JetBlue Business Card from American Express OPEN

With ever-increasing destinations and a low annual fee, the JetBlue credit card is worth a look.
JetBlue Business Card from American Express OPEN: Key perks for business travelers
The JetBlue Business Card from American Express OPEN is making headway as a fairly unique product travel credit card industry. The American Express co-branded card has a relatively low annual fee but earns up to eight points for every dollar spent.
JetBlue was launched in 1999, and its first flight was in 2000, so it’s a relatively young airline. Its service area now includes more than 70 cities in 21 states and 700 flights a day, making it a travel rewards card that could be worth a look if the geography works for you. Some of card perks of this business card include:
• The ability to earn 10,000 TrueBlue points with the first purchase
• No black out dates on JetBlue flights
• Up to eight points for each dollar spent on travel at JetBlue.com
• Annual fee is just $40 (lower than that of many travel rewards cards).
• Double points when you buy wireless phone services, auto gas, car rentals, office supplies and equipment
• One point for all other purchases on the card
Now to the fine print items associated with those perks:
• The 10,000 points offer is good for the first year after opening a new card only, and while a business may have more than one credit card account, the 10,000 bonus points is only available one time.
• JetBlue partners and code share airlines can impose blackout dates.
• To earn 8 points, use your JetBlue Business Card to purchase flights and travel on JetBlue.com. You earn 6 points per dollar for your TrueBlue account for booking, and an additional 2 points per dollar for using the business card.
• The double point purchase items cannot be made at warehouse clubs, superstores or supermarkets.
Award tickets on JetBlue start at 5,000 points, depending on the cost of the flight at the time of booking and the destination and departure cities.
This American Express card is a revolving credit line, meaning you can pay the balance each month or over time. Interest rates for purchases and cash advances are typical for rewards cards. The foreign transaction fee of 2.7 percent is lower than many other cards that charge those fees. Cash advances do not earn TrueBlue reward points. Penalty APR applies if you make two late payments in a 12-month period, you miss your payment due date or your payment is returned. That penalty APR stands for one year; after 12 on-time payments the standard APR will be applied to your account.
Because the JetBlue Business Card is part of the American Express OPEN line of credit cards, members have access to other features, like customer support available 24 hours a day, baggage insurance plans, rental car insurance plans, and the OPEN Savings program which offers discounts on business expenses from OPEN partners such as FedEx delivery service and Hertz rental cars.

Written by Megg Mueller

Megg Mueller is a journalist with almost two decades of experience. She has worked as a reporter and editor for the Reno Gazette-Journal and as an editor of health care and education manuals for Aspen Publishers, a subsidiary of Wolters Kluwer. She wrote a weekly column on the hotel industry during her tenure as assistant travel editor for USA TODAY.com. Mueller is the editor of a tourism-based website and also serves as a reporter for a weekly business newspaper.