Status/Elite tiers on Jetblue? will this ever come?
Feb 20, 2012, 1:40 pm
#46
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At 6 points per dollar you get 500 points for $83 spend (I was close) so if you spend more than that you get more points. If you consider the points the same value then spending more than that means more points accrued by crediting to B6 than to AA for a short flight. I'm also not so sure, based on the way the credit rule is written, if there is the 500 mile minimum, so for shorter flights I'm not even sure there is the 500 mile minimum. With 15 of the AA-creditable flights coming in at <500 miles that's a significant number of routes where the credit to AA really isn't so amazing.
If you value the B6 points higher then earning fewer of them relative to the number of miles flown still has more value. So if the B6 points are worth 1.3 cents and the AA points are 1 cent then 384 B6 points would be worth something like 500 AA points, and earning 384 B6 points costs less than earning 500 B6 points.
Does that make more sense?
If you value the B6 points higher then earning fewer of them relative to the number of miles flown still has more value. So if the B6 points are worth 1.3 cents and the AA points are 1 cent then 384 B6 points would be worth something like 500 AA points, and earning 384 B6 points costs less than earning 500 B6 points.
Does that make more sense?
B6 points are worth approx 1.3 cpm. For a BOS-SFO-BOS flight at $300 ai you need 23,000 points. To get those, you would need to earn 15,000 points which get's you an additional 8,000 bonus points. Thus, spend would be 15,000 / 6 = $2,500.
Instead however, if you would credit your B6 flight to AAdvantage you get 5,400 AA points for BOS-SFO-BOS. Five of those round trips would net 27,000 for which you paid 5 x $300 = $1500.
Conclusion: credits B6 flights to AAdvantage if possible.
Feb 20, 2012, 9:46 pm
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Only if you're paying the absolute minimum fares for flights and also only flying transcons. If you are paying $450 for the BOS-SFO-BOS round-trip flights then you've earned ~2500 TrueBlue points per trip (accounting for taxes). Fly 5 of those and you've actually got 12,500 earned + 10,000 Go Long + 7,500 bonus points. That's 30,000 total points versus 27,000ish from AA.
More significantly, though is the impact of a mixed travel pattern. Let's say you fly 3 transcons, 2 DC trips and a vacation to Florida and they all cost the same $450. On AA you'd earn 2700*6 + 1000*2 + 400*4 = 19,000. Credited to TrueBlue it would be 20,000. And you can actually redeem 20,000 points from B6 while redeeming 19,000 from AA would be much more difficult.
There is no single answer to the question of where to credit the points. It is necessary to understand the travel patterns and fare levels to understand the situation fully.
The original math suggesting that 15K earned will net 8K in bonus seems low to me. By my calculations that would be 11,500 in bonus, and if all transcons also 10K in Go Long bonuses.
Feb 21, 2012, 6:28 am
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More significantly, though is the impact of a mixed travel pattern. Let's say you fly 3 transcons, 2 DC trips and a vacation to Florida and they all cost the same $450. On AA you'd earn 2700*6 + 1000*2 + 400*4 = 19,000. Credited to TrueBlue it would be 20,000. And you can actually redeem 20,000 points from B6 while redeeming 19,000 from AA would be much more difficult.
Mar 12, 2012, 7:34 pm
#49
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shuttle every week
I was on the US Shuttle every week bos/dca 2007 to 2010. Got platinum for it.
Now I am on B6 instead. The planes are clean and the chips are blue. for less. I never buy extra leg room seats...I just wait to be last aboard and take one!
It would be nice to have a short cut thru security in BOS and a discount on the same day change fee. Otherwise the lower fares make me happy. If they would only push early like US!
PS I do miss the days when US had a Boston base - those pilots always gunned it home! Nothing like breaking the 50 minute barrier!
Now I am on B6 instead. The planes are clean and the chips are blue. for less. I never buy extra leg room seats...I just wait to be last aboard and take one!
It would be nice to have a short cut thru security in BOS and a discount on the same day change fee. Otherwise the lower fares make me happy. If they would only push early like US!
PS I do miss the days when US had a Boston base - those pilots always gunned it home! Nothing like breaking the 50 minute barrier!
Mar 13, 2012, 3:11 am
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I was on the US Shuttle every week bos/dca 2007 to 2010. Got platinum for it.
Now I am on B6 instead. The planes are clean and the chips are blue. for less. I never buy extra leg room seats...I just wait to be last aboard and take one!
It would be nice to have a short cut thru security in BOS and a discount on the same day change fee. Otherwise the lower fares make me happy. If they would only push early like US!
PS I do miss the days when US had a Boston base - those pilots always gunned it home! Nothing like breaking the 50 minute barrier!
Now I am on B6 instead. The planes are clean and the chips are blue. for less. I never buy extra leg room seats...I just wait to be last aboard and take one!
It would be nice to have a short cut thru security in BOS and a discount on the same day change fee. Otherwise the lower fares make me happy. If they would only push early like US!
PS I do miss the days when US had a Boston base - those pilots always gunned it home! Nothing like breaking the 50 minute barrier!
B6 seats are comfy enough that I'd take a regular window/aisle over EML middle.
Mar 13, 2012, 1:41 pm
#51
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Just announced today at the Investor's Conference that there will be a program later in year to offer priority security/boarding and other benefits for the most frequent flyers.
Mar 13, 2012, 4:10 pm
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