JetBlue and Icelandair have been companions for the higher a part of a decade. However the two airways’ ties grew lots deeper this week — and it is excellent news for frequent JetBlue flyers with a stash of factors and/or transferable credit card rewards.
For the primary time, JetBlue TrueBlue members can redeem factors on flights operated by Icelandair.
It is a huge step ahead for the partnership, which dates again to 2017 — however beforehand solely allowed JetBlue members to earn (however not “burn”) factors on flights operated by its Reykjavik-based companion.
This transformation ought to give TrueBlue members a wider vary of how to make use of their factors — whether or not it is a flight to Iceland or a connection to a farther-flung vacation spot Icelandair serves, from Europe to Greenland or the Faroe Islands.
Preserve studying to seek out out how one can redeem your JetBlue TrueBlue points for Icelandair award flights.
Methods to ebook Icelandair flights utilizing JetBlue TrueBlue factors
To ebook an Icelandair flight utilizing JetBlue’s loyalty foreign money, merely log in to your TrueBlue account and seek for your required itinerary identical to you’d for any award flight. After you enter your cities and dates, be sure you examine “Use TrueBlue factors” to seek for award flights.
Relying on the vacation spot and routing, you might even see itineraries involving Icelandair provided.
As an example, this is an August redemption from JetBlue’s residence base at New York’s John F. Kennedy Worldwide Airport (JFK) to Keflavik Airport (KEF) in Iceland — a route JetBlue doesn’t fly.
You’ll be able to ebook this direct flight utilizing 17,000 TrueBlue factors. Simply notice, per JetBlue’s web site, award journey is topic to an extra $102.10 one-way per particular person.
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JETBLUEIf you booked this fare utilizing money, you’d pay $494 for the one-way economic system flight. Due to this fact, by utilizing your factors, you’d get a redemption worth of about 2.3 cents per level. TPG values JetBlue factors at 1.35 cents per level, so this can be a good solution to maximize your TrueBlue factors.
As all the time, be sure you evaluate the money worth of the ticket to the award worth.
Redeem TrueBlue factors to ebook different Icelandair European locations
You may as well use JetBlue’s reserving channels to redeem factors on itineraries to Europe. Simply needless to say you may must cease in Reykjavik in every path as a result of any Icelandair reserving goes to the touch its residence metropolis.
Nonetheless, this may very well be a solution to redeem JetBlue factors on journeys to European cities the provider does not at present serve — from Rome to Copenhagen, Lisbon or Barcelona.
Understand that JetBlue does serve a growing number of transatlantic routes with its personal nonstop service. However that is restricted to a half dozen European locations — and solely from JFK and/or Boston Logan Worldwide Airport (BOS).
As of this month, Icelandair serves 14 U.S. cities with nonstop service, per aviation analytics agency Cirium, making this redemption partnership a brand new journey avenue for TrueBlue members in a variety of U.S. cities.
Nonetheless, on the time of publication, most European Icelandair routes weren’t displaying up on JetBlue’s award calendar. We’ll control award redemptions as they’re made obtainable.
Issues to remember when reserving Icelandair itineraries by JetBlue
One factor to notice: You’ll be able to’t at present redeem factors for joint JetBlue-Icelandair itineraries — it must be all JetBlue or all Icelandair. Additionally, Mosaic elite status members will not be capable to faucet into their loyalty advantages when flying on Icelandair.
Moreover, Icelandair’s most premium choices are extra paying homage to a home first-class product than the worldwide business-class-style lie-flat Mint accommodations JetBlue boasts on its transatlantic service.
Greatest bank cards to make use of to ebook JetBlue companion award flights
Even if you happen to’re not a frequent JetBlue flyer, you possibly can simply accrue sufficient TrueBlue factors to ebook a flight to Iceland — or Europe, for that matter — aboard Icelandair by using a bank card that earns transferable factors.
A handful of main bank card issuers supply transfers to JetBlue, although be sure you take into account the switch ratios:
Ensure that there’s availability earlier than transferring your bank card rewards, as you usually cannot undo transfers as soon as they’re full.
Backside line
Whereas JetBlue’s deeper partnership with Icelandair provides vacationers new alternatives to redeem TrueBlue factors on worldwide journeys, it isn’t the provider’s first such association.
JetBlue provides related redemption choices by its tie-ups with Hawaiian Airways, TAP Air Portugal and Qatar Airways — together with alternatives to even redeem factors for Qatar Qsuite.
And it appears JetBlue is all the time trying to increase its partnership with different airways. Beforehand, TrueBlue members may redeem factors on American Airways flights — and vice versa for AAdvantage members flying JetBlue — by the Northeast Alliance, which a federal judge later struck down.
Final yr, JetBlue stated it was exploring the possibility of a future partnership with one other airline.
As for Icelandair, the provider already companions with a handful of U.S. carriers, together with its lately launched pact with Southwest Airlines. Fast Rewards members ought to be capable to ebook flights aboard Icelandair by 2026, Southwest executives beforehand instructed TPG.
Although JetBlue will not be a member of any main alliance, the provider continues to develop noteworthy partnerships to assist increase its loyalty program.
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