The Offer
- jetBlue is having a 25th anniversary promotion.
- Fly to 15 destinations, Earn 150,000 bonus TrueBlue points
- Fly to 20 destinations, Earn another 200,000 bonus TrueBlue points
- Fly to 25 destinations, earn Mosaic status for 25 years
The Fine Print
- Travel must be completed 6/25-12/31/25 and have TrueBlue number attached. Each destination (or airport, in destinations with multiple airports) will be counted once.
- JetBlue-operated flights only.
- Excludes Blue Basic fares and codeshare flights.
Our Verdict
Each airport counts as a destination (e.g., JFK, LGA and EWR are each unique destinations), destinations visited during a connection also count. This is actually a fun/exciting promotion. Status is Mosaic 1.
Since this requires you to do Blue fares, you are looking at, at an absolute minimum, $2,500: $100/fare ($70 blue basic cheapest fare I seem to only be able to find + $30 upgrade to Blue) per flight, perfectly arranged 25 flight structure back to back. If you instead do 25 round trip tickets to 24 different cities, that’s 48 flights, or $4,800.
If this came with free Mint upgrades for the 25 years, it could be interesting. Otherwise not great unless you’re a frequent JetBlue traveler.
Sounds fun, best if you’re based out of jetblue hub. Did some quick research to see–assuming about one trip per week with an occasional break, for my ~20 free weeks left in the year, that would have me aiming for the 15 destinations/150k bonus. Picked a random fall Tuesday (10/7) where I assume prices likely to be at a minimum and would probably be replicable on a different week.
Being based in Boston, it turned out to be about $3300 (blue fare) to hit 15 east coast destinations flying round trip (Boston + the 14 BUF, JFK, PIT, PHL, DCA, BNA, CHS, SAV, RDU, ATL, FLL, MCO, TPA, PBI).
Besides the bonus 150k, would also expect to get the ~33 tiles + normal earning (20-60k point depending on status, using jetblue card to pay etc.) right?
If I was single/no kids, I might try this out, every week a different destination–fly out in the morning, find a lounge/quiet spot work at the airport, or just take a vacation day and venture out and about, explore downtown etc. fly back at night or next day, but alas…
You can also reduce the round-trip count a bit by routing some of your return flights to a nearby airport. e.g. PVD, ORH, MHT, and HYA are all ~1 hour from Boston and accessible by train/bus
Anyone know of services that would help routing this out better?
Assuming JetBlue will be around for 25 years…
you’re also assuming…..nevermind.
You should think before you type.
One 25 leg trip would work, no? Take a month and do a different place each day? Maybe multiple flights per day? Could hit New York City three times. It sounds like layovers count? Nomad it by sleeping in the airport some nights? That part sounds awful but the rest seems kind of fun.
“Excludes Blue Basic fares and codeshare flights” = “Not for you! you poor peasants!”
This sounds fun. I wish other airlines did this.
Even though it probably won’t happen for me, I’ll still make a spreadsheet.
But I can’t believe they think now instead of at least the beginning of the year is enough time.
not really doable to hit 25. every week for the rest of the year to hit 22+ UNIQUE jblu destinations? no way you can get this done with business or personal travel the way i am seeing it. Even if I had mapped out every flight there are way to many unknowns to make this work in that short of a time frame. You most likely would not be someone employed, or just a nomadic roadwarrior with no destination control, and then be willing to fly to 20 places blindly starting this week for the rest of the year with no care on the cost of those, figuring out stays and a sustainable plan. A couple of bad weather trips and you are cooked. Alternatively, sign up for 3 jblu credit cards somehow, and sit on your couch with 180k pts.
exactly. only very very specific niche travel profiles can do this. but its still possible, just not practical. just like the SAS and turkish challenges. this seems to be a popular thing now. if u have the freedom + flexibility to have sole dedicated focus on this challenge then its totally possible.
Challenge accepted!