21 Best Ways To Earn Lots of JetBlue TrueBlue Points [2018]

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Spencer Howard

- April 1, 2017August 1, 2018

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Update: Some offers mentioned below for the JetBlue Card and JetBlue Plus Card are no longer available.

JetBlue might not have the same kind of extensive route network compared to Delta Air Lines or American Airlines, but they have gained a reputation for having a good product and solid service.

In this post, you’ll learn about the ways you can use credit cards to earn JetBlue TrueBlue points and other fun ways to earn even more points. Soon you’ll have tons of TrueBlue points to redeem any way you want!

Using The JetBlue Card and Partner Credit Cards

We love getting points using our credit cards, and TrueBlue points can be earned using the new Barclays line up. First, you’ll need to get signed up to the loyalty program and credit card.

Here’s how to get started.

Sign up for a JetBlue TrueBlue Account

Like many other airline programs, you can become a member immediately by just signing up on JetBlue’s site. Once you’ve set up an account, you’ll be ready to earn TrueBlue points.

Your TrueBlue membership number will appear under “My Account.” Keep that number handy, as you’ll use it to earn extra points with JetBlue’s various partners.

Check under Current Deals to see if there are any promotions when you sign up. For example, there may be a chance to earn extra points if you fly within a set time period after registering your account.

Earn TrueBlue Points With Credit Cards

There are several credit cards that can help you earn TrueBlue points. Some earn TrueBlue points directly, while others earn transferable points that can be transferred to your TrueBlue account.

1. Barclays JetBlue Co-Branded Credit Cards

After a long relationship with American Express, JetBlue decided to partner with Barclays, which now issues 3 co-branded cards. When you get one of these cards, you can earn a big chunk of points thanks to the different sign-up bonuses offered by each.

First, let’s look at The JetBlue Plus Card. It earns 6 points per dollar on all purchases with JetBlue. This makes it a particularly useful card if you are paying for JetBlue flights regularly.

The JetBlue Business Card also earns 6 points per dollar with JetBlue. Both of these cards also allow you to earn Mosaic status with JetBlue by spending $50,000 on the card in a calendar year. Depending on your spending, this could be an easy way to earn Mosaic status.

Both cards come with a $99 annual fee but generally come with a hefty sign-up bonus.

If you’d prefer a card with no annual fee that earns TrueBlue points directly, look no further than The JetBlue Card. With this card, you’ll earn 3 points per dollar when making purchases with JetBlue. However, you cannot spend your way to Mosaic status with this card.

All three of these cards also have two bonus categories: restaurants and grocery stores. You will earn 2 points per dollar on these purchases regardless of which JetBlue card you choose.

Hot Tip: Check out the most valuable benefits of the JetBlue Plus Card!

2. Amex Membership Rewards Credit Cards

JetBlue Points can also be transferred from Amex Membership Rewards at a rate of 250:200. Sometimes you can take advantage of promotional periods that bump up the transfer rate to 1:1.

Generally, you can find better ways to redeem Membership Rewards points but they can come through in a pinch if you need a JetBlue flight. Try to wait for promotional transfer rates so you can get more value out of your Membership Rewards points.

(Use our transfer partner calculator to easily find out how many JetBlue points you’ll get when transferring from AMEX)

Recommended Amex Personal Cards

CREDIT CARD	BENEFITS & INFO
The Amex EveryDay® Credit Card	Earn 10,000 Membership Rewards® points after you use your new Card to make $1,000 in purchases in your first 3 months. 2x points at US supermarkets, on up to $6,000 per year in purchases (then 1x). Earn 20% extra points when you make 20 or more purchases with your Card in a billing period. 0% introductory APR for the first 15 months on purchases, then a variable APR of 14.74%-25.74%. 0% introductory APR for the first 15 months on balance transfers requested within 60 days of account opening, then a variable APR of 14.74%-25.74%. Terms Apply. Annual Fee: $0
Premier Rewards Gold Card from American Express	Earn 25,000 points after you use your new Card to make $2,000 in purchases within the first 3 months. $100 Airline fee credit. Terms apply. 3x points for flights booked directly with airlines. 2X points at US restaurants, US gas stations, and at US supermarkets. Terms Apply. Annual Fee: $0 for the first year, then $195
The Platinum Card® from American Express	Earn 60,000 Membership Rewards® points after you use your new Card to make $5,000 in purchases in your first 3 months. 5X Membership Rewards® points on flights booked directly with airlines or with American Express Travel. Access more than 1,200 airport lounges across 130 countries and counting, including the amazing Centurion® lounges. Up to $200 Uber Savings Annually. $200 Airline Fee Credit. Terms Apply. Annual Fee: $550

