Hey All,
Looks like I am either missing something completely here with my Tiles calculations for the new rollout or jetBlue completely screwed calculating up my Tiles.
As of right now, my Dashboard is showing that I have earned 10 Tiles since 1/1/23. I thought this amount seemed exceedingly low and did some digging and found the following...
Since 1/1/23 when JB states that they would begin the new tracking method:
- Total Barclay's JB Plus CC Spend (1 Tile for every $1,000 Spent) = $8,444 which should be 8 Tiles.
- Total JB Spend to Include Using the CC (1 Tile for every $100 Spent) = $4,471 which should be 44 Tiles or maybe slightly lower if government fees and taxes are not accounted for.
Maybe a Caveat to these calculations: I booked and completed a JB Vacations Package on 2/11/23 and traveled from 3/24/23 - 3/28/23. This was done as a Points + Cash purchase. 80,000pts + $4,106. $320 of the $4,106 was an Extra Space seats purchase.
As a counter that maybe JB is not honoring Points + Cash for accruing tiles, $320 was spent as an Extra Space Seat upgrade. According to JB language, Extra Sapce Seats are an "extra fee" that should count towards Tiles earnings. So even with this assumption/scenario, I would get 3 Tiles from this spend added to the 8 Tiles from the CC Spend.
As we can see, 10 Tiles vs 11 Tiles vs 52 Tiles is a drastic difference.
Of note too, I have check JB's contract language for eligible spend on the CC and also the TrueBlue program Terms & Conditions language and could not locate any statements in regards to not accruing whne booking a JB Vacations Package with Points + Cash.
TrueBlue T & C for Accumulation/Earning of TrueBlue Tiles
4.1.2 For JetBlue Vacations packages, if you are a registered TrueBlue member, you will earn one (1) tile per $100 of qualifying spend on airfare and one (1) tile per $100 of qualifying spend on hotels, cruises, car rentals and transfers as a part of your individual per-person portion of a JetBlue Vacations package. Tiles will be earned on the base price (air + hotel or air + cruise) of the package and on the base price of any additional product purchased at the time of the package booking, excluding any promotional bonuses. Tiles will not be earned on government taxes/fees, or travel insurance or other fees or charges (e.g., change/cancel fees, activities added after booking, food, airport transfers, etc.). You will only earn tiles based on the qualifying amount spent on your individual per-person cost of the Vacations package. You will not earn any tiles for amounts spent on any other traveler's Vacations package, even if such traveler is on your booking and/or you paid for the package. Each member's TrueBlue account information (name and TrueBlue number) must be entered for the booking in order for every member to earn tiles on their individual per-person portion of the JetBlue Vacations package. Eligible tiles earned as part of a Vacations package count toward earning Mosaic status.
Any advice here????