earning through cashback sites. Still at times it might be useful to earn valuable miles with Alaska Airlines or American Airlines by using the promo code with this new Groupon feature.

So, remember this additional feature when you are looking to bank on useful miles and there are no other handy promotions available at that time.


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WHAT IS JETBLUE BEST FARE GUARANTEE?

8/27/2017

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As per wikipedia JetBlue is the 6th largest airline in the United States. Although a low cost carrier it has wider seat pitch and lot of free entertainment on-board which differentiates it from other big carriers. 

One more interesting aspect of JetBlue is the best fare guarantee which is different than the big U.S. carriers. While not as good as Alaska Airlines price guarantee it still provides some protection and benefits. So what exactly is JetBlue best fare guarantee?

JetBlue like other airlines provides full refund if you cancel within 24 hours of purchase. But apart from that as per the Best fare guarantee description here JetBlue provides $100 in JetBlue credit to be used for next flight purchase and to be used within 1 year from the original ticket purchase date if you find lower fare any where else for the same ticket which was purchased on jetblue.com on the same day of purchase (read complete terms here). The caveat here is that you need to call in the customer support to exercise this guarantee which might be a bummer for some folks.

The other less often talk about policy is the JetBlue "Honoring the lower fare policy". The wording of this policy says this is for "travel agents" which gives certain wiggle room for the JetBlue agents to not honor it for tickets booked by customers directly but otherwise it provides a 14 day guarantee. Ideally you could always claim to be a travel agent booking the ticket for yourself:-).

As per the policy if Jetblue fare drops below the original purchase price within 14 days or less of original purchase date you would get the difference in fare as a JetBlue credit for future use. There is no fee assessed for honoring the lower fare within 14 days of purchase which other wise would cost you $75. Again you need to call JetBlue to exercise this guarantee but should be worth your time if there a savings to be had.

So the next time you see the price drop for your JetBlue flight and it's been 14 days or less since you purchased your JetBlue itinerary do not forget to contact JetBlue and get your credit for future travel purchases on JetBlue.

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EARN JETBLUE MILES FOR LYFT RIDES

5/7/2017

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Update: You can now earn 1 Delta Skymiles per $1 spend on Lyft ride and till 08/31/2017 you can earn additional 2 Delta Skymiles per $1 on airport rides with Lyft. Link your accounts here.
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lyft
is a ride-sharing service which is a smaller competitor of UBER. Lyft is competitively priced for rides compared to UBER. In the earlier post we discussed earning $2 in SYWR points for UBER rides. lyft also has partnership with jetBlue where you can earn jetBlue miles as a rider and if you drive with lyft you can also earn Shell Fuel discount. You can link your lyft account to earn the discount here. You can also find all the "riders" promotion here.

Earning 1200 jetBlue points annually: You can earn 30 points with each of the ride with Lyft (except Line service). In total you can earn 1200 jetBlue points annually which although small it still is free and earned automatically. If you are new to lyft or jetBlue you could also earn bonus $20 for lyft ride or 750 points with jetBlue. 

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This is how the connect page for lyft looks like. Login from PC in your lyft account to link your jetBlue account.
Above is how the connect page looks like at lyft. Just login to your lyft account and go here and link your jetBlue account number to start earning jetBlue miles/points. Although the amount of jetBlue miles/points you earn are limited they are still free.
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