Frequent Miler's latest team challenge, Million Mile Madness, is almost done! The last two weeks Greg, Nick, and Stephen competed to earn 1 Million SAS miles by flying 15 airlines. But who completed the challenge with the most Speed, Affordability, and Style?
The JetBlue Business and JetBlue Plus credit cards are both offering increased welcome offers right now. There is one small catch: the best offers on each card are only available via mobile browser at the moment. That means you’ll want to use your phone or tablet if you’d like to grab one of these offers while you can.
The Offers
| Card Offer |
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Up to 60K Miles ⓘ Non-Affiliate Up to 60K miles: 50K bonus miles after spending $4K in first 90 days + additional 10K miles after a purchase is made on an employee card in the first 90 days$99 Annual Fee |
| Card Offer |
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80K Miles ⓘ Non-Affiliate 80K miles after $1K in spend in 90 days and payment of annual fee. $99 Annual Fee Note that the landing page prompts you to enter a mobile phone number to continue the application, but you can click "no thanks" to continue the application on your desktop device. |
Key Card Details
| Card Name w Details & Review (no offer) |
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FM Mini Review: This card is almost identical to the JetBlue Plus card except that this one offers Group A boarding and earns 2X at office supply stores rather than grocery stores. Both cards are great choices for JetBlue flyers. $99 Annual Fee Earning rate: ✦ 2X restaurants and office supply stores ✦ 6X JetBlue ✦ 1X everywhere else Card Info: Mastercard issued by Barclays. This card has no foreign currency conversion fees. Big spend bonus: Earn 1 tile for every $1,000 in purchases. Noteworthy perks: ✦ Free checked bag ✦ Group A boarding ✦ 5000 bonus points every anniversary ✦ 10% point rebate on awards ✦ $100 statement credit w/ purchase of travel package ✦ 50% savings on in-flight purchases |
| Card Name w Details & Review (no offer) |
Quick Thoughts
As noted at the top, these offers are currently only showing when viewed via a mobile browser, so you’ll want to use a phone or tablet click through from the links on our dedicated card pages (you can access the dedicated card page for each card by clicking the card name under “The Offers” or “Key Card Details” above).
Those who are looking to use rewards for JetBlue flights can get good value from these bonuses. According to our calculations, JetBlue points buy about 1.43c each in airfare. Our Reasonable Redemption Values peg them at 1.33c each accounting for the fact that you don’t earn points on award flights. You can reasonably expect to buy somewhere in the realm of $650-$800 in airfare with 50K-60K points. With some Mint routes to the Caribbean from the northeast US, one might even be able to stretch the welcome offer into a couple of comfortable flights up front.
Keep in mind that it is also possible to earn Jetblue Mosaic status purely through spend: with $50K spend on either of these cards in a calendar year, you would earn Mosaic status for the rest of the current year and all of the following year. Either card also offers a 10% annual rebate on redeemed points, though I believe these rebates no longer stack.
H/T: Doctor of Credit
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Links dont work even on mobiles.. WHen clicking on Apply Now for Business version, it takes you to the T&C page instead of the application..
Same. 🙁