Recommended Amex Business Cards

CREDIT CARD	BENEFITS & INFO
The Business Gold Rewards Card from American Express OPEN	Earn 50,000 Membership Rewards® points after you spend $5,000 in purchases on the Card within your first 3 months of Card Membership Get 3x points - Choose 1 out of 5 categories. Earn 2x points on the remaining 4 categories $0 introductory annual fee for the first year, then $175. Terms Apply.
The Blue Business℠ Plus Credit Card from American Express	LIMITED TIME OFFER: Earn 10,000 extra Membership Rewards Points after you spend $3,000 in eligible purchases on the Card within your first 3 months of Card Membership. Offer ends 9/26/2018. Earn 2X points on everyday business purchases such as office supplies or client dinners. 0.0% intro APR on purchases and balance transfers for 15 months, then a variable rate, currently 12.99%, 16.99% or 20.99%. Terms Apply. Annual Fee: $0
The Business Platinum Card® from American Express OPEN	Welcome Offer: Earn up to 75,000 Membership Rewards® Points. Earn 50,000 Membership Rewards® points after you spend $10,000 & an extra 25,000 points after you spend an additional $10,000 all on qualifying purchases within your first 3 months of Card Membership. Get 5X Membership Rewards® points on flights and prepaid hotels on amextravel.com. Access more than 1,200 airport lounges across 130 countries and counting, including the amazing Centurion® lounges. $200 Airline Fee Credit. Terms Apply. Annual Fee: $450

3. Citi ThankYou Points Credit Cards

Recently, Citi added JetBlue as a transfer partner in the ThankYou Points program. Just like with Membership Rewards, the transfer ratio is 250:200 but can be bumped up to a 1:1 ratio during transfer bonus promotions.

Without a transfer bonus, there are better ways to redeem your ThankYou Points but they’re great to have if you really need them.

There are three cards that earn ThankYou Points:

You’ll need either the Citi Prestige® Card or the Citi ThankYou® Premier Card to have the ability to transfer your ThankYou Points to JetBlue or any other airline.

Earn Points Through Shopping and Dining

Like many other airlines, JetBlue has an online shopping portal and a dining program that can help you earn even more miles on your purchases.

4. ShopTrue Shopping Portal

JetBlue has a shopping portal called ShopTrue, which gives members opportunities to earn points through their favorite merchants when shopping online.

The JetBlue shopping portal has over 700 participating retailers offering up to 19 points per dollar.

Keep tabs on these bonus deals to see when your favorite retailers are offering more points than usual for a limited period of time.

5. The TrueBlue Dining Program

Though somewhat lower value than other dining programs out there, TrueBlue Dining will earn you 1 TrueBlue point per dollar when dining at restaurants in the network. Mosaic members earn 2 TrueBlue points per dollar.

See our Guide to TrueBlue Dining for how to maximize your point earnings.

Hot Tip: Use The JetBlue Card when you eat at restaurants participating in the dining program to earn 2x points for every $1 spent. You’ll earn these points in addition to what you already earn through the dining program and as a Mosaic member.

6. Other Retail Purchases

TrueBlue has scaled back its retail partners. The most versatile is Groupon.

Earning Points for Travel With JetBlue and Partners

JetBlue has many ways to earn points within its own points rewards system, but they also have a bunch of partners you can use to earn points as well.

7. Airfare & Flights

Purchase JetBlue flights or flights on any of JetBlue’s airline partners to earn TrueBlue points the old-fashioned way – taking a flight.

If you purchase your seats with The JetBlue Plus Card, you’ll earn 6 points per dollar on tickets (as well as any goods and services) purchased directly from JetBlue.

Note that JetBlue tickets purchased through a third-party site such as Expedia will not earn 6 points per dollar.

Flying With JetBlue Partners

Since JetBlue is not a member of any airline alliance, your options are limited for earning TrueBlue points with other airlines.

