Worthless tile perks!
Jul 21, 2023 | 7:07 pm
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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:
We can choose from:
- 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.
- Alcoholic beverage: once again, a minor, so this is moot as well.
- Group B boarding: I have the JetBlue Biz card, giving us all Group A boarding by default. Again, useless.
- Bonus points on a JetBlue vacation package: lol, what? No one books these -- certainly not little children. Useless.
Jul 24, 2023 | 10:34 am
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Looks to me like children aren't the target demographic for Mosaic and tiles.
Shocker.
I think in this case you are out of luck. You could get the alcoholic beverage one and enjoy it yourself (tell your son this is the tax he has to pay for his parents paying for all of these tickets for him
). The JetBlue Vacations thing is another option -- plenty of people use these. You could book from your sons account and add the bonus points back into the family pool.
Again, it sucks that you're in this situation. But none of this should have been a surprise. Maybe status match to another airline with a more traditional program that would better suit your family. Your profile says it best
-J.
Shocker.
I think in this case you are out of luck. You could get the alcoholic beverage one and enjoy it yourself (tell your son this is the tax he has to pay for his parents paying for all of these tickets for him
). The JetBlue Vacations thing is another option -- plenty of people use these. You could book from your sons account and add the bonus points back into the family pool.Again, it sucks that you're in this situation. But none of this should have been a surprise. Maybe status match to another airline with a more traditional program that would better suit your family. Your profile says it best
Originally Posted by OhDoctor
Programs: Brand loyalty is for suckers
Jul 24, 2023 | 11:28 am
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Looks to me like children aren't the target demographic for Mosaic and tiles.
Shocker.
I think in this case you are out of luck. You could get the alcoholic beverage one and enjoy it yourself (tell your son this is the tax he has to pay for his parents paying for all of these tickets for him). The JetBlue Vacations thing is another option -- plenty of people use these. You could book from your sons account and add the bonus points back into the family pool.
Again, it sucks that you're in this situation. But none of this should have been a surprise. Maybe status match to another airline with a more traditional program that would better suit your family. Your profile says it best
-J.
Shocker.
I think in this case you are out of luck. You could get the alcoholic beverage one and enjoy it yourself (tell your son this is the tax he has to pay for his parents paying for all of these tickets for him
). The JetBlue Vacations thing is another option -- plenty of people use these. You could book from your sons account and add the bonus points back into the family pool.Again, it sucks that you're in this situation. But none of this should have been a surprise. Maybe status match to another airline with a more traditional program that would better suit your family. Your profile says it best
-J.
Jul 24, 2023 | 12:48 pm
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Another thing to consider: priority security and Group B boarding cost JetBlue nothing, but are material benefits for some travelers. The alcoholic beverage costs JetBlue around 50 cents (30-33 cents for the nip, the rest is my very generous estimate for fuel, advertising, labor, etc.). It's ironic that the bonus points are arguably the most expensive for the company, but you can see here that these second-round tile benefits have little-to-no value.
-J.
-J.
Jul 24, 2023 | 1:31 pm
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Another thing to consider: priority security and Group B boarding cost JetBlue nothing, but are material benefits for some travelers. The alcoholic beverage costs JetBlue around 50 cents (30-33 cents for the nip, the rest is my very generous estimate for fuel, advertising, labor, etc.). It's ironic that the bonus points are arguably the most expensive for the company, but you can see here that these second-round tile benefits have little-to-no value.
-J.
-J.
Jul 25, 2023 | 4:31 am
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LOL. What will status matching do? $2,000 of spend in a year on one of the US3 carriers gives you nothing aside from the regular points earned from the flight.
Jul 25, 2023 | 4:44 am
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Jul 28, 2023 | 1:23 pm
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Not being the target market is obviously the key here, but it is a long-time gripe of mine. I have a child that qualifies for Mosaic every 2-3 years (basically when I drain the points bank completely and need to fly him on cash). In particular, alcohol as a benefit, just seems outdated. My standard feedback was that it should be some small in-flight credit towards an eat-up box, etc. They probably would have ended up with more of my cash. 
Jul 28, 2023 | 6:35 pm
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Jul 28, 2023 | 6:40 pm
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Aug 10, 2023 | 11:33 pm
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Agree that the perks are quite useless. I also don't really understand why travelers would choose to be loyal to B6 over practically any other airline given that (1) they're not part of any international alliance and (2) they don't have high enough traffic where the potential for better IRROPS handling as an elite exist.
Aug 11, 2023 | 7:43 am
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Agree that the perks are quite useless. I also don't really understand why travelers would choose to be loyal to B6 over practically any other airline given that (1) they're not part of any international alliance and (2) they don't have high enough traffic where the potential for better IRROPS handling as an elite exist.
Don't know if it would be "loyalty" but I am now used to saving $500+ R/T on Mint to Europe via B6 for a product in many ways superior to other carriers. Can have a lot of fun with $500. YMMV but international point to point is good value on B6.