✈️ JetBlue’s new points scavenger hunt

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☀️ Good morning and welcome back to Daily Drop — the newsletter you open behind a spreadsheet tab so your boss thinks you’re working (and not booking a spontaneous flight to Slovenia or something).

Let’s get straight into the good stuff:

• ✈️ JetBlue’s points scavenger hunt

• 🏨 Secret hotel elite status program

• 🥳 Celebrate Babbel’s 18th birthday

• 📆 This airline (finally) has a better award calendar

✈️ JetBlue’s points scavenger hunt

JetBlue just launched a fun little summer game called the Partner Passport Challenge — and it’s actually a solid way to earn a ton of points for relatively little effort.

You can earn 500 bonus TrueBlue points for each of these five partner activities:

• ✅ Opt into JetBlue + Dunkin’ emails

• ✅ Rent a car through Avis or Budget

• ✅ Spend $25+ through TrueBlue Dining

• ✅ Spend $50+ via TrueBlue Shopping

• ✅ Spend $5+ with an Airport Rewards shopping, dining, or parking partner.

That’s 2,500 points right there — but if you complete all five, JetBlue will throw in another 5,000 bonus points, bringing your total haul to 7,500 TrueBlue points.

Even better? This is on top of the regular points you’d earn through those programs — so if you’re shopping, renting a car, or dining out anyway, this is a nice double dip.

And if you’re wondering whether the juice is worth the squeeze…

7,500 points are enough to book a one-way JetBlue flight from Boston (BOS) to Fort Lauderdale (FLL), a 3.5-hour flight.

Not bad for drinking a coffee, renting a car, and buying a pair of socks online. This deal is valid through October 28, so you’ve got plenty of time to complete the different components.

🏨 Secret hotel elite status program

If you’ve got any travel planned to Asia over the next year — or even just dreaming of a beach escape in Thailand — Accor Plus might be one of the best-kept secrets in the hotel world.

This $259/year subscription from Accor Live Limitless comes with a stack of benefits, but the real stars of the show are:

• 🛏️ One Free Night at over 1,000 hotels across Asia Pacific

• 🎁 3,000 bonus Accor points ($65 value) if you sign up by July 31 (tomorrow)

• 🌟 20 Elite Nights added to your account instantly (enough for Silver status and just 10 nights away from Gold)

And while this sounds pretty niche, let me tell you why it might be more relevant than you think.

Let’s talk value

That Free Night can easily outweigh the membership cost on its own. For example, you could use it at this Mercure hotel in Koh Samui, Thailand, where a single night goes for $238 + tax.

That’s basically your full membership fee back in one go, even if you only have minimal Asia plans on the books.

Then there’s the 3,000 bonus points.

Accor points have a flat redemption value (2,000 points = €40 off), so those 3,000 points equal about $65 in easy hotel savings — no complicated award charts or blackout dates to worry about.

Everything else (like up to 50% off dining, discounted hotel rates, and exclusive promos) is just the cherry on top, and can be used at Accor hotels worldwide.

And if all of this sounds confusing to you or you’ve never heard of Accor, we’ve got you covered with a complete guide to the program. 👇

📆 This airline (finally) has a better award calendar

If you’ve ever tried to book a Qatar Airways award flight, you know the struggle — availability can be hard to find, and you’re often stuck manually checking one date at a time like some kind of Avios peasant.

But now, Qatar has quietly updated its award calendar tool. Is it a game-changer? Nope. Is it better than it was before? You betcha.

Instead of running dozens of searches, you can now view a monthly calendar showing which dates have economy or business-class award space available.

For Qsuites fans (hey there), this is huge. 👇

For example:

Let’s say you want to fly from Chicago (ORD) to Doha (DOH) — one of the routes with Qatar’s signature Qsuites.

With the new calendar view, you can instantly see that only a few select dates have business-class award space…

But if you can lock in a saver award, it’ll cost you just 70,000 Avios for a 13.5-hour lie-flat seat with free Wi-Fi, sliding privacy doors, and serious bragging rights.

The economy calendar also shows exact pricing per day — sadly, the business calendar doesn’t show the same price info. 

But hey, at least we don’t have to click 30 times to find one award seat anymore. 🤷🏼‍♂️

A few extra reminders:

• Qatar has some of the best award pricing out there (when you can find it)

• You can transfer to Avios from every major U.S. bank program

• Once you have Avios, they’re freely transferable between Qatar, British Airways, Iberia, Aer Lingus, and Finnair

• Qsuites are some of the best seats in the sky — legit more luxurious than many airlines’ first-class products 👇

So if you’re looking for a premium long-haul redemption — and want to avoid the award search Hunger Games — bookmark this calendar tool and start dreaming.

That’s all for today, amigos! I hope you enjoyed these ways to rack up points, redeem them for good value, and maybe casually learn a language.

Take care and see you tomorrow ❤️

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With contributions by Tiffany Eastham, McKay Moffitt, and Benji Stawski