Menu
Home
Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
New media
New media comments
Latest activity
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Home
Forums
Starting Out
New Blog Posts
Don’t buy Jetblue points (asthejoeflies #2)
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
Reply to thread
Message
<p>[QUOTE="asthejoeflies, post: 844272, member: 345"]</p><p><img src="https://i1.wp.com/saverocity.com/asthejoeflies/wp-content/uploads/sites/15/2016/08/IMG_20160808_073934879_HDR.jpg?fit=4618%2C3464&ssl=1" data-url="https://i1.wp.com/saverocity.com/asthejoeflies/wp-content/uploads/sites/15/2016/08/IMG_20160808_073934879_HDR.jpg?fit=4618%2C3464&ssl=1" class="bbImage " style="" alt="Are you a family preparing to travel with three kids? There's a lot to worry about, from cost to logics. Here are some ideas to deal with the added stress!'s a lot to worry about, from cost to logics. Here are some ideas to deal with the added stress!" title="Are you a family preparing to travel with three kids? There's a lot to worry about, from cost to logics. Here are some ideas to deal with the added stress!'s a lot to worry about, from cost to logics. Here are some ideas to deal with the added stress!" /></p><p></p><p><em>Note: When appropriate, I’ll be posting some of my newsletters on the blog. I still have it, so might as well use it. Normally they will be shorter versions, like today. If you’d like to sign up for the full newsletter <a href="http://www.tinyletter.com/asthejoeflies">you can do so here</a>. </em></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong>Don’t buy Jetblue points</strong></span></p><p></p><p>If you’re reading this you probably already know, but just in case: buying JetBlue points is a terrible value. I love the airline and just spoke on a <a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/33296851">bonus episode</a> of Observation Deck about how I maximize Mosaic status but I’d also prefer the airline not insult us. </p><p></p><p>I just received an offer in my inbox to buy 30,000 Trueblue points for about $513 after taxes and such. That’s a cost of about 1.7 cents per point. For reference, I consider 1.5 cents per point a good redemption on JetBlue. And if you want to fly Mint you’ll only get 1 cpp, so uh…bad deal. In fact buying JetBlue points is almost always universally a bad deal.</p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong>Don’t buy any points?</strong></span></p><p></p><p>Honestly, I’m hard pressed to think of many good scenarios to buy points at all. Notable exceptions are topping off an account to make a redemption happen or perhaps buying Alaska miles to fly Cathay or Japan Airlines up front. Other than that? Buying points mostly feels like a scam to me. Be especially careful when bloggers are posting about points “sales” as some will receive a commission if you go through the links on their sites.</p><p></p><p>I’m guessing there are some who MS at extremely low costs and for them it might make sense to buy miles; that’s just not me in my current situation.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://saverocity.com/asthejoeflies/dont-buy-jetblue-points/">Continue reading...</a></p><p>[/QUOTE]</p>
[QUOTE="asthejoeflies, post: 844272, member: 345"] [IMG alt="Are you a family preparing to travel with three kids? There's a lot to worry about, from cost to logics. Here are some ideas to deal with the added stress!'s a lot to worry about, from cost to logics. Here are some ideas to deal with the added stress!"]https://i1.wp.com/saverocity.com/asthejoeflies/wp-content/uploads/sites/15/2016/08/IMG_20160808_073934879_HDR.jpg?fit=4618%2C3464&ssl=1[/IMG] [I]Note: When appropriate, I’ll be posting some of my newsletters on the blog. I still have it, so might as well use it. Normally they will be shorter versions, like today. If you’d like to sign up for the full newsletter [URL='http://www.tinyletter.com/asthejoeflies']you can do so here[/URL]. [/I] [SIZE=5][B]Don’t buy Jetblue points[/B][/SIZE] If you’re reading this you probably already know, but just in case: buying JetBlue points is a terrible value. I love the airline and just spoke on a [URL='https://www.patreon.com/posts/33296851']bonus episode[/URL] of Observation Deck about how I maximize Mosaic status but I’d also prefer the airline not insult us. I just received an offer in my inbox to buy 30,000 Trueblue points for about $513 after taxes and such. That’s a cost of about 1.7 cents per point. For reference, I consider 1.5 cents per point a good redemption on JetBlue. And if you want to fly Mint you’ll only get 1 cpp, so uh…bad deal. In fact buying JetBlue points is almost always universally a bad deal. [SIZE=5][B]Don’t buy any points?[/B][/SIZE] Honestly, I’m hard pressed to think of many good scenarios to buy points at all. Notable exceptions are topping off an account to make a redemption happen or perhaps buying Alaska miles to fly Cathay or Japan Airlines up front. Other than that? Buying points mostly feels like a scam to me. Be especially careful when bloggers are posting about points “sales” as some will receive a commission if you go through the links on their sites. I’m guessing there are some who MS at extremely low costs and for them it might make sense to buy miles; that’s just not me in my current situation. [url="https://saverocity.com/asthejoeflies/dont-buy-jetblue-points/"]Continue reading...[/url] [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Preview
Name
Verification
What is the greatest credit card of all time, with 2x on Dining and Travel? (from Chase)
Post reply
Home
Forums
Starting Out
New Blog Posts
Don’t buy Jetblue points (asthejoeflies #2)
Top