Leaked Online: JetBlue’s $499 Credit Card Details New Lounges And Mosaic Perks – View from the Wing

While JetBlue is in severe cost-cutting mode, eliminating cities and routes, dropping hot meals from long haul economy, and scaling back its fleet ambitions, they’re planning to add business class lounges – having gotten Barclays to pay for it.

The new premium JetBlue credit card makes the economics of lounges work for them, and they’re planning to open lounges at New York JFK and Boston, which will be available to:

• Transatlantic business class
• Top tier elites (“Mosaic 4”)
• Premium credit card cardmembers
• Paid annual members and pay-in day pass customers

View Of An Airport Lounge

The new credit card isn’t available yet, but they allowed the details to sneak out on their website.

New “JetBlue Premier Card” live on JetBlue’s website
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• Earning: 6x JetBlue purchases and JetBlue’s Paisly travel booking purchases; 2x on restaurants and grocery stores; 1x on every thing else.
• JetBlue travel benefits: Group A boarding; first checked bag free; spend counts towards status (although we don’t yet know at what rate, or any caps)
• Additional benefits: Priority Pass Select; Global Entry or PreCheck credit up to $120 every 4 years; $300 annual Paisly purchase credit
• Annual fee: $499 plus $150 per authorized user

The information released into the wild doesn’t mention JetBlue lounges, but we know this card will include access. The $150 authorized user fee highly suggests that authorized users will receive substantive benefits – but we don’t know if that means JetBlue lounge access, JetBlue boarding and baggage benefits, or Priority Pass.

There’s no information on the card’s initial bonus offer, which could make it worth getting. But there’s very little here that’ll make it worth putting spending on (other than JetBlue purchases, but even there 5x American Express points from Platinum is likely better, plus we know what Amex trip delay coverage looks like). Of course someone might choose modest points-earning for their spend in exchange for progress towards status.

Presumably this will be the best way to purchase JetBlue lounge access for those regular enough to want it, but with a highly limited lounge network plus Priority Pass there isn’t a lot of coverage here.

(HT: Danny Deal Guru)