JetBlue Points match for Elevate members
Jul 29, 2016, 8:24 am
#526
Join Date: Jun 2016
Location: New Zealand
Programs: NZ
Posts: 20
DP: Flew both legs on 7/24. The outbound miles posted night of 7/28, the return miles posted early morning 7/29, including the 75k match.
Appears that these days miles post 4.5 days from boarding each leg, with match bonus coming with 2nd leg's posting.
Appears that these days miles post 4.5 days from boarding each leg, with match bonus coming with 2nd leg's posting.
Jul 29, 2016, 9:09 pm
#529
Suspended
Join Date: Dec 2014
Posts: 8,460
Just booked a RT from ORD-BOS-ORD with 3 hours of layover. Will probably go to Legal and enjoy a nice lobster roll and some beer.
I had just enough Citi TYP from my preferred card left to book the trip. Included my TrueBlue #. Hoping this works.
I had just enough Citi TYP from my preferred card left to book the trip. Included my TrueBlue #. Hoping this works.
Jul 30, 2016, 6:32 pm
#530
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Sunny AZ
Programs: HH Diamond, Sixt Platinum, IHG Spire Ambassador, Marriott/SPG Gold .....
Posts: 3,215
Mileage run fail
EWR - BOS - EWR depart 1pm arrive back 5:15 (or thereabouts)
BOS to EWR was cancelled due to weather when I touched down in BOS the 7pm departing flight was full. They offered JFK, PHL or next day.
JFK is always a pain so I took the PHL flight ( which was delayed for hours too) and I arrived in Philly 7:20 or so but better than the JFK one which changed from 4 something to 9 something.
My car is at the airport in EWR .... Train would take hours... My dogs are waiting and I don't like to clean up (accidents happen) ... Rental car (Thrifty/Dollar) only $60 but then I remember my glasses are in my car and I only have sunglasses .... Lyft to the rescue (app $100) ... Now I have to get home (45 min out) feed the dogs and tomorrow I will pick up my car.
my first mileage run and an epic fail
EWR - BOS - EWR depart 1pm arrive back 5:15 (or thereabouts)
BOS to EWR was cancelled due to weather when I touched down in BOS the 7pm departing flight was full. They offered JFK, PHL or next day.
JFK is always a pain so I took the PHL flight ( which was delayed for hours too) and I arrived in Philly 7:20 or so but better than the JFK one which changed from 4 something to 9 something.
My car is at the airport in EWR .... Train would take hours... My dogs are waiting and I don't like to clean up (accidents happen) ... Rental car (Thrifty/Dollar) only $60 but then I remember my glasses are in my car and I only have sunglasses .... Lyft to the rescue (app $100) ... Now I have to get home (45 min out) feed the dogs and tomorrow I will pick up my car.
my first mileage run and an epic fail
Jul 30, 2016, 7:17 pm
#531
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
Mileage run fail
EWR - BOS - EWR depart 1pm arrive back 5:15 (or thereabouts)
BOS to EWR was cancelled due to weather when I touched down in BOS the 7pm departing flight was full. They offered JFK, PHL or next day.
JFK is always a pain so I took the PHL flight ( which was delayed for hours too) and I arrived in Philly 7:20 or so but better than the JFK one which changed from 4 something to 9 something.
My car is at the airport in EWR .... Train would take hours... My dogs are waiting and I don't like to clean up (accidents happen) ... Rental car (Thrifty/Dollar) only $60 but then I remember my glasses are in my car and I only have sunglasses .... Lyft to the rescue (app $100) ... Now I have to get home (45 min out) feed the dogs and tomorrow I will pick up my car.
my first mileage run and an epic fail
EWR - BOS - EWR depart 1pm arrive back 5:15 (or thereabouts)
BOS to EWR was cancelled due to weather when I touched down in BOS the 7pm departing flight was full. They offered JFK, PHL or next day.
JFK is always a pain so I took the PHL flight ( which was delayed for hours too) and I arrived in Philly 7:20 or so but better than the JFK one which changed from 4 something to 9 something.
My car is at the airport in EWR .... Train would take hours... My dogs are waiting and I don't like to clean up (accidents happen) ... Rental car (Thrifty/Dollar) only $60 but then I remember my glasses are in my car and I only have sunglasses .... Lyft to the rescue (app $100) ... Now I have to get home (45 min out) feed the dogs and tomorrow I will pick up my car.
my first mileage run and an epic fail
Jul 30, 2016, 7:56 pm
#532
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Sunny AZ
Programs: HH Diamond, Sixt Platinum, IHG Spire Ambassador, Marriott/SPG Gold .....
Posts: 3,215
Because of the weather moving W to E ;(two flights were available one was later cancelled and one delayed until 9pm) / the original timing was working better for me / while PHL is further away the way PHL to my house normally is quicker than JFK to my house ... Checked Google and the difference was PHL 15min longer today (but uber fare estimator is less from PHL as they use a higher fare code for JFK) > due to the delay I gave up on picking my car up today and postponed that for tomorrow morning
Jul 31, 2016, 3:59 pm
#533
Join Date: Aug 2014
Posts: 85
DATA POINT:
Purchased RT flights JFK-BOS-JFK using Chase UR points (8,800 total). Flew RT on 7/27. Received 75,000 points (plus 147 points each way) this afternoon. BOOM. 4 days later.
