Originally Posted by rarnold2000
If you fly frequently cross country, DON"T get this Chase Card.
25000 thousand miles to fly within the continental U.S. NOT BAD, you say. Well how about this-- the maximum ticket cost is $400. If your ticket to anywhere within the continental 48 costs $400.01, don't plan on using Chase Rewards. There is no option to pay the difference in cash AND no option to obtain a ticket over $400 by spendng more miles. You're just out of luck. Now you can spend 35,000 miles to fly to Hawaii, Alaska, the Carribbean, Mexico and Canada with a $600 ticket limit. (Yea, right.) But if you just want to see grandma in Podunk California and the best ticket you can get is $425, don't pack your bags. To add insult to this outrage, you have to purchase the ticket throught Chase's agent and a Chase representative told me that they don't have the discounted ticket prices available on-line.
This is as bad, or even worse, than the Capital One No Hassle rip-off card--which I also have.
Does anyone have a bank air travel rewards card that still is worth something or is it time to use only airline cards?
Why not ask get Chase Rewards Plus card? It allows you to transfer miles into UAL and Continental at a rate of 6K points to 5K miles. and 20K points to 5K miles on BA. And this card gives you 5 points per $1 at Groceries, Gas and Drugstores.
Also Citibank TY network allows you to redem for airlines points except at times Citibank will require more the normal 25K points if the ticket cost to much. It seems to be at the discrection of the agent you talk to when redeming it seems as some people have gotten $800 tickets for 25K points while other have had to use 35K points for $700 ticket.