@Anonymous wrote:The JetBlue Plus is 2x on dining and groceries. I put nearly 1000 points on per month, and I don't even use it for 100% of groceries. Dining also includes fast food, which most dining rewards don't. Not trying to refute as much as I'm trying to give the whole picture.
Right, but potentially the EDP is a 3.6x point card for groceries for Jetblue. That is 3x MR plus the 50% point bonus, or 4.5 MR points, which translates to 3.6 points using the 5:4 transfer ratio from MR to Jetblue. Incidentally, I haven't used any cards that has a dining category that doesn't code fast food as dining.
On a related note, Amex would do much better to add a dining category to its "everyday" cards. Dining out is, for many people, a near everyday affair, or pretty close,
The Delta card is for people who specifically fly Delta and wish to avoid baggage fees (imo). It's worth it after 2 round trip flights with Delta or 1 round trip flight if you're travling with someone else (assuming nothing else is waving the fees). If you fly Delta and you're the one planning the trip or paying for the flight portion and it's with a family (like 4 ppl or such) then the card would be worth it just for that alone. I would never use my Delta card to pay for a flight though as I have both the Plat and Biz Plat. 2 Skypoints per dollar will not get you anywhere and cannot compare with my 10 MR points per dollar. You're better off earning Membership Reward points or UR points. You'll have to do the same with the JetBlue card and make sure it has some worth... if the points will not get you anywhere (like Delta's) then it's no point in getting it for the rewards alone.
Also, unless you fly alot, you shouldn't even worry about airline status. I took 11 vacations last year and still didn't reach a status and all flights were Delta. You got to be willing to spend some big money on flights (or 25k on any Delta AmEx card) to get a status. And since I look for discounted fares and sales, my chance at status is non-existant rare. That goes for pretty much any airline.
Just my 2 cents 
(This is weird, I've tried replying to sillykitty1 twice, both times the reply didn't show up. Here we go again.)
Thanks for all the great replies! My interest in CSR is high. However, I have a few questions. With Chase's 5/24 rule, do store cards count (such as Macy's, JCPenney, Best Buy, Amazon, etc.)? If they DO count, I'm at 8/24. If they DON'T count, I'm at 3/24. Also, my score last I checked was at 707 TU from February 3rd. However, since then I've paid down my utiilization from 31% to about 5%. But, I have also had three HPs the past month, including applying and getting approved for AMEX BCP and Chase Disney Premier. Does my credit score and recent activity result in a good or bad chance at CSR approval? Also, a quick question about what Chase will see on my report. My last Disco statment had me at $991 out of $1k balance. I paid that off AFTER the current statement cut (paid about 2 weeks ago). Will the credit report Chase looks at still show my DISC at nearly full utilization? Or will my payment be already reflected? Do I need to wait until the new statement is cut in 2 weeks? If so, I'll miss the 100k point branch offer.
Also, as far as I know, Visa Infinite products have a 10k SL minimum. My highest CL at the moment is 3k, will that negatively impact me?
Finally, how is the annual fee processed? I'm new to AF cards. Is it applied to my first month's statement? Is it required before activating the card? Something else?
Thanks again for all the help!
@yfan wrote:
@Anonymous wrote:The JetBlue Plus is 2x on dining and groceries. I put nearly 1000 points on per month, and I don't even use it for 100% of groceries. Dining also includes fast food, which most dining rewards don't. Not trying to refute as much as I'm trying to give the whole picture.
Right, but potentially the EDP is a 3.6x point card for groceries for Jetblue. That is 3x MR plus the 50% point bonus, or 4.5 MR points, which translates to 3.6 points using the 5:4 transfer ratio from MR to Jetblue. Incidentally, I haven't used any cards that has a dining category that doesn't code fast food as dining.
On a related note, Amex would do much better to add a dining category to its "everyday" cards. Dining out is, for many people, a near everyday affair, or pretty close,
Good info, yfan! I don't know much about EDP and transferring points. I ljust wanted to share about some aspects of the JetBlue Plus that OP might want to know.
@Anonymous wrote:
@Anonymous wrote:
@Anonymous wrote:Any kind of credit card counts towards 5/24...that includes store cards.
Just to clarify, I mean the store cards that are NOT Visas/MC. I'm talking about the ones that can ONLY be used in that store, no anywhere else. They count towards the 5/24 as well?
Yeah Chase doesn't distinguish. Any new accounts.
I can now see why this rule from Chase is so unpopular. 
I guess that means it's a go for JetBlue Plus for the next 24 months, then I can consider getting in with Chase. 