Combined with the points I already had, and the 60k my wife and I will get when we hit the min spends on our new JetBlue Plus cards, we're looking at some NICE vacations coming up!
Purchased RT flights JFK-BOS-JFK using Chase UR points (8,800 total). Flew RT on 7/27. Received 75,000 points (plus 147 points each way) this afternoon. BOOM. 4 days later.
Combined with the points I already had, and the 60k my wife and I will get when we hit the min spends on our new JetBlue Plus cards, we're looking at some NICE vacations coming up!
Aug 1, 2016, 4:31 pm
#536
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: New York City, Northern NJ
Programs: AS, AA, Hilton, Hyatt
Posts: 1,041
Mileage run fail
EWR - BOS - EWR depart 1pm arrive back 5:15 (or thereabouts)
BOS to EWR was cancelled due to weather when I touched down in BOS the 7pm departing flight was full. They offered JFK, PHL or next day.
JFK is always a pain so I took the PHL flight ( which was delayed for hours too) and I arrived in Philly 7:20 or so but better than the JFK one which changed from 4 something to 9 something.
My car is at the airport in EWR .... Train would take hours... My dogs are waiting and I don't like to clean up (accidents happen) ... Rental car (Thrifty/Dollar) only $60 but then I remember my glasses are in my car and I only have sunglasses .... Lyft to the rescue (app $100) ... Now I have to get home (45 min out) feed the dogs and tomorrow I will pick up my car.
my first mileage run and an epic fail
EWR - BOS - EWR depart 1pm arrive back 5:15 (or thereabouts)
BOS to EWR was cancelled due to weather when I touched down in BOS the 7pm departing flight was full. They offered JFK, PHL or next day.
JFK is always a pain so I took the PHL flight ( which was delayed for hours too) and I arrived in Philly 7:20 or so but better than the JFK one which changed from 4 something to 9 something.
My car is at the airport in EWR .... Train would take hours... My dogs are waiting and I don't like to clean up (accidents happen) ... Rental car (Thrifty/Dollar) only $60 but then I remember my glasses are in my car and I only have sunglasses .... Lyft to the rescue (app $100) ... Now I have to get home (45 min out) feed the dogs and tomorrow I will pick up my car.
my first mileage run and an epic fail
Two of us tried the help desk and the guy there was swamped, so I called to get placed on the next JFK flight. The lady on the phone put me on hold as she first booked me on the flight out for Sunday (this was Saturday ) We also had a dog alone at home and needed to get home. By the time she got around to booking me on the next JFK flight, there were fire alarms going off in her building and she apologized and told me to hang up and call again and it would be routed to a different call center. I did and by the time the new agent got around to re-booking us, the next flight was sold out and there was only a later flight available at 7:50pm. So we grudgingly went to eat at legal foods and while there I got a text that our flight later to JFK was cancelled... it was now 3pm at this point. The only option was to fly the next day. Of course, no compensation to speak of since it was weather delay. Never mind the fact that I had to ask a friend to drive an hour to pick up our dog.
We know that weather happens, but all in all not a good first impression and I hope the free points turn out to be worth the hassle. Factoring in the hotel and food costs for the unplanned overnight trip, we are down to about 45,000 points.
Aug 1, 2016, 4:47 pm
#537
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Sunny AZ
Programs: HH Diamond, Sixt Platinum, IHG Spire Ambassador, Marriott/SPG Gold .....
Posts: 3,215
You and I were on the same flight!
Two of us tried the help desk and the guy there was swamped, so I called to get placed on the next JFK flight. The lady on the phone put me on hold as she first booked me on the flight out for Sunday (this was Saturday ) We also had a dog alone at home and needed to get home. By the time she got around to booking me on the next JFK flight, there were fire alarms going off in her building and she apologized and told me to hang up and call again and it would be routed to a different call center. I did and by the time the new agent got around to re-booking us, the next flight was sold out and there was only a later flight available at 7:50pm. So we grudgingly went to eat at legal foods and while there I got a text that our flight later to JFK was cancelled... it was now 3pm at this point. The only option was to fly the next day. Of course, no compensation to speak of since it was weather delay. Never mind the fact that I had to ask a friend to drive an hour to pick up our dog.
We know that weather happens, but all in all not a good first impression and I hope the free points turn out to be worth the hassle. Factoring in the hotel and food costs for the unplanned overnight trip, we are down to about 45,000 points.
Two of us tried the help desk and the guy there was swamped, so I called to get placed on the next JFK flight. The lady on the phone put me on hold as she first booked me on the flight out for Sunday (this was Saturday ) We also had a dog alone at home and needed to get home. By the time she got around to booking me on the next JFK flight, there were fire alarms going off in her building and she apologized and told me to hang up and call again and it would be routed to a different call center. I did and by the time the new agent got around to re-booking us, the next flight was sold out and there was only a later flight available at 7:50pm. So we grudgingly went to eat at legal foods and while there I got a text that our flight later to JFK was cancelled... it was now 3pm at this point. The only option was to fly the next day. Of course, no compensation to speak of since it was weather delay. Never mind the fact that I had to ask a friend to drive an hour to pick up our dog.
We know that weather happens, but all in all not a good first impression and I hope the free points turn out to be worth the hassle. Factoring in the hotel and food costs for the unplanned overnight trip, we are down to about 45,000 points.