JetBlue "Move to Mint" Certificate Thread
Feb 24, 2024 | 9:55 am
#287
Join Date: Sep 2019
Location: NYC, SEA
Programs: Hyatt Glob, AA EXP, BA Silver
Posts: 1,018
In October 2023, I had a flight from SAN-JFK where I had used a MTM cert get super delayed, so I called the Mosaic desk and they got me moved onto a flight out of LAX -- they booked me into a Mint seat without me even having to ask. Obviously, that's not really the same thing as a SDC, and policies might have changed since last year, but just wanted to note it.
Feb 28, 2024 | 12:53 pm
#289
Join Date: May 2023
Programs: Delta DM, Hyatt Globalist
Posts: 117
They really ought to upgrade the IT to show the # of certificates needed before booking. I just spent 60 minutes buying then canceling flights to hunt for a one-way that only needed 1 certificate. A big waste of time and also probably creates a bunch of junk data for JetBlue's analysts...
That being said, proud to now have 6 transcon Mint flights booked using my 6 certificates, all in either the throne seat or the 321neo setup. Took a lot of hunting, but LAX-BOS, LAX-JFK-LAX, LAX-MIA, LAX-EWR-LAX. Squeezing the most out of my one year Delta status match!
That being said, proud to now have 6 transcon Mint flights booked using my 6 certificates, all in either the throne seat or the 321neo setup. Took a lot of hunting, but LAX-BOS, LAX-JFK-LAX, LAX-MIA, LAX-EWR-LAX. Squeezing the most out of my one year Delta status match!
Last edited by nenbeely; Feb 28, 2024 at 4:53 pm
Feb 29, 2024 | 6:44 am
#290
Join Date: Sep 2019
Location: NYC, SEA
Programs: Hyatt Glob, AA EXP, BA Silver
Posts: 1,018
They really ought to upgrade the IT to show the # of certificates needed before booking. I just spent 60 minutes buying then canceling flights to hunt for a one-way that only needed 1 certificate. A big waste of time and also probably creates a bunch of junk data for JetBlue's analysts...
That being said, proud to now have 6 transcon Mint flights booked using my 6 certificates, all in either the throne seat or the 321neo setup. Took a lot of hunting, but LAX-BOS, LAX-JFK-LAX, LAX-MIA, LAX-EWR-LAX. Squeezing the most out of my one year Delta status match!
That being said, proud to now have 6 transcon Mint flights booked using my 6 certificates, all in either the throne seat or the 321neo setup. Took a lot of hunting, but LAX-BOS, LAX-JFK-LAX, LAX-MIA, LAX-EWR-LAX. Squeezing the most out of my one year Delta status match!
Feb 29, 2024 | 7:07 am
#291
Join Date: May 2023
Programs: Delta DM, Hyatt Globalist
Posts: 117
For the most part, it seemed pretty unpredictable, and I did keep notes on my attempts to try and discern any rhyme or reason to their certificate pricing. Only two observations - going west to east from LAX there was more 1-cert inventory than east to west, and any flights where the Mint cabin was more than half full already did not offer 1-cert redemption (and these were often the more expensive cash fares.) I did have one case (the return flight EWR-LAX) where on initial attempt it showed 2 certs, and then when I checked again 2 weeks later it had been reduced to 1 cert. Otherwise all other routes I checked after a time delay maintained the same certificate pricing.
Feb 29, 2024 | 7:58 am
#292
Join Date: Sep 2019
Location: NYC, SEA
Programs: Hyatt Glob, AA EXP, BA Silver
Posts: 1,018
For the most part, it seemed pretty unpredictable, and I did keep notes on my attempts to try and discern any rhyme or reason to their certificate pricing. Only two observations - going west to east from LAX there was more 1-cert inventory than east to west, and any flights where the Mint cabin was more than half full already did not offer 1-cert redemption (and these were often the more expensive cash fares.) I did have one case (the return flight EWR-LAX) where on initial attempt it showed 2 certs, and then when I checked again 2 weeks later it had been reduced to 1 cert. Otherwise all other routes I checked after a time delay maintained the same certificate pricing.
Mar 6, 2024 | 7:56 am
#294
Join Date: Mar 2000
Location: BOS
Posts: 2,372
If you call they can apparently do a dummy booking but not ticket and see the required number. However not sure how patient they will be to repeatedly do that.
Mar 8, 2024 | 4:18 pm
#298
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: NYC
Programs: DL Platinum, UA Platinum, AA Plat Pro, Bonvoy Titanium & Lifetime Platinum, Amtrak Select
Posts: 982
Im flying JFK PSP for work during a busy time. With Jetblue having a direct, I booked it.
Required 4 MTM certificates both ways. Wild. But the PSP JFK flight is a 930pm red eye so I happily took it as the only other Jetblue flight i take regularly is YVR JFK, which for some wild reason leaves at 1030pm without mint seats.
Happy to try mint once before losing this Delta matched status.
My flight was booked on a corporate travel engine and I was able to use a certificate after booking
Required 4 MTM certificates both ways. Wild. But the PSP JFK flight is a 930pm red eye so I happily took it as the only other Jetblue flight i take regularly is YVR JFK, which for some wild reason leaves at 1030pm without mint seats.
Happy to try mint once before losing this Delta matched status.
My flight was booked on a corporate travel engine and I was able to use a certificate after booking
