jmr50

Do extra seats count towards Mosaic qualification?

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While I can't say for certain, I would think so since it's like making two separate reservations. I would be very surprised if there was some sort of exception handling in jetBlue's system to not earn points on the second reservation, so you should earn points as if you had booked two separate trips.

For those of you confused, you can see jetBlue's instructions for purchasing an extra seat here.

It is actually interesting to me because I am getting close to the end of my Mosaic Challenge period and I am a bit short. I was thinking about tacking on an extra roundtrip with an immediate turn (say JFK-BOS-JFK) when I return to JFK from PHX in a few weeks, but now I'm thinking I should just look to see whether I can purchase an extra seat on my PHX-JFK segment if that will put me over the top. It has the added advantage of not wasting a few hours flying to BOS and back.

Curious to hear other's thoughts on this.

cj_000

Sadly, they do not. It is the base fare that counts towards mosaic status multiplied by 3.

For example, if you spend 500 on a flight, breakdown is $400 for the fare, $50 in taxes, and $50 for an even more space seat, you will receive the qualifying spend on only the $400, netting 1200 points towards qualification.

Edit: at least from experience, and I've held mosaic for 3ish years now.

Edit 2: I can not read.

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You are correct, but in this case, the second seat is not an add-on. You are paying the base fare for both seat 1 and seat 2. See the link I provided above.

cj_000

Wouldn't you know that I totally misread the question, and read space vs seat!

Your link does make for a very good point, since the base fare is paid twice. I know on other airlines, earrings from extra seats do not necessarily count / count towards qualifying miles (see musicians).

But considering how much of a mess JetBlue backend system is, I do wonder indeed!

jmr50

That's exactly what I'm thinking of doing -- I'm about $400 short of re-qualification and it's easier to buy an extra seat than to take an unnecessary trip. I just bought one, let's see what happens...

amonisis

i would think you would have to buy 2 separate tickets under your name, and somehow have them both scanned at the gate. no?

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I think that's essentially what this is.

jmr50

Yes - there are two ticket numbers with my last name, one has EXST for the first name. On the downside, I see a "N/A" under frequent flier where my B6 number is for the other seat.

amonisis

yes, but you can't do it the way they say to, because EXST would not match your TB #. If you book 2 separate seats and get the gate to scan them both, somehow, that would work (i'm assuming).

Brighton Line

But wouldn't that would throw off their head count on departure check?
Extra Seat is not in the head count I believe.

amonisis

yes, which is why i don't think it's possible to have 2 seats on 1 flight count

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I think the crux of the issue here is that the name won't match the TrueBlue number, hence the points won't credit to your TrueBlue account for the second seat. I ended up booking another short flight to put me over the top since I don't think this strategy will ultimately work.