However, the airlines they do partner with are pretty awesome! All you have to do is add your TrueBlue number on the passenger info page at booking to get the points.

The following are some of the JetBlue partners and the points you can earn by flying them:

Before you jump in and add your TrueBlue number, make sure it’s the best choice when flying with one of JetBlue’s partners. Depending on your future travel plans, you might be better off earning with another frequent flyer program.

Flying JetBlue Airlines

Every dollar spent on a JetBlue flight will yield 3 TrueBlue points simply for being a TrueBlue member. If you purchase your flight via JetBlue.com, you’ll earn an additional 3 TrueBlue points per dollar as a bonus.

That’s 6 points per dollar spent on JetBlue tickets!

Depending on the seats you choose, it’s actually possible to earn 7 or 8 points per dollar on your JetBlue flights. JetBlue has 4 different seating levels: Blue, Blue Plus, Blue Flex, and Mint.

In addition to the individual benefits each level offers, you’ll earn between 3-5 points per dollar, plus extra bonus points depending on which level you choose.

Blue Flex is the most lucrative since it will yield 5 TrueBlue points for every dollar of the ticket price, but these tickets are more expensive since they are flexible.

Of course, all of the above points-earning possibilities are in addition to the 3-6 bonus TrueBlue points you’ll earn if you purchase with a JetBlue credit card.

Overall, that means you could earn between 9 and 11 points per dollar on your JetBlue ticket purchases!

Hot Tip: Request your seat to have “Even More Space” on JetBlue flights. This is an add-on to your ticket purchase that typically yields an extra 200 points per flight. Sweet!

8. Earn More With Mosaic Badge

JetBlue shies away from having traditional tiers for its most loyal customers.

Tiers in airline programs usually mean a customer who has reached certain membership status will earn points faster. Instead of offering a certain membership status to a customer for being a frequent JetBlue flyer, they offer a badge.

The Mosaic badge can be earned in one of three ways:

1. Earn 15,000 points within a calendar year
2. Fly 30 flight segments (that’s one-way) and earn at least 12,000 points within a calendar year.
3. Spend $50,000 in a calendar year on The JetBlue Plus Card or The JetBlue Business Card.

A couple benefits of the Mosaic badge are 15,000 bonus points added to your TrueBlue account, plus an additional 3 points for every $1 spent on JetBlue flights.

In total, you’ll have the potential to earn a whopping 11 TrueBlue points per dollar spent on JetBlue flights (5 points per dollar for Blue Flex seats + 3 points per dollar on flights bought at JetBlue.com + 3 points per dollar for your Mosaic badge).

9. Bonus Deals For JetBlue Flights

Want to rack up tons of points? Some bonus point deals exist that can help you reach your goal.

These bonus points are more attainable for those of us who fly on JetBlue only a few times a year.

The only rule here is the flights you take to reach these bonus goals have to be paid with money and not points; they cannot be award flights.

10. Collect Hundreds of Badges

You can earn some extra TrueBlue points by earning badges by completing simple tasks such as linking your Facebook and Twitter accounts or sharing things on social media.

There are also Travel Badges that involve taking flights with JetBlue to various destinations. You would have to be quite the ambitious traveler to earn all 325 of these, but having even a few will get you thousands of points.

For instance, if you frequently fly to one location, you’ll earn one of the “practically a local” badges, which are marked at 1,000 points each for flying 10 times to a destination.

JetBlue makes earning badges a competition. As you reach badge levels, you are ranked against the community of TrueBlue members who participate.

Make it even more of a competition by involving your friends and family to see who can earn the most!

11. Share Points With Family Pooling

JetBlue is one of the only airline programs that offers an easy way for family members to combine and transfer points among the group. The TrueBlue Family Pooling system allows two adults and up to five kids to earn and collect points then combine them.

There are no bonus JetBlue points associated with Family Pooling. However, there are more opportunities to earn the points, since you’re all earning separately and then pooling the points together.

Reaching a big goal such as a group award trip is easier when everyone is involved in the earning process!

Learn more about JetBlue’s Family Pooling option.

12. JetPaws

Bring your pet on board and earn bonus TrueBlue points. You can earn 300 bonus TrueBlue points on every flight segment you fly with your pet as a TrueBlue member through JetBlue’s free JetPaws program.

