Originally Posted by
JAX2BOS
If you do multiple trips up and down the east coast it's difficult to reach any type of reward compared to US or DL where you will get a bonus amount of miles to at leat 500.. Additionally, unless you have the Amex card, those points go to waste quickly as they expire within one year. In school I got Chairman's status with US simply based on the frequency of flights I took up and down the east coast virtually every week. Can't get that at B6.
I must disagree with the above statement.
Here's just one example to prove this wrong:
IN ONE CALENDAR YEAR:
JFK-PBI-JFK on Delta:
1,028 miles each way x 2 r/t = 2,056 + 500 r/t online bonus = 2,556 total
25,000 miles for a free r/t ticket in coach in the continental U.S.
/2,556 miles per JFK-PBI-JFK trip flown when booked online =
9.7 or
10 TRIPS....in other words, you need to fly a total of 10 round trips (that's 20 one ways) between these two airports.
JFK-PBI-JFK on jetBlue:
4 points each way x 2 r/t = 8 + 8 r/t online bonus = 16 total
100 points for a free r/t ticket in coach (but much better than DL) to any jetBlue destination
/16 points per JFK-PBI-JFK trip flown when booked online =
6.25 or
6 TRIPS...in other words, you need to fly a total of 6 round trips (that's 12 one ways) between these two airports.
So, with jetBlue you need to fly 4 LESS roundtrips between NY and FL in a calendar year than with DL. This does not even include bonus points with the credit card or OLCI bonus points (when that promo is run about once a year).