American, JetBlue end frequent flyer partnership
American Airlines and JetBlue are ending their frequent flyer and interline ticketing partnership, both carriers announced in a joint statement.
Each airline will "no longer accept new interline sales for travel on the other carrier," the statement said.
It also said that starting April 1, customers will stop accruing miles for flights operated by the other airline.
The airlines are working together to minimize the impact to customers and all reciprocal miles already credited would be honored.
The American-JetBlue partnership dates back to 2010 and was introduced on the back of a trade-off of flight slots at New York JFK and Washington Reagan National Airport between the two carriers.
At the time there was little overlap between the carriers’ route networks included in the deal.
The agreement offered JetBlue miles on flights booked on American to 15 international destinations while AA miles were awarded on selected JetBlue domestic flights from New York and Boston.
The split was likely initiated by American which is now in direct competition with JetBlue on most of these domestic routes following last year’s merger with US Airways.
In a statement to USA Today, American said its own network "provides greater connectivity and as a result, there is no longer a need to supplement our combined network coverage with the JetBlue agreement."
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