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The revised July 23, 2014 CSP Guide to Benefits (BGC10374) may be found at this landing page (or directly at this location).
The CSP program rules/agreement (as of 7/24/14; RPC0444_0477) may be found at this landing page or directly at this location.
Changes to U.R. program recently announced. See post #1314.
The CSP program rules/agreement (as of 7/24/14; RPC0444_0477) may be found at this landing page or directly at this location.
Changes to U.R. program recently announced. See post #1314.
Ultimate Rewards & CSP Benefit Changes
Jan 15, 2012, 5:27 pm
#556
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: NYC
Programs: AS MVP Gold, BA Silver, AA Gold, Marriott Titanium, Hyatt Globalist
Posts: 1,619
Apologies if this has been asked before - what is the best way to earn UR points from flight bookings - is it by
(a) booking tickets through Chase's own "Travel" planner section of the UR site or
(b) going through a partner like Hotwire/Travelocity where the UR Mall offers 2 extra points per $?
Thanks in advance!
(a) booking tickets through Chase's own "Travel" planner section of the UR site or
(b) going through a partner like Hotwire/Travelocity where the UR Mall offers 2 extra points per $?
Thanks in advance!
Jan 16, 2012, 6:45 pm
#558
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: SFO
Programs: UA 1K, HHonors Gold, Hyatt Diamond
Posts: 61
Originally Posted by jbalmuth
ime, the answer also depends on who offers you the best itinerary. One multi-segment flight itinerary that I was seeking was very simply not being offered by Travelocity, but was available through the Chase travel service. YMMV.
Jan 17, 2012, 8:35 am
#559
Join Date: May 2008
Location: PHL (kinda, no airport is really close)
Programs: AA Exp, but not sure for how long. Enterprise Platinum woo-hoo!
Posts: 4,550
Just checking on something.
I just got a Chase Sapphire Preferred card. Are these statement true:
a) If I find an airline ticket for $125, I can book it through the Chase Ultimate Rewards site and it will cost me 10,000 points.
b) If I can find a ticket on United that I want for 25,000 miles, I can transfer 25,000 miles from my Chase account to United and get the ticket. (Are there any transfer fees)?
Thanks.
I just got a Chase Sapphire Preferred card. Are these statement true:
a) If I find an airline ticket for $125, I can book it through the Chase Ultimate Rewards site and it will cost me 10,000 points.
b) If I can find a ticket on United that I want for 25,000 miles, I can transfer 25,000 miles from my Chase account to United and get the ticket. (Are there any transfer fees)?
Thanks.
Jan 17, 2012, 8:43 am
#560
Join Date: Jun 2007
Programs: UA, AA, LH, Hyatt, Hilton, Marriott, Hertz
Posts: 1,759
Just checking on something.
I just got a Chase Sapphire Preferred card. Are these statement true:
a) If I find an airline ticket for $125, I can book it through the Chase Ultimate Rewards site and it will cost me 10,000 points.
b) If I can find a ticket on United that I want for 25,000 miles, I can transfer 25,000 miles from my Chase account to United and get the ticket. (Are there any transfer fees)?
Thanks.
I just got a Chase Sapphire Preferred card. Are these statement true:
a) If I find an airline ticket for $125, I can book it through the Chase Ultimate Rewards site and it will cost me 10,000 points.
b) If I can find a ticket on United that I want for 25,000 miles, I can transfer 25,000 miles from my Chase account to United and get the ticket. (Are there any transfer fees)?
Thanks.
Jan 17, 2012, 1:43 pm
#561
Join Date: Apr 2006
Posts: 1,258
The Travelocity terms on the Ultimate Rewards portal contain a statement that I do not understand:
Not eligible on gift cards. Eligible within three weeks of booking. Not eligible on activities, taxes, fees, Top Secret Hotels, insurance, order changes with the call center, travel for good products, Amtrak tickets, Last Minute Deals, or travel booked through other advertisers such as Globus Vacations. Not eligible on rental cars as of 7/12/11.
Anyone know what the bolded sentence means? It wouldn't make sense that booking travel more than three weeks in advance is ineligible, would it?
Not eligible on gift cards. Eligible within three weeks of booking. Not eligible on activities, taxes, fees, Top Secret Hotels, insurance, order changes with the call center, travel for good products, Amtrak tickets, Last Minute Deals, or travel booked through other advertisers such as Globus Vacations. Not eligible on rental cars as of 7/12/11.
Anyone know what the bolded sentence means? It wouldn't make sense that booking travel more than three weeks in advance is ineligible, would it?
