JetBlue has released some details on some significant improvements for their premium cabin passengers coming in 2025. There are a couple negative adjustments as well, but nothing significant. I want to quickly highlight the coming improvements to the JetBlue premium experience in 2025.
2025 JetBlue Changes
There are three key changes coming to JetBlue in 2025 that will greatly affect their premium customers:
- Opening of JetBlue’s first airport lounges
- Launch of additional Mint routes
- Introduction of a premium JetBlue credit card
JetBlue lounges at two northeast hubs
The biggest news is that JetBlue will be opening up their first lounges. The carrier has an excellent new Mint product, and adding a lounge will do wonders for their overall premium experience. With several routes to Europe now, it makes sense that these have been in the works.
JetBlue plans to open two lounges at their two major northeast hubs: Boston Logan and New York – JFK. Expect to see the JFK lounge first in Terminal 5, which almost exclusively houses JetBlue. The Boston Logan lounge will open in the airport’s Terminal C later in the year.
Lounge access will be fairly restricted. Rather than being open to all Mint customers, the following will have complimentary access:
- Mosaic 4 members, plus one guest
- Mint customers on a transatlantic route
- Those who buy an annual pass
- Cardholders of a soon-to-be-launched premium credit card
Find Mint to more destinations
Mint is landing at a handful of new destinations, which is super cool:
- Bozeman, Montana
- Fort Lauderdale, Florida
- Phoenix, Arizona
- San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Vancouver, British Columbia
- And maybe more
JetBlue bills this as “more opportunities to Move to Mint.” This definitely means more seats, and possibly quite a few more available on these routes.
The Move to Mint certificates are how I’ve flown Mint each time. Most recently, both trips required two Move to Mint certificates. This was an unfortunate change to the perk not all that long after it launched. I had thought multiple certificates would only be required on routes to Europe, but both my cross-country flights required two. Maybe some of the new Mint destinations will only require one.
On the bright side, Mosaic members will earn an additional two Move to Mint certificates for every 100 additional tiles they earn past Mosaic 4.
JetBlue teases a premium credit card
Most cryptic of all, JetBlue states that they will be launching a premium credit card. There are no details, besides that it will allow access to the coming JetBlue lounges. But I will speculate. Here’s what I think it will have:
- Earning rates that are roughly the same as the existing JetBlue cards. They’re already solid for JetBlue flights. If they are better, it won’t be much more.
- Ability to earn JetBlue tiles, like the existing cards.
- More annual bonus points (I’m going to guess 10,000)
- All the other same benefits as the existing JetBlue cards (e.g. 50% of in-flight food and beverage)
- Unlimited lounge access. The lounges are new and they will want to attract customers. I don’t see them having a restriction on visits, a la Delta.
- However, I don’t expect to see is a Priority Pass membership. I think they’ll be targeting people who fly JetBlue more exclusively. Maybe they’ll have a few additional contract lounges at specific airports.
- Some sort of annual JetBlue credit or voucher. I’d expect something like $100 off a JetBlue flight. Or $200 of a vacation package (twice as good as the existing cards).
- An annual fee of around $500.
- It’ll be issued by Barclyas, like the others
- I think we’ll see it launch with a 80,000 to 100,000 point welcome bonus.
Again, this is entirely speculation on my part. I’m extremely curious to see what JetBlue rolls out and how it compares to what I envision.
Final Thoughts on the 2025 JetBlue Changes
Although I’ve not flow JetBlue much, I have had a few excellent experiences in their Mint cabin. This was thanks to a status match that I took advantage of in 2023. JetBlue pulled out all the stops to court disgruntled Delta flyers. They aren’t ideal, given that I live on the West Coast, and I won’t be keeping Mosaic in 2025. But I still have some JetBlue points to burn.
My hope is to end up in Mint again to experience the Boston lounge, but I’d have to fly all the way to Europe for that. What do you think of JetBlue rolling out their first lounge, plus the other changes?
