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Old May 26, 2024 | 4:24 pm
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Originally Posted by AAdvanadium
Thank you! Though looks like I ran into a problem - I was about to book the CUN-CDG-WAW flight, but when I logged in to the UR portal to transfer points to Flying Blue / Air France, there's no option to transfer those point out.

I have an Ink Cash card, and two Ink Business Unlimited cards.

I called and the Chase rep said only the Chase Sapphire card would let me transfer UR points outside of Chase, it seems like... so looks like using UR points isn't an option... I wish Chase would've made it easier to use those points
From chase.com:

""Chase credit cards that allow you to transfer to travel partners

"Sapphire Reserve®, Sapphire Preferred® and Ink Business Preferred® are the cards that offer Chase cardmembers the ability to transfer points to travel partners."

Sorry. If you're going to play the points and miles game, it is essential to do your homework. The Chase cards you have have no annual fee. You need one of the annual-fee cards listed above in order to do point transfers.

Do you not have any personal credit cards? The Chase Sapphire Preferred has just a $95 annual fee, and a generous sign-up bonus. Once I opened a Sapphire Preferred card, I was able to transfer points from my no-fee Chase Freedom card, and I can now transfer those points to airline/hotel programs. Not sure if that works with no-fee business cards. Current sign-up bonus for the Sapphire Preferred:

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