JetBlue Opens Its Second BlueHouse Lounge and Extends Free Access to All Mint Fares

JetBlue opened its second BlueHouse airport lounge at 5 a.m. ET on Thursday, August 27, 2026, inside Boston Logan International Airport‘s Terminal C. At 12,000 square feet, it is JetBlue’s largest lounge yet, and the opening comes bundled with a policy change: every customer flying a domestic Mint or Mint Flex fare now gets complimentary entry, not just the airline’s top loyalty tier.

Inside BlueHouse Boston

The lounge sits across from Gate C25 and leans hard into a New England theme. JetBlue built a central bar with a Nantucket Blue wood-slatted ceiling, a sports-themed game room called The Dugout, and a workspace modeled on the Boston Public Library, alongside a candy alcove stocked by Madeleine’s Candy Shop and a mural from illustrator Richard Scarry’s Busy World.

Food comes from local partners: roast beef sliders and crab and shrimp rolls, cocktails by Boston bartender Jackson Cannon, coffee from George Howell, and craft beer from The Publick House. JetBlue’s first BlueHouse, at New York’s JFK, is roughly 9,000 square feet and was named Newsweek’s top airport lounge in its 2026 Readers’ Choice Awards.

Who gets in, and what it costs

Complimentary access goes to TrueBlue Mosaic 4 members, JetBlue Premier cardholders, and anyone flying a Mint or Mint Flex fare. Mosaic 4 members and cardholders bring one guest free, with additional guests at $39; Mint flyers pay $39 per guest.

Everyone else can pay their way in: $59 for Mosaic 3 members, and $79 for Mosaic 1 and 2 members or JetBlue Plus and Business cardholders. Entry opens three hours before departure and requires a same-day boarding pass, subject to space.

Why Mint access just got more complicated

Domestic Mint tickets have historically been a gap in JetBlue’s lounge perks: buying a lie-flat seat did not guarantee a seat in the lounge before the flight. “Our customers choose Mint for an elevated travel experience, and we want to give them more ways to shape that experience around what matters to them,” JetBlue president Marty St. George said in the announcement.

But the same announcement introduces a new, cheaper Mint Base fare that excludes BlueHouse access and free advance seat selection, and carries change and cancellation fees. Mint and Mint Flex fares keep the lounge perk and stay free of those fees.

It is the same unbundling logic that reshaped economy cabins over the past decade, now arriving in business class: a cheaper base fare stripped of perks, sold alongside pricier tiers that keep them. AeroCorner has covered how that fare-tier pricing works across the industry.

The Boston opening also fits a broader investment push. JetBlue has been adding perks for staff and customers at the airport this year, including bonus pay for flight attendants working extra shifts in August. The airline calls Boston its second-largest focus city, with more than 130 daily departures to 68 destinations this summer, including new nonstops to Barcelona and Milan.