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by Iterated 4423 days ago
Question to all those saying this is because of Sabre:

How? Does the TrueBlue password somehow go through Sabre's systems? The truly old business unit of Sabre that everyone is referencing is Travel Network. I'm not sure why an airline's loyalty program would intersect with Travel Network other than through the back end of a booking tool.
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cosmotron 4423 days ago
I'm guessing that JetBlue allows people to log into their account via telephone. They could map your alphanumeric password to the series of numbers you'd punch in on a phone.

Example: the password 'foobar9' could be mapped to 3662279

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coldcode 4423 days ago
No, there is no way their loyalty program has anything to do with SABRE, any more than Expedia's passwords are stored in SABRE.
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