Marriott Rewards adds JetBlue as its 31st airline partner. Now you can earn TrueBlue loyalty points

Recent Comments harvson3 on Le Club Accorhotels Facebook game for 2,000 points = $60 hotel credit Le Club Accorhotels Facebook game for 2000 points = $60 hotel credit | All Inclusive Resort Reviews on Le Club Accorhotels Facebook game for 2,000 points = $60 hotel credit Rewarding Recap: Airline Enrollment Bonuses and $50 off Travelocity - Hack My Trip on 30 Beds in 30 Days Marriott Facebook giveaway to Nov 13 Ric Garrido on Loyalty Traveler walks to Wall Street and finds democracy past and present Ric Garrido on Loyalty Traveler walks to Wall Street and finds democracy past and present
Marriott Rewards adds JetBlue as its 31st airline partner. Now you can earn TrueBlue loyalty points on Marriott brand hotel stays or exchange Marriott Rewards points to TrueBlue points, but this partnership is of little value based on the earn and burn rates established between the programs.
Earn 1 TrueBlue points per US$1 in hotel spend at Marriott brands best vacation deals cruise of JW Marriott, Renaissance, Marriott Hotels Resorts, Marriott Vacation Club, Autograph Collection and for room rate only at Edition and Ritz-Carlton best vacation deals cruise hotels.
Yesterday I started to analyze the value proposition best vacation deals cruise of JetBlue TrueBlue points and shelved the project best vacation deals cruise for a day. Today is my lucky day when I saw The Wandering Aramean blogpost " Jet Blue's TrueBlue program: now 15-25% more True ". Seth posted a table of JetBlue routes with airfare and calculated the value of TrueBlue points.
My sense of good redemption value for Marriott Rewards points generally best vacation deals cruise hovers around $10 per 1,000 points. For example, 20,000 points for a category-4 $200 per night hotel or 40,000 points for a $400 per night luxury Ritz-Carlton Tier 2 hotel is good redemption value. I can confidently say that JetBlue TrueBlue earn/burn best vacation deals cruise rates for Marriott Rewards is a poor value proposition, unless you are really desperate for some TrueBlue points.
I think the value of a Marriott point is almost as high as the value of a TrueBlue point. Seth s data shows TrueBlue points worth about $15 per 1,000 points for many routes. This ratio means the actual redemption value of a TrueBlue point is only about 50% more than a Marriott Rewards point so 1,500 Marriott rewards points = 1,000 JetBlue points in a fair value exchange by my Loyalty Traveler estimate.
Yet, the official exchange rates established best vacation deals cruise between Marriott Rewards and JetBlue TrueBlue show a Marriott best vacation deals cruise Courtyard hotel stay is trading 20 Marriott points for 1 TrueBlue point. The best points-to-miles exchange rate gives 1 TrueBlue point for 5 Marriott Rewards points. These are poor exchange best vacation deals cruise values for Marriott Rewards points.
JetBlue's earn rate for flights is based on the airfare. TrueBlue members earn 6 points for every $1 in ticket price for JetBlue.com website purchases. It's possible to earn over 20,000 TrueBlue points for $1,800 in cross-country tickets.
TrueBlue members receive 3,500 bonus points after reaching thresholds of flight activity at 3,000 points for a 500 points bonus; 6,000 points for a 1,000 points bonus; and 9,000 points for a 2,000 points bonus.
$11,000 in hotel spend will earn at least 55,000 Marriott Rewards points if all spend is at Residence Inn or TownePlace Suites, but more likely in the 110,000 range with most Marriott brands earning 10 points per $1. In real travel, elite points and bonus points offers will likely push total points earned after $11,000 in spend to 125,000 points to 250,000 best vacation deals cruise points range.
Assume Marriott Rewards best vacation deals cruise member earns 125,000 Marriott Rewards points after $11,000 in spend. These Marriott Rewards points can now be exchanged for 25,000 TrueBlue points. Seth's chart shows an Orlando to San Francisco ticket is $330 or 24,000 TrueBlue points.
Ultimately best vacation deals cruise a $330 JetBlue rebate on $11,000 in Marriott hotel spend is only a 3% return on your hotel loyalty points. Loyalty Travelers should be looking for at least 20% return on paid stays. The ability to get a $330 ticket for 24,000 TrueBlue points earned from flying JetBlue is a decent 18.3% return on $1,800 in JetBlue spend.
Trading 125,000 Marriott Rewards points for a $330 JetBlue one-way ticket is one option of redeeming points after five-digit Marriott Hotels travel spend. Another option is to exchange 125,000 Marriott best vacation deals cruise Rewards points for 50,000 airline miles with any of these airlines and find a better flight deal for your miles. Think of where 50,000 miles will take you on Aeromexico, Aeroplan (Air Canada), Alaska, British Airways, Continental, best vacation deals cruise Delta Air Lines, Frontier Airlines, Gol/Varig, Hawaiian Airlines, Mexicana, United Airlines, US Airways, Virgin Atlantic .
125,000 points is good for 3 nights best vacation deals cruise in a Tier 2 Ritz-Carlton best vacation deals cruise Hotel like Ritz-Carlton Cancun or Ritz-Carlton New Orleans at 40,000 points per night. best vacation deals cruise Find a Tier 2 Ritz-Carlton Pointsavers award and the nightly cost drops to 30,000 Marriott Rewards best vacation deals cruise points per night with the option for a 5 th night free reward. Five nights in the Tier 2 Ritz-Carlton New Orleans for 120,000 points is the kind of exchange you are passing when you decide to trade Marriott Rewards points for JetBlue points.