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The transfer ratio of Citi ThankYou Points to JetBlue TrueBlue rewards has improved as of September 13, 2018. Citi has different transfer ratios depending on the credit card you hold. Ratios have increased across all credit cards.
Key Change
Holders of the Citi Prestige® Card and Citi Premier® Card can now transfer points to JetBlue at a ratio of 1:1. This represents a ratio improvement of 25%. Holders of the no fee Citi ThankYou® Preferred Card can now transfer points at a ratio of 1:0.8, or 1000 ThankYou Points for 800 JetBlue TrueBlue rewards.
Combining Points
The improved ratios and the addition of Chase as a transfer partner, have put JetBlue in a unique position amongst US carriers. It is the only US airline that is a transfer partner with two of the three major credit card reward currencies.
Our Take
Competition means consumer wins. When Chase added JetBlue as a transfer partner at the end of August, Citi clearly took a look and decided they needed to compete.
Source: View From The Wing
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Competition is a good thing. Glad to see higher transfer rates.
Jetblue is my new favorite since VX is gone. Thanks!
This transfer option is something for me to look into. Just booked 2 Jet Blue flights and opened a True Blue account.
Since you just opened a True Blue account, I’ll make sure you know about the Barclay’s credit card that sometimes has a 60,000 mile bonus, and the family sharing (that I think has just expended beyond family) which lets you pool multiple people’s miles.
I wish JetBlue would start flying to oversea destinations.
Good news from a great carrier
So much more leg room on jet blue, great news!
I have only used my Thank You points for booking airfare with my choice of dates and times.
In the past Citi has done bonus transfers with increased ratios for JetBlue. Hopefully Citi does in the future with the new current ratio. And if you have the JetBlue Plus cards having the 10% points back after redemption, you come out ahead
Jet Blue is one of my favorites. I’m really happy about this points transfer increase.
As JetBlue points don’t expire (but, like all programs, are always at risk for devaluation), I wonder if they will make one of those special offers with an increased rate above this at some point.
Yes, I hope we can reward the program with no expiration of points with our meaningful participation in it.
JetBlue really good domestic carrier compared to the others… glad to see for once points game going in our direction
Since they don’t have a major us transfer partner, this is the next best thing.
I love flexible points but I haven’t yet gotten any cards that have Citi Thank You Points. As long as Citi keeps making some effort to keep up, I imagine that I will get with the program at some time. Competition is good for the consumer. Thanks for the information.