Originally Posted by
sbm12
The reward from jetBlue can be used to travel to 50 cities. From AA I can travel anywhere in the world.
The reward from jetBlue has a 6 month limitation. The AA promo just gives you miles that remain valid as long as the account is valid.
The bonus from jetBlue can be earned only once while the AA mile bonus can be earned many, many times.
The bonus from jetBlue can only be earned by a single passenger on a PNR while the AA bonus can be earned by everyone traveling.
The bonus from jetBlue can be earned while traveling to seven cities while the AA promo only applies to three.
Tell me again where how my view is skewed.
jetBlue has an advantage in exactly one category with respect to the value of the bonus. And that doesn't even take into account the DEQM bonus that they just launched, making earning even more miles for the AA flights possible.
Based on my experience on the two carriers, I'd have to ask about two other issues?
1) Is the free voucher flight transferable? (JetBlue credits and vouchers tend to be easily tranfered to friends or families, whereas AA ones tend to be use-it-yourself-or-lose-it)
2) How easy is it to redeem? (Does one airline use more blackout dates and/or stricter capacity controls to make it harder to redeem to free flight voucher?)
If I am reading your response correctly, the AA bonus is most likely issued in the form of 25,000 miles, meaning that while it can be used to buy a ticket for a friend or family member, it is subject to very strict capacity controls, making it difficult to use on many routes, and certainly not to 'anywhere in the world,' since it would just be a domestic-value credit. Then again, since you say you can earn it multiple times, it could eventually add up to an international level of miles, albeit also with redemption restrictions. Is this correct?
The JetBlue bonus, by contrast, appears to be a free flight voucher with an expiration date and some blackout dates. Any other restrictions on redemption?
I think the jetBlue deal sounds much better if you happen to be one person flying exactly twice; but, if you're a group of people, or you're flying more often, the scales tip toward AA.