JetBlue Changes Expiration Details for Travel Credits
JetBlue has quietly made a negative change to the terms of its Travel Bank credits. This has to do with how the airline calculates the expiration of these credits, and it has a big impact especially for those who book well ahead.
The new terms now state:
For tickets issued or exchanged after Mar 8, 2023 that are voluntarily cancelled or exchanged to a lower fare, funds are returned as a JetBlue travel credit that is valid for 12 months from the original ticketing date.
These were the terms before this week’s update:
For tickets booked before Mar 8, 2023 that are voluntarily cancelled or exchanged to a lower fare, funds are returned as a JetBlue travel credit that is valid for 12 months from the date the credit is issued.
The difference is when the 12-month clock start for your travel credits. Until March 8th it was calculated from the date the credit was issued, which would normally be when you cancel a flight for example. Now it starts from the date when the flight was booked.
So let’s say that you book a flight today for travel six months from now. If you decide to cancel just a few days before traveling, you’ll only have about six months to use your credit instead of 12 months under the old terms.
HT: TPG
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This is why I will be closing their card within 8-9 months or so way Before their annual fee hits.
did they also remove the option to get the flight credit for involuntary schedule change over 61 min??? I am not sure how they can legally change the terms and conditions immediately like this and apply the rules to the tickets purchased under a very different expectation set by their old policy….
Whoa… thanks for the heads up!