Originally Posted by
gfunkdave
Booking air travel through Chase gets 8 points/$ while booking with the airline gets 4. Ordinarily I'd just book with the airline because it's my impression that it makes it much easier to manage the reservation if changes are needed or flights get canceled, etc. I'm wondering how people think about the value of the additional four points and decide whether to book with Chase or the airline.
Everyone's risk tolerance is different.
Beyond that 4x difference is not that big for tix that are a few hundred dollars, but if you were booking tix that are a few thousand dollars each, they can add up quickly.
So I would use Chase portal for international business class tix, but otherwise for convenience of schedule changes, book direct.