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We had 16 TrueBlue1 points sitting around, and since that's not enough to really make us anxious about their uselessness with TrueBlue2, we still wanted to use them for something. Thus, we personally went through the options below.

· Option 1: Buy points to top out and earn that free flight
This really only makes sense if you've got about 60 points or more with TrueBlue1. Although these won't move into the miles system with TrueBlue2, TrueBlue2 miles can be bought and translated to TrueBlue1 points. Confused yet? Let's break it down:

You've got 60 TrueBlue1 points. You need 100 to earn a free roundtrip and thus need to purchase 40. One Trueblue1 points is equal to 200 TrueBlue2 points, so you'd need to buy 8,000 TB2 points to get 40 needed for your free flight. 1,000 points are $28.80, plus a $20 transaction fee for each purchase. 8,000 points is $219.20 plus that $20 fee, so you're pretty much paying for that free roundtrip anyways. You can buy these points by logging into your TrueBlue account on Jetblue.com and clicking through to your old points balance and options.

· Option 2: Spend your TrueBlue1 points on magazine subscriptions
This is what we ended up doing with our measly 16 points, which ended up getting us year subscriptions to 6 magazines including Fast Company, Elle and AFAR . Other choices include The Economist, US Weekly, Car and Driver and Harvard Business Review. We just hope these magazines stay alive throughout the length of our new subscription! Magazines subscriptions begin at only 2 points. Redeeming your points for magazines is an option shown on your old TB1 account page, or you can go directly to the deal page and log in and find out more there.

· Option 3: If you have 50+ points, redeem for a one-way ticket
If you're unwilling to top off with paid points for a free roundtrip flight, but you have over 50 TB1 points, then you can cash those in for a one-way reward flight. And then perhaps use the change to get the magazine subscriptions. It will give you this option on your TB1 account page.

Now if you have so few points or you just don't care, then you can always let them expire. Any flight you take from now on will be shown in your account with TB2 points, so get you jet on and fill 'er up.

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