Originally Posted by
mreynolds767
Not sure this has been posted before but although Chase now has a list of the hotels in the Edit program ; the actual hotels available for The Edit or for points boost varies based on your exact dates. In addition they will show as Sold Out sometimes for The Edit but the properties are not sold out on booking, expedia or for direct hotel websites.
Example:
The list now on Chase's website lists 12 options as The Edit properties in Bali - yet entering various dates over multiple weeks for the month of April 2026 I see only 5 as potential The Edit hotels with 2 of them saying sold out despite having plenty of availability elsewhere for the same dates.
The 3 available are $1000+ per night properties which for Bali is really high and these 3 are definitely in the top 5 cost wise out of the potential 12 they claim are in The Edit program.
April is not high season and looking on other booking engines I have not seen one property sold out over the dates I am looking at so Chase just is not offering all of the claimed 12 choices year round.
Chase has implemented a minimum price point formula for hotels to be included, actually the formula equates out to how much commission they will get off the booking vs. what it will cost them to pay the hotel for the extra benefits. I just learned on this working with clients on Monday, that own a large number of Hotels in the Marriott, Hyatt, and Hilton franchise systems (I know Hilton's are not part of it). This is far different than the 2 hotel programs Amex offers its clients. For example you could stay at a Hilton family hotel that is pretty equal compared to the JW Marriott (both 5 stars, amenities, finish, etc.) just down the street, The Conrad is part of the Amex program at sub $250 USD per night, but you can't get anything in the Marriott Family unless it hits $450 or more per night.... During high demand that JW Marriott when a normal room is $844 USD per night, it's available through the Edit, but when it's $228/nigh it's not. This program is not very often a real benefit from what I can see and gather. Also point redemptions have always worked out from credit card spend to be better with the Bonvoy Card than CSR points, generally 5 to 20% better, and I have searched over 50 potential bookings.