13. Car Rentals, Car Sharing, and Parking

Get bonus points when you drive a rental or park a vehicle using one of JetBlue TrueBlue’s partners.

Make sure to stay up-to-date on the latest promotions from the above partners, as offers do change.

14. Lyft

Link your TrueBlue and Lyft accounts to earn 30 points per Lyft Classic, Plus, or Premier ride to and from airports–up to 1,200 points annually.

15. Book With Hotel Partners

JetBlue has also partnered with several hotel chains, rewards programs, and hotel booking aids to offer bonus points. These points are generally given on a per stay basis.

In the table below, you’ll find information from some of the hotel partners and rewards programs that have partnered with JetBlue.

Hot Tip: Pay attention to the details of the hotel partnerships to ensure you earning your True Blue points.

16. Hotel Partner Credit Cards

There are a number of hotel credit cards that you could use to earn points and transfer to JetBlue TrueBlue. However, the transfer rates to JetBlue (and other airlines) are often terrible so it’s advisable to use these points for hotel award nights instead.

CREDIT CARD	CARD INFO
Marriott Rewards® Premier Plus Credit Card	Earn 75,000 Bonus Points after you spend $3,000 on purchases in the first 3 months from account opening. Free Night Award (valued up to 35,000 points) every year after account anniversary. Earn 6 points per $1 spent at participating Marriott Rewards & SPG hotels. Annual Fee: $95
Chase IHG® Rewards Club Select Credit Card	Earn 5x points at IHG hotels and 2x points on purchases at gas stations, grocery stores and restaurants. Annual Fee: $0 first year, then $49 Our Review
Chase Hyatt Credit Card	3x points at Hyatt properties and 2x points at restaurants, airfare purchased directly from the airline and car rental agencies Annual Fee: $75 Our Review

17. Book Vacation Packages

JetBlue Getaways provides opportunities to book a vacation package to die for. These deal earn 6 TrueBlue points per dollar since you are purchasing through JetBlue.

If you plan on booking a getaway and want to earn some JetBlue points for your effort, JetBlue Getaways is the way to go.

18. Book With Cruise Lines Around the World

Earn 2 TrueBlue points per dollar on cruises.

Cruise to destinations around the Carribean, South America, Europe, and more! When you search for a cruise, look for the link “Earn TrueBlue points on your sailing!”

The pop-up will tell you exactly how many points you should expect to earn on that particular cruise.

Keep an eye out for special deals on the front page of the cruise site, as additional bonus points may be offered for certain cruise lines and dates.

Specialty Earnings for JetBlue Points

There are tons of other ways to earn TrueBlue points that don’t fit into any of the above categories. Some of these options could give you a nice boost to your TrueBlue balance.

19. Home Energy

JetBlue TrueBlue has partnered with NRG Home:

Before you decide to purchase services, always compare prices of the above companies with other providers. There could be better deals elsewhere that would outweigh the bonus points benefit on offer.

Even if they don’t have a better price, another company could also offer better service.

20. Gift Registry With Points.com

Points.com teamed up with TrueBlue to offer you the chance to earn points as gifts for special occasions. Simply sign up for free, create your registry page, and start sharing it with your friends and family.

Depending on people’s generosity, you could potentially earn thousands of points with an option like this on the table!

This makes it easy to earn more points and reach your goals, perhaps saving up for that honeymoon trip or gap-year of solo travel.

21. Fill Out Surveys Online

TrueBlue has partnered with two data collection companies. You can earn TrueBlue points by taking surveys with either.

With e-Rewards, you’ll earn e-Rewards currency which can then be transferred into TrueBlue points through the Reward Center.

Points for Surveys will automatically transfer the points you earn on these surveys and add them to your TrueBlue account. So easy!

Other Methods

Buy JetBlue TrueBlue Points

If you’re looking to boost your balance because there’s a redemption that you really want to make (in the very short-term) then you could look at buying JetBlue points. We do not recommend buying points just because there’s a good promotion on as points can devalue overnight. This is only a viable strategy (in our opinion) if you’re in real need of a top up for a specific redemption just around the corner.

Final Thoughts

The JetBlue credit cards provide some great ways to earn TrueBlue points. Each card earns bonus points for groceries and restaurants.

Take advantage of JetBlue’s partners, shopping and dining programs, and even their badges to earn more TrueBlue points.