JetBlue Introduces cash and points

[mochjas]

https://thepointsguy.com/news/jetblue-cash-and-points/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&tw=1&utm_campaign=thepointsguy&utm_term=editorial&utm_content=9B4DF7AE-B551-11EA-A515-98F44744363C

[mochjas]

https://www.jetblue.com/trueblue/faqs

[shimbo]

Did JetBlue use this as a way to devalue all their points?
It used to worth a standard of approx 1.5cpp. Many flights I'm searching now only give a value of about 1cpp

[Dan]

Did JetBlue use this as a way to devalue all their points?
It used to worth a standard of approx 1.5cpp. Many flights I'm searching now only give a value of about 1cpp

https://www.dansdeals.com/points-travel/milespoints/use-jetblue-pointscash-awards/

[shimbo]

https://www.dansdeals.com/points-travel/milespoints/use-jetblue-pointscash-awards/

I saw that post, I'm talking about even the "traditional" redemption to use only points the value also seems to have gone way down. For example JFK-PDX July 9 is $384 cash or 35,600 points

[shimbo]

Seems like the closer to the travel date the less the points are worth. Was it always like that? I dont book that often but I dont recall it being that way

[Dan]

I saw that post, I'm talking about even the "traditional" redemption to use only points the value also seems to have gone way down. For example JFK-PDX July 9 is $384 cash or 35,600 points

Are you comparing to basic or blue.

[shimbo]

Are you comparing to basic or blue.

Blue

[shimbo]

Seems like the closer to the travel date the less the points are worth. Was it always like that? I dont book that often but I dont recall it being that way

Another example:
JFK-LAX:
July 9: $294 vs 24.7k value 1.19
July 16: $239 vs 17.6k value 1.36

[Dan]

Yup, long been the case that the more expensive the ticket is, the lower the value is.

[shimbo]

Aha, thank you, did not know that

[yelped]

Yup, long been the case that the more expensive the ticket is, the lower the value is.

I was also surprised by this a year and a half ago. I think it should be pointed out in posts that discuss Trueblue points. "Higher priced tickets will result in lower value per point", or something like that.