News: JetBlue winter cuts, redeem Etihad Guest miles on JetBlue, save 20% at Hyatt hotels

News in brief:

JetBlue trims its UK flights for the winter season

As JetBlue gears up to launch flights from Edinburgh to New York in two weeks, it has announced some trimming of its London services for the winter season. In flying terms, this means from the last week of October 2024 to the last week of March 2025.

The London Gatwick to New York and London Gatwick to Boston services will become ‘summer only’.

The service from Paris to New York will also drop to one per day from its current two.

It is virtually certain that anyone booked onto one of these flights for later in the year will be switched to a JetBlue Heathrow flight. That said, moving to a Norse Atlantic flight may appeal to anyone in Economy (Norse does not have Business Class) who lives close to Gatwick.

Etihad Guest and JetBlue TrueBlue launch ‘earn and burn’

Etihad and JetBlue have had a codeshare agreement for many years, allowing passengers to connect to/from Etihad’s USA services from Abu Dhabi.

As of Wednesday, this has developed into a full ‘earn and burn’ frequent flyer partnership. You can now earn Etihad Guest miles when you fly with JetBlue, spend Etihad Guest miles on JetBlue flights, spend JetBlue TrueBlue points on Etihad flights and earn JetBlue TrueBlue points when you fly with Etihad.

Here’s the redemption chart (distance based) for a one way flight on JetBlue using Etihad Guest miles:

This is not a game changer for our UK readers unless you are sitting on a lot of Etihad Guest miles. This is because JetBlue is already an Avios partner because of its partnership with Qatar Airways.

You can earn Avios (in a Qatar Airways Privilege Club account) when you fly with JetBlue, and you can redeem Avios (from a Qatar Airways account) for JetBlue flights, including their transatlantic flights.

We’ll do an updated article soon on using Avios for JetBlue flights, to tie in with some JetBlue review content.

You can learn more about spending Etihad Guest miles on JetBlue on its website here.

Save 20% on Hyatt hotel stays in EMEA

Hyatt has launched a sale for stays in ‘participating hotels’ in Europe, the Middle East and Africa which can save up to 20%.

You need to book by 6th June for stays to 4th January 2025. You must use code STAYNOW whilst booking.

Sale rooms also come with free breakfast if you are a World of Hyatt member and are logged in whilst booking.

There is no guarantee that any particular hotel is taking part but it’s worth taking a look, especially if you have an existing-but-cancellable booking which doesn’t include breakfast.

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