JetBlue Offers 2 Fast Tracks to Elite Status

While JetBlue’s new elite status-match campaign isn’t overtly directed at any single airline, its underlying goal is almost certainly to wean away current Virgin America elites in the run-up to that airline’s merger with Alaska Airlines.

Status Match

Through May 31, JetBlue will award complimentary Mosaic (elite) status to travelers with current elite status on the following airlines:

• Virgin America – Elevate Silver, Elevate Gold
• Alaska Airlines – MVP Gold, MVP Gold 75k
• American – Platinum, Executive Platinum
• Delta – Medallion Gold, Platinum, Diamond
• Emirates -‎ Silver, Gold, Platinum
• Southwest – A-List Preferred, Companion Pass
• United – Gold, Platinum, 1K

Mosaic status will remain in effect through the end of 2016, and program members with the matched status will be automatically enrolled in a status challenge (see below) to retain status through the end of 2017.

Status Challenge

No status on another airline? No problem; you can earn Mosaic status by earning 3,750 base flight points within 90 days. TrueBlue members earn three points per $1 spent, so the challenge amounts to earning status after spending $1,250.

The status will remain in effect through 2017.

Caveat

Earning status and its associated perks quickly and easily is a no-brainer.

There is one caveat, however, for those who might otherwise qualify for Mosaic status through normal means, in the process earning the 15,000-point welcome bonus awarded to newly minted elites. There’s no bonus for matched status: “Members who qualify for Mosaic status by means of the Mosaic Status Match will not be awarded 15,000 qualifying bonus points.”

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After 20 years working in the travel industry, and 15 years writing about it, Tim Winship knows a thing or two about travel. Follow him on Twitter @twinship.