Jan 19, 2012, 12:31 pm
#562
Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Posts: 58
I like to think of the UR site as a way to redeem my points rather than accrue them. If I'm just trying to book an airline ticket, I'll go to the airline's site or whatever travel site I want to use. If I'm trying to redeem my points, the UR mall seems the best (and only) option for that.
Unlike some other cards, the UR mall has some decent click-though offers so it's more than just a site to redeem your points, so that's kind of a bonus. Those 10x bonus point offers are really great. Although it makes more sense if they gave you bonus points for booking through their site when you're not redeeming points.
Unlike some other cards, the UR mall has some decent click-though offers so it's more than just a site to redeem your points, so that's kind of a bonus. Those 10x bonus point offers are really great. Although it makes more sense if they gave you bonus points for booking through their site when you're not redeeming points.
Jan 19, 2012, 5:24 pm
#563
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Okinawa
Posts: 2,610
Jan 19, 2012, 5:53 pm
#564
Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Posts: 58
Hmmm... I only got one point for booking through them whereas I received two for booking with Travelocity, Alaska Airlines and our corporate travel agency. Maybe I should give them a call...
Jan 19, 2012, 5:57 pm
#565
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Okinawa
Posts: 2,610
You got a total of 3 points, 1 extra for booking through them and the normal 2 points.
Jan 20, 2012, 10:52 pm
#566
Join Date: Oct 2005
Posts: 26
Beware-Chase Sapp. Benefits Now 'verbal'
I contacted Chase regarding changes I heard about to the Trip Cancellation insurance. I wanted to review the max. allowable, exclusions, and conditions as described in previous Chase 'Guide to Benefits' guides. The new guide just has one sentence concerning trip cancellation insurance and it is totally inadequate. Chase customer service said they'd be happy to go over it on the phone in detail but could/would not send me the info. Call me crazy, but this is a large bank, and my trust in them not to later claim, I didn't follow the conditions outlined to make a claim, or that I misunderstood the customer service rep is not very great. They told me on the phone, the maximum payable per claim for cancellation insurance is now $5000. You want that in writing? Good luck. Chase is acting like a fly night scammer by refusing to give us the same detailed info they had in the past in writing and I don't know why. Or do I?
Last edited by pauli5500; Jan 21, 2012 at 1:20 pm
Jan 24, 2012, 7:28 pm
#567
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Central Texas
Programs: Starwood Gold , HH Gold, Hyatt Gold, Aadvantage, Rapid Rewards CP
Posts: 1,586
Chase Sapphire pts redemption in NYC
Just booked a Hyatt Andaz Wall Street reservation with my Sapphire pts for $146.58 a night in Feb. when the lowest on Hyatt's website for a flexible booking is $225 a night AAA rate. I'm pleased. Certainly made my points go further than transferring over to Hyatt Gold Passport points.
Jan 25, 2012, 4:25 pm
#568
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: L.A.
Programs: WN A-list & CP, Delta GM
Posts: 448
Just booked a Hyatt Andaz Wall Street reservation with my Sapphire pts for $146.58 a night in Feb. when the lowest on Hyatt's website for a flexible booking is $225 a night AAA rate. I'm pleased. Certainly made my points go further than transferring over to Hyatt Gold Passport points.
Jan 26, 2012, 5:18 am
#570
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Texas
Programs: HHonorsDiamond
Posts: 665
After you posted that I went and looked at June for some Hyatt pricing. Ultimate Rewards was asking for over $500 a night for the Grand Hyatt...while Hyatt was listing the rate at high $300's. Of course I plan to transfer out 22K points to my Hyatt account instead.
Then I went and looked at a bunch of hotels on two Hawaiian islands that I had been pricing out. Which the exception of an Outrigger Condo...every hotel price on the UR site was considerably more money! They wanted $340 a night at the Hilton Waikoloa, when Hilton has rooms for a little over $200.
I saw a $238 price on UR for this Outrigger condo...and that was the same price on the Outrigger site...
Makes no sense as to what room rate they show on UR...but from what I saw they never had any rates that were lower than the "base rate". I can understand if they don't show the "non-refundable" rates but that was not the case in all the hotels I looked at....
Then I went and looked at a bunch of hotels on two Hawaiian islands that I had been pricing out. Which the exception of an Outrigger Condo...every hotel price on the UR site was considerably more money! They wanted $340 a night at the Hilton Waikoloa, when Hilton has rooms for a little over $200.
I saw a $238 price on UR for this Outrigger condo...and that was the same price on the Outrigger site...
Makes no sense as to what room rate they show on UR...but from what I saw they never had any rates that were lower than the "base rate". I can understand if they don't show the "non-refundable" rates but that was not the case in all the hotels I looked at....
