{"id":240929,"date":"2025-12-26T17:00:17","date_gmt":"2025-12-26T17:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/?p=240929\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T14:30:52","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T14:30:52","slug":"jal-partnership-ending","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/news\/jetblue-trueblue\/jal-partnership-ending\/","title":{"rendered":"JetBlue and Japan Airlines to Terminate Partnership \u2014 Here\u2019s the Last Day to Book Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"custom-blue\"><em>The changes below have taken effect, and this post is no longer being updated. Here is our <a href=\"https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/tag\/major-updates\/\" target=\"new\">archive of major updates<\/a> from card issuers and loyalty programs.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Just as mysteriously as it first appeared, JetBlue\u2019s partnership with Japan Airlines is coming to an end.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, AwardWallet was the first to notice that <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/airlines\/jetblue-trueblue\/book-japan-airlines-awards\/\" rel=\"noopener\">JetBlue began offering award flights on Japan Airlines bookable with TrueBlue points<\/a>. JAL soon reciprocated by making JetBlue awards available on its own site. However, the partnership won\u2019t even make it to its first anniversary before officially ending for good.<\/p>\n<p>Here's what to know.<\/p>\n<div id=\"toc_container\" class=\"toc_light_blue no_bullets\"><p class=\"toc_title\">Page Contents<\/p><ul class=\"toc_list\"><li><a href=\"#JetBlue_and_JAL_to_End_Partnership_in_Early_2026\">JetBlue and JAL to End Partnership in Early 2026<\/a><ul><li><a href=\"#This_is_disappointing_news\">This is disappointing news<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><a href=\"#Bottom_Line\">Bottom Line<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n<h2><span id=\"JetBlue_and_JAL_to_End_Partnership_in_Early_2026\">JetBlue and JAL to End Partnership in Early 2026<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>JetBlue\u2019s non-alliance partnership with Japan Airlines unceremoniously kicked off on April 23, 2025. According to JAL\u2019s partner airline landing page, though, the partnership is <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jal.co.jp\/jp\/en\/jalmile\/use\/partner_air\/\" rel=\"noopener\">set to be terminated<\/a> early next year.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_240930\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-aspectratio=\"900\/143\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-240930 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/B6-JAL-1.png\" alt=\"Japan Airlines partner webpage with JetBlue notice.\" width=\"900\" height=\"143\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/B6-JAL-1.png 1900w, https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/B6-JAL-1-750x119.png 750w, https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/B6-JAL-1-900x143.png 900w, https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/B6-JAL-1-768x122.png 768w, https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/B6-JAL-1-1536x244.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><center><em>Credit: Japan Airlines<\/em><\/enter><\/figure>\n<p>The partnership will officially end on <strong>March 31, 2026<\/strong>. That\u2019ll be the last day you can book JetBlue awards through JAL\u2019s website and, presumably, JAL awards via JetBlue. <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jetblue.com\/airline-partners\/japan-airlines\" rel=\"noopener\">JetBlue\u2019s partner page<\/a> hasn\u2019t yet been updated to reflect that its JAL partnership is ending, but that\u2019s likely to change soon.<\/p>\n<p>Japan Airlines also noted that <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jal.co.jp\/jp\/en\/info\/2025\/jmb\/b6\/\" rel=\"noopener\">changes and refund requests for tickets will still be possible<\/a> on or after April 1, 2026. You can make adjustments and requests through JAL\u2019s website or its contact centers.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_240931\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-aspectratio=\"750\/544\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-240931 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/B6-JAL-2.png\" alt=\"Japan Airlines partnership with JetBlue ending notice.\" width=\"750\" height=\"544\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/B6-JAL-2.png 1944w, https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/B6-JAL-2-750x544.png 750w, https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/B6-JAL-2-900x653.png 900w, https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/B6-JAL-2-768x557.png 768w, https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/B6-JAL-2-1536x1114.