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The Offer
- Show jetBlue your Virgin America Elevate point balance by July 4th and then fly one round trip jetBlue flight by August 31st, 2016 and they’ll match (or give you more) jetBlue TrueBlue points. Here is the breakdown of the points you’ll receive:
The Fine Print
- Elevate® members must email a screenshot of their account dashboard to [email protected] by 7/4/2016. Screenshots must include first name, last name, and points balance. Please include your TrueBlue number in the email.
- Once we assess your balance and eligibility, we’ll email you to let you know if you’re officially registered for the promotion.
- Then book and fly one roundtrip JetBlue flight by 08/31/16.
- Offer can only be redeemed one (1) time by any individual.
- Points awarded in conjunction with this promotion are considered bonus points and do not count towards earning Mosaic status.
- TrueBlue points will be awarded within 4-6 weeks after round-trip flight.
How Much Are jetBlue Points Worth?
Redemption of jetBlue points are tied to the cash value of a ticket and other factors. The range you can get is between 0.97¢ and 1.89¢ per point, with an average of 1.41¢ per point. Wandering Armean has a good post (although a bit dated now, the information itself is still spot on from my limited research) that I’d strongly recommend reading to understand better.
Point Transfers
If you want to transfer points into Virgin America, your best bet is probably SPG. 20,000 SPG points will get you 25,000 Virgin America miles, so if you transferred 40,001 points you’d get 50,001 Virgin America miles – enough for the top match. These points should post in time (most people reporting short transferring times – but not always). Membership Rewards & Citi Thankyou point also transfer, but a rate of 2:1, so you’d need to transfer 100,002 points to get the full bonus – not really great value.
Our Verdict
This is an incredibly generous offer, you probably won’t have time to transfer Virgin America miles from flexible point partners (see above) – but I’m sure there are some creative work around that would work (I won’t mention them specifically) just as well. JetBlue wanted to purchase Virgin America, but Alaska ended up winning that battle and it seems JetBlue is intent on getting as many of their customers as they can.
Let’s say that you get the maximum match of 75,000 points, that would be worth anywhere from $727.5 to $1,417.5 in jetBlue flights – pretty incredible value for one round trip flight. I’m usually really against mileage running, but in this case I definitely think it makes sense – you might as well try and make a weekend out of it as well and visit somewhere you’ve always wanted to visit. Just make sure you’re registered for the promotion before booking your return flight!
This promotion is incredible, I don’t think jetBlue really thought this one through at all. They can’t even properly verify your Virgin America points balance…
Hat tip to reader Kyle S
