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Old Jul 21, 2023 | 7:07 pm
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OhDoctor
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Worthless tile perks!

So, my minor son recently earned >20 tiles from recent international travel. With the first 10, we selected the 5k bonus, which went into the family pool -- great. That leads us to the second perk... which is completely useless:

We can choose from:
  1. Priority security: we all have pre-check, so this is moot. Also, even if we didn't, he's a minor, and not going through security by himself.
  2. Alcoholic beverage: once again, a minor, so this is moot as well.
  3. Group B boarding: I have the JetBlue Biz card, giving us all Group A boarding by default. Again, useless.
  4. Bonus points on a JetBlue vacation package: lol, what? No one books these -- certainly not little children. Useless.
I feel like JetBlue really dropped the ball here. They should at least let me pick the 5k points again, if we can't possibly derive any value from the other four options. Leaves a really sour taste in my mouth for their much-hyped tile revamp.
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