JetBlue Plus vs JetBlue Premier

Every figure below is from the same dataset Miles computes its recommendations from. Rows the two cards agree on are collapsed at the bottom.

JetBlue Plus

Barclays

JetBlue Premier

Barclays

Economics

Annual fee

$99

$400/yr less

$499

Ongoing annual value

$106

$7/yr more

$99

Net value (value − fee)

$407/yr more

−$400

First-year value estimate

$858

$277/yr more

$581

Authorized user fee

—

$150

Sign-up Bonus

Current offer

75K points after $1K in spend in the first 90 days

90K points after $5K in spend in the first 90 days

Earning

JetBlue & Paisly purchases

—

6X7.8%

JetBlue purchases

6X7.8%

—

Percentages are the return on a dollar spent: the multiplier times what Miles values those points at. Categories only one card earns a bonus on are marked for that card; the other earns its base rate.

Benefits

Statement credits

JetBlue Vacations: $100 (Annual Calendar Year)

TrueBlue Travel: $300 (Annual Calendar Year)
Global Entry/TSA PreCheck: $120 (Every 4 Years)

Lounge access

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Priority Pass Select (unlimited)
JetBlue BlueHouse Lounge (unlimited)

Elite status

JetBlue TrueBlue

JetBlue TrueBlue
JetBlue TrueBlue

Protections

The same on both cards (8)

Foreign transaction fee

None

Issuer

Barclays

Rewards currency

JetBlue TrueBlue

Card type

Personal

Network

Mastercard

All other purchases

1X1.3%

Dining

2X2.6%

Grocery Stores

2X2.6%

Which one is right for you

This page shows the difference. It does not pick: the winner depends on what you spend and what you already hold, and adding these figures up without knowing that would be a guess dressed as a verdict. Ask Miles and it computes the answer against your own wallet.

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