Originally Posted by smackfu

What he's doing is buying enough points to get to 100 (30 in this case), then using that award flight immediately. That's those lines that say $181. He's doing this because otherwise they expire.

On the Delta side, he's waiting to use the award flights at the end.

Honestly, the games you need to play for the JetBlue don't seem worth it. One screw-up and you lose your free flight.