Originally Posted by
nexusCFX
The details of the one time 2026 credit are already known, it was reported by several blogs including TPG which is basically a mouthpiece for banks. Also, "depending on it"? If, for some reason, it didn't work out as planned, then I would just come up with a different plan. I'm baffled that this was your takeaway from my post.
New CSR is working great for me. 4x on all cash hotel spend has been a huge win. Sorry it doesn't work for you. Don't assume that means it doesn't work for anyone. I even managed to use the $150 StubHub credit a couple days ago, which I thought for SURE was a total write off for me because I don't tend to go to such events. But there was a ticket to an orchestra performance in Japan that I'd quite like to see at the end of the month, for $152. Sure feels like a win to me. Probably won't get to use it again though, but not all the benefits need to pay out for it to be a net win overall.
I do not see on the TPG post where it says you’ll be able to use both the IHG and Edits credit together…but sure.
I think Chase lost me with the marking up of hotel rooms to give me a credit. Many have said this is because you get Edits benefits, but even with IHG they are charging $150 more for the hotel I am looking at in Vanuatu then I can book directly, and in that case I will not get IHG benefits. So yes, still a savings, but to market it as a $250 dollar savings is crazy and I think many are fooling themselves into thinking this is a good deal…though I think many (based on posts here) get it!
To me the people that have the best chance of making this work are people who would naturally dine at The Tables restaurants because those aren’t marked up…and the $300 travel credit is still a good deal. So if you can do that you get $600 of the $795 back. I’d value The Edits credits each at about $100. But I’d rather just use AMEX to get me platinum benefits and basically otherwise get out of the coupon game.