JetBlue Points match for Elevate members
Jul 2, 2016, 3:42 pm
#391
Suspended
Join Date: Dec 2014
Posts: 8,460
Might have to do San Juan. Only 3 real options from Chicago.
Jul 2, 2016, 3:46 pm
#392
Join Date: Aug 2014
Posts: 102
Edit: Looks like JAX-FLL is even better. Sweet!
Last edited by HBKFan75; Jul 2, 2016 at 4:33 pm
Jul 2, 2016, 4:41 pm
#393
Join Date: Nov 2014
Location: Springfield, MA
Programs: HH Diamond, IHG Diamond, Marriott Platinum, Hyatt Discoverist
Posts: 434
How long has it taken people for SPG points to transfer to Virgin? And was that done thru SPG or AMEX? Am I screwed by transferring this morning at 8:30am thru the SPG website?
Jul 2, 2016, 5:15 pm
#395
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: New York City, Northern NJ
Programs: AS, AA, Hilton, Hyatt
Posts: 1,041
My partner submitted the request on Wednesday, 11am and the points posted about 30 hours later on Thursday by 5pm. EDT
Jul 2, 2016, 5:54 pm
#396
Join Date: Aug 2014
Posts: 102
It's done through SPG. I submitted mine yesterday at around 3pm and it came in today around 11:30am, so less than 24 hours. No guarantees, but you will likely be just fine.
Jul 3, 2016, 12:26 am
#398
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: New York, NY
Programs: AA ExPl, DL PM, UA Silver, Hyatt Globalist, Marriott Titanium, probably some others
Posts: 4,105
Does it make sense to make a Wiki with easy ITA searches to try and find the cheapest flights available? You can use advanced routing codes with B6 for both the outbound and return to specify Jetblue flights and set the calendar of lowest fares to 0-day flights to try and create mileage runs with the quickest turnarounds possible. For JFK, I plugged in AUS, BOS, BUF, BTV, CHS, CLT, ORD, DAB, FLL, RSW, JAX, MSY, MCO, PWM, RDU, ROC, SAV, SYR, IAD, DCA, PBI, HYA, MVY, ACK, PSP, SRQ as my list of possible flights, leaving out the other destinations because they were sure (either via taxes or typical fares) to be more expensive. Just make sure you uncheck "Allow airport changes" before you search, so it looks something like:
I've found that most of the cheap Jetblue flights out of NYC during the promotion's timeframe end up being immediate turnarounds to BOS and ACK (Nantucket), where you can be back at JFK within ~2.5 hours of your departure. These flights, especially the ACK flights, are almost surely the same aircraft handling the inbound/outbound. It wouldn't take much time to make one of these for most of the cities B6 serves.
I've found that most of the cheap Jetblue flights out of NYC during the promotion's timeframe end up being immediate turnarounds to BOS and ACK (Nantucket), where you can be back at JFK within ~2.5 hours of your departure. These flights, especially the ACK flights, are almost surely the same aircraft handling the inbound/outbound. It wouldn't take much time to make one of these for most of the cities B6 serves.
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Jul 3, 2016, 1:14 am
#399
Join Date: Dec 2010
Posts: 12
I was late to this party as well and just initiated the SPG transfer this morning. All anecdotes on here and the blogs seem to indicate that SPG>VX transfers seems to take ~24 hours. So you are taking a risk, but I think we'll be okay.
If anything, hopefully VX is just about caught up with the screenshot backlog and will confirm our enrollment quicker than those before us. Good luck!
If anything, hopefully VX is just about caught up with the screenshot backlog and will confirm our enrollment quicker than those before us. Good luck!
Thanks again
Jul 3, 2016, 5:02 am
#400
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Sunny AZ
Programs: HH Diamond, Sixt Platinum, IHG Spire Ambassador, Marriott/SPG Gold .....
Posts: 3,215
Jul 3, 2016, 8:19 am
#405
Join Date: Nov 2013
Location: LAX, LGB, SNA
Programs: AA EXP OWE, DL DM ST+, AS MVPG, UA, BA, WN CP, Hyatt E, Ritz Plat, HH GM
Posts: 3,185
Possibly. There's a couple good restaurants at the airport. Going back through security will take you 3 min with pre. If you look up in yelp, there's a couple family owned restaurants around the area. MVP burgers, 10 min drive. There's more, easy search.