Wide Open JetBlue Business Class Award Space To Europe, Book With Credit Card Points (7+ Seats!)
Award travel on JetBlue has been limited. You’ve mostly been able to use their own points, in their revenue-based program, at low value. And it hasn’t made much sense to transfer points from credit card programs to JetBlue.
Emirates redemptions for JetBlue business class (‘Mint’) could be a good value, but those are gone. And American AAdvantage offered JetBlue redemptions, but the federal government put a stop to that.
However Qatar Airways replaced Emirates as close partner with JetBlue and One Mile at a Time flagged that redemption of Qatar Airways Privilege Club points for travel on JetBlue is now live. And those points are accessible by many:
Qatar’s partner award chart is distance-based and prices premium transcon flights at 38,750 points each way and transatlantic at 62,000 points.
You can search availability on Expert Flyer. Economy awards book into P class and business class books into I class. Find Flights For Me flags that availability on JetBlue transatlantic flights is wide open. These flights (broadly speaking) haven’t done very well, and there’s been little competition for transatlantic redemption seats.
Searching close-in for New York – Paris, I see good availability. Over winter, too, and also next summer.
JetBlue has a good narrowbody business class product, and good inflight catering, especially with their new product.
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Credit: JetBlue
Some short-haul international routes, such as to the Caribbean, offer a ‘Mint’ cabin as well which can be a value using Qatar’s points.
Booking requires you to go to the Qatar Airways website for redemptions, choose the JetBlue flight detials you want, along with passenger details. You ‘request’ the space and then if it’s available it will be put on hold pending payment for ticketing. Find Flights For Me reports that Qatar isn’t adding carrier-imposed (‘fuel’) surcharges to JetBlue redemptions.
Bear in mind that JetBlue doesn’t offer lounge access for business class passengers. At some airports you’ll have credit card-based lounge options.
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