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><center><em>Credit: Japan Airlines<\/em><\/enter><\/figure>\n<h3><span id=\"This_is_disappointing_news\">This is disappointing news<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>It\u2019s hard not to be disappointed by the loss of yet another way to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/airlines\/free-flights-to-japan-with-points\/\" rel=\"noopener\">get to Japan using points and miles<\/a>. JetBlue TrueBlue points are relatively easy to earn, and for a short time, award rates on Japan Airlines were actually pretty good especially in business and first class (when space was available).<\/p>\n<p>That said, it did seem like something had been off with this partnership for a while. When it first launched in April 2025, you could book JAL business class from places like Vancouver to Tokyo for just 59,000 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/airlines\/jetblue-trueblue\/\" rel=\"noopener\">TrueBlue<\/a> points.<\/p>\n<p>A few months later, that price jumped to 79,900 points. A sharp increase like this probably meant these redemptions were too expensive for JetBlue to sustain over the long term.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_198716\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-aspectratio=\"600\/480\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-198716 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Japan-Airlines-JAL-A350-Featured.png\" alt=\"Japan Airlines A350 parked at a gate.\" width=\"600\" height=\"480\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Japan-Airlines-JAL-A350-Featured.png 1000w, https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Japan-Airlines-JAL-A350-Featured-300x240.png 300w, https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Japan-Airlines-JAL-A350-Featured-768x614.png 768w, https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Japan-Airlines-JAL-A350-Featured-325x260.png 325w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><center><em>Credit: JT Genter\/AwardWallet<\/em><\/enter><\/figure>\n<p>Alternatively, the early end could be tied to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/news\/airlines\/united-jetblue-expand-blue-sky-partnership\/\" rel=\"noopener\">JetBlue cozying up to United<\/a>, a Star Alliance member. Or, they could stem from the JAL side, especially as earning Mileage Bank miles has become significantly easier since the partnership rolled out.<\/p>\n<p>We don\u2019t know the exact reason, but no matter the root cause, it\u2019s disappointing to see a partnership like this end so quickly.<\/p>\n<h2><span id=\"Bottom_Line\">Bottom Line<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>JetBlue\u2019s partnership with Japan Airlines is ending on <strong>March 31, 2026<\/strong>. That\u2019ll be the last day you can book JAL awards with TrueBlue points, and vice versa. Thankfully, there are still plenty of other ways to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/airlines\/best-business-class-awards-asia\/\" rel=\"noopener\">get to get to Asia in business class<\/a>, but losing this option in particular will surely sting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JetBlue\u2019s partnership with Japan Airlines is coming to an end. Earlier this year, AwardWallet was the first to notice that JetBlue began offering award flights on Japan Airlines bookable with TrueBlue points. However, the partnership won\u2019t even make it to its first anniversary before officially ending for good. Here&#8217;s what to know.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":80,"featured_media":212985,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_wpscppro_dont_share_socialmedia":null,"_wpscppro_custom_social_share_image":0,"_facebook_share_type":"default","_twitter_share_type":"default","_linkedin_share_type":"default","_pinterest_share_type":"default","_linkedin_share_type_page":"","_instagram_share_type":"default","_medium_share_type":"default","_threads_share_type":"","_google_business_share_type":"","_selected_social_profile":[],"_wpsp_enable_custom_social_template":false,"_wpsp_social_scheduling":{"enabled":false,"datetime":null,"platforms":[],"status":"template_only","dateOption":"today","timeOption":"now","customDays":"","customHours":"","customDate":"","customTime":"","schedulingType":"absolute"},"_wpsp_active_default_template":true},"categories":[12069],"tags":[12760,12767,12036,12625,12629],"coauthors":[36432],"class_list":["post-240929","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-jal-mileagebank","tag-jetblue-trueblue","tag-major-updates","tag-partners-and-alliances","tag-using-points"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240929","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/80"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=240929"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240929\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":253813,"href":"https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240929\/revisions\/253813"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/212985"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=240929"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=240929"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=240929"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=240929"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}