Booking flights, rooms & cars using Chase U.R. [consolidated]
Jun 20, 2015, 9:51 am
#317
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: ELP
Programs: AAdvantage, Amex MR
Posts: 2,314
Just got my CSP a few weeks ago and checked out the flight, hotel, and car rental prices on UR just for fun and am majorly disappointed. The prices are horrible!
Now, when I got this card I knew I would only be transferring to United, Southwest, or maybe once in a blue moon BA but still I would have liked to have the option to book using points on UR as an "if all else fails" situation.
Checked flight prices, picked out a date at random in August from ELP to DCA and the lowest price on UR was 475, Kayak and other OTA's were showing lowest price as 435. Checked a few more random destinations and UR consistently doesnt have the lowest price.
So I checked car rentals, saw one at BNA on orbitz for 11 per day, exact same dates on UR were like almost 30 dollars per day!
Paying cash/UR for travel on UR is a complete waste when they are almost always more expensive than every other site.
Now, when I got this card I knew I would only be transferring to United, Southwest, or maybe once in a blue moon BA but still I would have liked to have the option to book using points on UR as an "if all else fails" situation.
Checked flight prices, picked out a date at random in August from ELP to DCA and the lowest price on UR was 475, Kayak and other OTA's were showing lowest price as 435. Checked a few more random destinations and UR consistently doesnt have the lowest price.
So I checked car rentals, saw one at BNA on orbitz for 11 per day, exact same dates on UR were like almost 30 dollars per day!
Paying cash/UR for travel on UR is a complete waste when they are almost always more expensive than every other site.
Jun 23, 2015, 1:02 pm
#318
Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: ATL
Programs: DL, Marriott
Posts: 728
Booking travel with a credit card on UR website will not give a bonus after this year, is that correct?