Originally Posted by
flyingSlow
The Chase portal doesn't seem to be very economical, unless I'm missing something.
I have the Chase Sapphire Reserve card;
Maybe try different dates?
For what it worth, my experience was the opposite. I just booked SFO-Frankfurt round trip in April, the days I needed to travel. United wanted 60K points + $190. I spent 32K UR points + $0 through UR portal. Pretty good value I think.