The Big Picture

If seeing the Northern Lights is on your bucket list, this is your chance! We’ve found wide-open award availability from major U.S. cities—including Chicago (ORD), Washington D.C. (IAD), New York (JFK), and Boston (BOS)—to Keflavik, Iceland (KEF) for as low as 17,000 points per person, one way.

These non-stop flights are operated by Icelandair and bookable through JetBlue for travel between June and September 2025.

  • Outbound flights: 17,000 points per person

  • Return flights: 21,500 points per person

  • Business class: Available for under 70,000 points per person (note: seats are not lie-flat)

JetBlue is a partner of AMEX, Chase, Citi, and Brex. Please note the transfer ratio from AMEX to JetBlue is 5:4 and Capital One to JetBlue is 1:0.6 instead of 1:1 like the others.

All dates listed have confirmed availability for at least 2 passengers, with up to 6 seats available on most dates. Expect to pay $100-150 per person each way in taxes. Now’s the time to lock in your dream trip to Iceland under the auroras!

Available Dates

Outbound

ORD-KEF

June 4, 5

July 2, 3, 5, 7-22, 26-29

Aug 1-29

 

IAD-KEF

June 2-5, 8, 9, 21, 22-25, 29,30

July 1, 6-15, 17, 19, 20-23, 26-28

Aug 3, 5, 10-14, 17-27

 

BOS-KEF

June 2-12, 15, 23

July 5-17, 19-22, 24, 26-28

Aug 2-29

 

JFK-KEF

June 3-10, 12, 14-16, 21-24

July 5, 7-28

Aug 1-29

 

Return

KEF-ORD

June

July 14, 16, 20, 21, 23, 28, 30

Aug 3, 4, 6, 10, 11, 13, 17, 18, 20-31

Sept 1-12

 

KEF-IAD

June

July 15, 16, 22 , 23, 29, 30

Aug 5, 6, 12, 13, 19, 20, 24, 26, 27, 31

Sept 2, 3, 7, 9, 10

 

KEF-BOS

June 16, 17, 23, 24

July 1, 7, 8, 14, 15, 21, 22, 28, 29

Aug 4, 5, 11, 12, 18, 19, 25, 26

Sept 1, 2, 8, 9

 

KEF-JFK

June 3-20, 24-27

July 1, 2, 4, 10, 15, 16, 17, 23, 24, 29, 30

Aug 4-7, 10-14, 18-22, 25, 27-29

Sept 1, 2, 6, 8, 9