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Old Jun 1, 2026 | 10:30 pm
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PortlySpartacus
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I recently got the CSR card with the 150K UR sign-up bonus and have used it a lot over the past month. The 150K UR have hit my account and I have used over $1000 in credits already. Here is what I have used so far:
$359 Whoop credit - received the device and now have a 1-year subscription to their Life plan. I only paid for taxes of about $30
$250 Edit credit - used it for a 2 night stay at the Marriott Waikiki beach resort. Prices for the 2-nights was slight lower than booking Marriott direct before applying any credits
$100 resort credit - this is part of booking an Edit hotel. I really liked having this to use for on property purchases of food & beverages
$300 annual travel credit - this showed up almost immediately after booking the Marriott hotel through Chase Edit portal
$150 StubHub credit - I didn't get full value from this because the tickets were more expensive than direct thru the merchant but I estimated I got about $94 in value
$150 Open Table dining credit - used for a night out at the Hau Tree in Waikiki

I think of the CSR card like this : $795 annual fee gets nearly cancelled out after booking one 2-night Edit stay. ($250+$100+300) Then when you throw in a dining credit and a StubHub credit you are in the green as far as getting additional value from the card to cover your annual fee.

Thats not a lot of work for me to make the card return positive ROI. So far, I like it because it aligns with how I am currently traveling and spending. I will also say that the Marriott Waikiki was not super expensive, as compared to many of the Edit properties. So overall, I was comfortable with the deal. I actually cancelled a 2-night stay at the Hyatt Regency Waikiki as a Globalist to put my new CSR thru its paces via the Edit portal.

After Hyatt's big devaluation, and given my current travel schedule, getting hotel status thru the CSR is a soft landing from my eventual leaving Hyatt as a 15+ year Globalist. I see the future, and it currently looks bright as a free agent.

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