What's New with JetBlue - April 30

What's New with JetBlue - April 30

This week in JetBlue news - change-ups in corporate structure, more giving back to the community, yet another update to the TSA Pre✓™ program, and more!

The Return of ShopTrue!

At Long Last, ShopTrue is Back!

It's been well over six months since the ShopTrue domain went blank. For a while it had a 'coming soon...' landing page before finally the domain www.shoptrue.com fell off the internet altogether. Despite vaguely reassuring messages from TrueBlue support that ShopTrue would one day return, I had began to give up hope, until...

Bags VIP

Be Ahead of the Pack

JetBlue has started offering a Bags VIP service which allows for a delivery of your luggage to your residential, business, or hotel destination directly from the airport. No more baggage claim, no waiting around!

What's New with JetBlue - April 23

This Week in JetBlue

A spring sale to celebrate the end of winter! Finally some good weather in the Northeast and a reason to cheer. Also this week, a revolutionary twist on the coat check, more inspiring stories of donating all from JetBlue this week.

Using Marriott Stays to get TrueBlue Points

Stay at Marriott & Earn TrueBlue Points

When I took a trip earlier this month upstate, I decided it might be a good time to finally set my Marriott rewards to redeem towards a few TrueBlue points. Marriott allows you to choose whether you want to earn bonus Marriott points for your account or in other reward programs. With the Marriott card from chase, you earn 5x points for Marriott hotel stays.

New Badges from TrueBlue

New Badges for Classic Rewards

Without any real fanfare or official announcement, JetBlue recently released some new badges in the TrueBlue program. What's really left, though? You already get badges for visiting a city once, three times, and so on. There's already a badge for transferring referral points, many for social media, and even one for Thanksgiving Day.

These new badges are worth points and tie in very strong to the rewards one can get, so what are they?

One Thing That's Green

Let JetBlue Plant Trees for Your City

JetBlue is offering a voting contest via Facebook, One Thing That's Green, for you to vote on a city where they will build a green space.

What's New with JetBlue - April 9

What's New

A new ad campaign, educating on the weather, and more this week from JetBlue...

Guide to Badges Part V

Guide to Badges Part V

It's been a while, but here's the next installment in the guide to JetBlue badges. The badges this round aren't quite as big on the rewards, but are helpful to progress closer to level six where more social media badges can be earned, which give out TrueBlue points.

The Breakdown

These are mostly partner badges, so they may require more effort than most badges. I was able to gift $10 worth of TrueBlue points to a charity for just under 1,400 points. While this was probably a badge that I could've skipped, I think it's great to be able to give back by using points. 

The Power Up badge requires you to change electricity providers for a few months. If you do some research, there is a lot of bad info out there about Energy Plus. However, they advertise a lower rate than you already have during the first few months, so as long as you can cancel within ~3 months it will most likely save you money. I cancelled mine already because I didn't want to find out what everyone else seems to know - the prices can skyrocket at random and become a huge rip off. Only tackle this one if you'll remember to cancel.

For More the Marriott, I used a recent stay at a Fairfield Inn to have the points transfer to my TrueBlue account instead of to Marriott points. Using the Marriott card I was able to get about 500 points for a $100 hotel room. This will of course vary by how expensive of a hotel you choose, but can be lucrative if you've had your fill of Marriott points already.

Finally, the Bloom badge was an easy score from Valentine's day when I ordered flowers for my girlfriend from FTD. Although they delivered the wrong bouquet, it was good to get the badge and a few extra points. Can't say I've had good experiences with FTD in the past, so this was probably my last purchase with them, but if you need some flowers, why not grab a few points along the way.

This should put you pretty close to, if not already at, level six. Some easier badges await you there, which I will cover in the next segment. 

 - J

Did You Start the Mosaic Challenge yet?

My Entry to the JetBlue Mosaic Challenge

JetBlue recently re-introduced the Mosaic Challenge for 2014. After about a week and a half, I received a response to my request to join the challenge. The email is extremely simple, with no graphics or real formatting, but covers all the bases none the less. The email isn't personalized in any way, and directs you to track your own progress through the TrueBlue section of the JetBlue website.

Get Money Back for Your April 1st Flight

An April Fools Deal That Isn't a Joke!

It has almost become commonplace for most retail oriented companies to use April Fools day as a marketing opportunity to do a non-joke sale, promotion, or offer. It's an easy way to get people's attention and the consumer wins too.