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Starting today, members of American Airlines loyalty program, AAdvanatge, and JetBlue’s TrueBlue will be able to earn miles on any marketed and operated flight on each carrier. This is an improvement over the partnership AA and JetBlue already has where you could earn miles on codeshare flights. This means that loyalty members of American Airlines can earn miles and elite status by flying American, Alaska, or JetBlue. That’s pretty fantastic.
Note that the NYC to London flight that JetBlue will begin operating later this year won’t be eligible.
Soon you’ll be able to earn AA miles flying JetBlue Mint
How will I be able to earn miles?
Here is how many miles you’d earn if you credited to AA. You can read more here
Note that these earn rates are on the base fare ticket exclusive of taxes, fees, etc
Here’s how many miles you’d earn if you credited to JetBlue.
How about Elite Status Miles and Dollars?
AA has a specific earn rate for each partner…here is JetBlue’s
What does it mean to be marketed and operated by?
This is where an American Airlines flight is sold by American and flown on an American Airline plane. So, if your flight has an AA flight number, and your airplane has an AA logo on it with an AA crew – you could credit it to JetBlue if you want. Same the other way around.
You could choose to earn JetBlue miles flying AA now.
What is a codeshare?
The example up above is a codeshare – a flight that was marketed by AA ( sold on their website or through a 3rd party ) with an AA flight number, but is actually operated by another airline.
If this is an AA flight that you are on, you wouldn’t be able to credit to JetBlue and the same vice versa.
Recap
I’m currently a loyalist of Alaska – I still think as an overall program it provides the best earning/redemption opportunities and the elite benefits on the One World network are quite good. That’s heavily predicated on a fantastic partner award chart and earn bonuses alongside a fixed award chart vs AA’s dynamic pricing.
However…this is a very cool partnership. I think the new JetBlue Mint ( and legacy Mint rows 2/4 ) are probably the best ways to fly in the domestic US, and I would have looked to credit those flights to a foreign carrier.
It makes me wonder if sooner than later we will see each airline allow award redemptions on eachother? This would provide more value to cardholders that can move their miles into JetBlue like Cap1, Citi, and Amex.
Needless to say – I’m very excited about flying JetBlue Mint Suites and Studio later this year and know exactly where I’ll be crediting those flights.
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Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card
Welcome Offer
60k Points after $4k spend in 3 months
Annual Fee
$95
Points Earned
Transferrable Chase Ultimate Rewards
- 60k points after $4k spend in 3 months
- Worth $750 in Chase Travel℠ and way more if you maximize transfer partners
- 5x on all travel purchased through Chase Travel℠
- 3x on dining, including eligible delivery services for takeout & dining out
- 3x on select streaming services
- 3x on online grocery purchases
- (excluding Target, Walmart and wholesale clubs)
- $50 Annual Chase Travel Hotel Credit via Chase Travel℠
- The begins immediately for new cardmembers and after your account anniversary for existing cardmembers
- 2x on all other travel
- 10% Anniversary Bonus
- Every year you keep the card, your total spend will yield a 10% points bonus. If you spend $10k in a year, you’ll get 1k bonus points
- Chase Sapphire Preferred continues to redeem at 1.25c in the Chase Travel℠ and the slew of other benefits remain in tact including Auto Rental Collision Damage Waiver ( primary ), purchase protections, etc.
- Points are transferrable to 14 Ultimate Rewards partners
- Redeem in Chase Travel℠ for 1.25 cents per point
- No foreign transaction fees
- Suite of Travel and Purchase Coverage
- Auto Rental Collision Damage Waiver is my favorite
- Get complimentary access to DashPass which unlocks $0 delivery fees and lower service fees for a minimum of one year when you activate by December 31, 2024
- $95 Annual Fee
We keep an up to date spreadsheet that lists the best ever offers: You can find that spreadsheet here.
Historically 80k is a very, very good offer and hit in both 2022 and 2023. In 2021, we saw the offer hit an all time high of 100k. Who knows if that will ever come back.
Main Cast:
Cards that earn flexible points and should be used on the bulk of your purchases.
Supporting Cast:
Cards that earn fixed points in the currency of the airline/hotel and can not be transferred at attractive rates. These cards yield benefits that make it worth keeping, but not necessarily worth putting a lot of your everyday spend on.
The Chase Sapphire Preferred® is exceptional starter card and offers transferrable Ultimate Rewards, and pairs well with other Chase cards.
If you carry this card alongside Chase’s cashback cards like the Chase Freedom Flex℠and Chase Freedom Unlimited® or the business versions: Ink Business Cash® , Ink Business Unlimited® you can combine the points into Preferred account and transfer into hotel and airline partners
Annual fee is quite low at $95 a year + you get a 10% anniversary bonus on points + $50 hotel credit in Chase travel.
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