Originally Posted by rocky

This "feature" also serves as a disincentive to fly jetBlue ... if you're close to the 100 point mark, you may fly another carrier so that you don't trigger the automatic issuance of the awards.

I was forced to redeem and then shortly before the 1 year mark to ticket, I got laid off. Made a reservation to keep it alive and now will have to pay at least $100 to change it.

AFAIK, there's no way to just cancel it and redeposit (unlike most carriers), so I may end up paying multiple change fees.