- New FoundersCard Benefit – JetBlue Mosaic Status Match by DEM Flyers. I personally don’t think FoundersCard is worth it, but some readers have it.
- Choice Privileges 25K rewards at Preferred Hotels & Resorts USA, Canada, Mexico by Loyalty Traveler. These are the lowest costing properties in the choice program.
- Amazon Go stores are coming to Chicago and San Francisco by CNN Money. It’s such cool technology, but I do feel for the people that will inevitably lose their jobs due to this.
- China Scaling Back Their “One Route, One Airline” Rule by One Mile At A Time.
Deals expiring at the end of today (view the full deal calendar here):
- American Express Delta Gold 60,000 Mile Offer + $50 Statement Credit [Personal & Business Offers]
- American Express Delta Platinum – 70,000 Miles + $100 Statement Credit + 10,000 MQM [Personal & Business]
- [Targeted] Amex Offers: Save 15% at Starbucks, up to $5 Off
- Lowe’s 11% Rebate for In-Store Purchase [5/10-5/16]
- Alaska Shopping Portal Bonus: Spend $200 & Get 500 Bonus Miles
- American Airlines Shopping Portal Bonus: Spend $200 & Get 400 Bonus Miles
- Delta Flash Sale: Round Trip To Europe from 48,000 Miles
Deals expiring at end of tomorrow:
- AmEx Express Checkout Checkout: Earn An Additional 2x Membership Rewards Points At Select Merchants (Staples, Walmart & More)
- Stop&Shop/Giant/Martin’s: $15 Shopping Voucher or 4x Fuel Points with Select Gift Cards (Best Buy, Kohl’s & More)
- Get 6% eBay Bucks for Buying or Selling, Stack with Google Home Offer [Targeted]
FC is niche use and YMMV based on ur travel habits, but in terms of matching B6 Mosaic, IMHO, if that status is useful to you, then you already have it.
unlike other legacy carriers where you have to fly extensively like crazy, it doesnt take too much to become Mosaic and if that status is worth it to you, then you already fly the required 30 segments + 12k points or just earning 15k points in a calendar year (you earn 3 points per dollar). so u need to spend 4k to 5k per year on B6 which is totally reasonable.
of course, matching can be nice even for the first and only final flight. but thats kinda a waste and u ony have Mosaic Status through 12/31/18.
the 4 free nights at atlantis makes the founders card appealing… especially with this mosaic match and the fact that you can get the $350 back from republic bank on a 2 year membership. Would bring down the price down pretty good.
Alantis stay isn’t worth much IMO and you can match to it with MGM gold at the moment anyway.
Founderscard’s not for me right now either, but I find it intriguing and if you’re a certain type of traveler who can use the benefits (e.g. if you stay in Caesars hotels a lot and your resort fees could use waiving), I think it can hypothetically be well worth it.
I find it interesting that the match works for entry level status on American, but requires second tier on United and Delta.
I had Mosaic via public match last year, and really enjoyed having it, as it allowed me to book travel speculatively. I live in NYC so having money in a JetBlue travel bank is not a problem. Getting nearly free Even More Space seats was nice too.
(I droned on about Mosaic here: http://pointastichellhole.com/2017/12/11/jetblue-mosaic-is-like-artistically-arranged-tiles-of-cancelled-tickets/)
Lol I love how the FounderCard article doesn’t even recommend the card. Just asks readers to “send a few referrals our way”