JetBlue status is one of the easiest— if not the easiest — elite statuses to earn with a credit card. You can earn JetBlue Mosaic status by spending $50,000 on your JetBlue Plus or JetBlue Business Card in a single calendar year. Yes, you read that right: you can earn JetBlue elite status without stepping foot on a JetBlue plane. ...

Let’s take a look at each of the options and see how much value you can get from your JetBlue points. JetBlue doesn’t have an award chart like most other airlines, instead points can be used for all flights that are bookable with cash (there is a 3,500 1,000 point minimum that must be redeemed though). ...

You’re going to walk away with a solid stash of JetBlue TrueBlue points when chasing status, so make sure you value them highly. Otherwise, you could be left with a stash of miles you can’t use. JetBlue prices award tickets based on the cost of a paid ticket; the more expensive a ticket is, the more points you’ll pay. ...

$1,685 / 18,000 base points = 9.36 cents per base point I then created an Excel spreadsheet that uses these numbers to calculate how much value you’d get from JetBlue Mosaic status given a certain amount of flying. ...