$10 k dinner charge to Amex Gold or Chase Sapphire Reserve?
Jul 9, 2019, 6:09 pm
#1
Original Poster
Join Date: Jun 2018
Posts: 69
$10 k dinner charge to Amex Gold or Chase Sapphire Reserve?
Have a rather pricey dinner coming up that is meant to be around $10K.
In your opinion, should I use my CSR or Amex Gold.
40K Amex points vs 30 CSR.
What do you feel to be more valuable?
In your opinion, should I use my CSR or Amex Gold.
40K Amex points vs 30 CSR.
What do you feel to be more valuable?
Jul 9, 2019, 9:05 pm
#2
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: SFO
Programs: AS MVP Gold 75K, UA Gold, Marriott LTT, Avis President's Club
Posts: 1,539
Depends what you are looking to redeem for. I prefer transferring points so AMEX wins with better partners. If you're looking for simple bookings through a portal then Chase is better.
Jul 10, 2019, 1:34 am
#6
Join Date: Nov 2013
Location: PHX, SEA
Programs: Avis President's Club, Global Entry, Hilton/Marriott Gold. No more DL/AA status.
Posts: 4,422
How do you use your points? Do you travel economy or business? Is your travel flexible? You can get better than 1.5cpm if you find award space and transfer your miles from Amex to a partner. But it requires more effort compared to the UR portal.
Jul 10, 2019, 8:45 am
#8
Original Poster
Join Date: Jun 2018
Posts: 69
Would for sure transfer. Have around 130K Chase points and 85K Amex points. Easier to generate AmEx for day to day.
This is a restaurant purchase. Really like Chase transfer to Hyatt for upper level tier properties but didn’t want to make step yet.
This is a restaurant purchase. Really like Chase transfer to Hyatt for upper level tier properties but didn’t want to make step yet.
Jul 10, 2019, 10:07 am
#9
Join Date: Feb 2014
Programs: Amex Plat, Hilton Diamond, SPG Gold, Carlson Gold, CM Presidential / *A Gold, Hertz 5*
Posts: 1,648
Sign up for a new CC that requires a large $$$ amount in purchases in the first X months to release the sign up offer. Will clear it in 1 transaction
Jul 10, 2019, 12:58 pm
#12
Join Date: May 2019
Programs: Delta, Chase UR, Hyatt
Posts: 30
1. See if you can get either the 100k/$5k personal or 100k/$10k biz Amex platinum offers. If you get the personal plat, put the remaining 5k on your Gold for 120k pts total. Even combining the regular 60k plat would give you 80k pts.
2. Get yourself a Chase Ink Preferred 80k/$5k offer and put the balance on your CSR for 95k pts.
Last edited by free_whine; Jul 10, 2019 at 7:09 pm
Jul 10, 2019, 5:32 pm
#13
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: LAS ORD
Programs: AA Pro (mostly B6) OZ♦ (flying BR/UA), BA Silver Hyatt LT, Wynn Black, Cosmo Plat, Mlife Noir
Posts: 5,992
I'm points-heavy, so I value URs over MRs due to the good baseline redemption options - via Hyatt (pretty easy for me to redeem for >2cpp) and the 1.5cpp redemption via travel portal if I really have to. It doesn't make sense for me to bank MRs when the baseline value is so much lower. But if you're not planning on banking points and have a specific airline redemption in mind, that should be the determining factor as it will put even 2cpp to shame.