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Amex Jetblue - Product Change?

Anonymous — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 20:48:23 GMT

I have an Amex Jetblue card. It was great for several years. They were the main airline I would fly, and I wound up getting about a free flight every year with the card. I rarely fly Jetblue nowadays, and I don't like their rewards program as much as their old program, so it's no longer worth the $40 annual fee.

I called today to do a product change to the Blue Cash Everyday Card, and I was told that I can't do a product switch from the Jetblue card. Has anybody been able to accomplish this? I'm thinking it might be because it's an amex partner card rather than a regular Amex - but maybe I just got an unknowledgeable rep?

Re: Amex Jetblue - Product Change?

tntexans72 — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 21:09:23 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:
I have an Amex Jetblue card. It was great for several years. They were the main airline I would fly, and I wound up getting about a free flight every year with the card. I rarely fly Jetblue nowadays, and I don't like their rewards program as much as their old program, so it's no longer worth the $40 annual fee.

I called today to do a product change to the Blue Cash Everyday Card, and I was told that I can't do a product switch from the Jetblue card. Has anybody been able to accomplish this? I'm thinking it might be because it's an amex partner card rather than a regular Amex - but maybe I just got an unknowledgeable rep?

Did you ask Amex what other cards they have you can PC to?

Re: Amex Jetblue - Product Change?

Anonymous — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 21:11:36 GMT

The rep said that I can't switch from the Jetblue card to any other amex card. According to her, they don't allow product changes when you have the Jetblue card.

Re: Amex Jetblue - Product Change?

tntexans72 — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 21:20:35 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:
The rep said that I can't switch from the Jetblue card to any other amex card. According to her, they don't allow product changes when you have the Jetblue card.

If I am not mistaken, you can only PC your Jetblue into the Delta or HHonors or SPG and Vice Versa.

OP can chime in with more information or confirmation.

Re: Amex Jetblue - Product Change?

Anonymous — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 21:53:16 GMT

My Delta can be PC into the blue's...

Re: Amex Jetblue - Product Change?

hedgeclipper2 — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 21:54:56 GMT

I PC'ed my HIlton HHonors card to the Blue about 3 months ago. No problems at all.

Re: Amex Jetblue - Product Change?

Anonymous — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 22:11:32 GMT

Interesting that the Hilton card is able to be changed. I spoke with a different rep, and they said that Jetblue is a co-branded card so there are no options. I'll try back tomorrow to see if I hear anything different, but it's not looking good.

Re: Amex Jetblue - Product Change?

Red1Blue — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 22:38:13 GMT

Hope I can get a Jet Blue Card. I have been wanting it so bad since I am flying to JetBlue more often lately. I just transferred 50,000 Amex Platinum Points to my TrueBlue account. That entitles me 4 tickets on JetBlue.

Re: Amex Jetblue - Product Change?

Anonymous — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 15:21:32 GMT

I got a new rep today that said I can change this over to a Costco card. No annual fee + cash back, so I'll probably go that route. He wasn't able to do it over the phone though - he said I'd need to go into costco so that I can get my picture taken. I guess we'll see how that goes!

Re: Amex Jetblue - Product Change?

Anonymous — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 22:27:47 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:
I got a new rep today that said I can change this over to a Costco card. No annual fee + cash back, so I'll probably go that route. He wasn't able to do it over the phone though - he said I'd need to go into costco so that I can get my picture taken. I guess we'll see how that goes!

I went into costco and they looked at me like I had a 2nd head. I wound up emailing Amex and calling about 5 times, and every time I was told that they can't do a product change on the Jetblue card. I guess I'll just have to take the AAoA hit and apply for the Blue Cash Everyday card.

Re: Amex Jetblue - Product Change?

Anonymous — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 22:39:38 GMT

How old is the Jet Blue Card? Any new card you apply for will have the same opening year as the Jet Blue. Depending on the age of your other accounts, it might even help your AAoA.

Re: Amex Jetblue - Product Change?

Anonymous — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 22:46:03 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:
How old is the Jet Blue Card? Any new card you apply for will have the same opening year as the Jet Blue. Depending on the age of your other accounts, it might even help your AAoA.

Seriously? I thought it would show up as a new card that opened this month. My Jetblue card is from 2005, so it has 6 years of age.

I'm not worried about my own AAoA, but my girlfriend is an authorized user on some of my cards and her AAoA is dragging down her scores. If Amex will backdate the new card to 2005, that would be fantastic!

Re: Amex Jetblue - Product Change?

Anonymous — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 22:50:47 GMT

Yup, it is fantastic! If you get it this month it will report as being opened 7/2005. If you wait until next January to get it, it would have an opening date of 1/2005.