Originally Posted by penner42 (Post 20196711)

How do foreign transactions show up on the SP? I just booked 3 nights at a Hotel President Wilson in Geneva, on the Starwood site. The charge was supposed to be 1160.01 CHF which for the past few weeks has been right around $1275. It showed up on my card as a $1323.56 charge. Did the hotel charge me in dollars and add a 4% exchange fee or did Chase "not charge a foreign transaction fee" but use a bad exchange rate?

On the date it was charged (2/4/13) x-rates.com shows it would be $1276.37.

Originally Posted by anks329 (Post 20200517)

Do anyone know if metrocard purchases in NYC earn 2x UR points with this card?

Originally Posted by anks329 (Post 20200517)

Do anyone know if metrocard purchases in NYC earn 2x UR points with this card?

Originally Posted by CFFrost (Post 20196772)

I booked a W through the Westin portal and never got the points.

I booked a Westin through the portal and got the points - but only received them several weeks after the stay (I had forgotten about the portal bonus and assumed I was not going to get them, given the fact that the W bonus never posted).

Both of these were booked with the SPG card, so that may also be a variable.

Originally Posted by TGGDEL (Post 20202330)

I've just made two bookings, at non Westins, through the Westin UR mall link. Will report back on outcome.

Originally Posted by Splittin' Aces (Post 20211067)

I know I'm not adding a lot of value to the thread with this post, but I gotta say that I really, really like the call center benefit. It is awesome to get my call picked up on the first ring and get whatever issue/question I've got resolved or answered right away, without going through phone tree hell or offshore. Super benefit.

Originally Posted by SGJazz (Post 20211948)

Agreed. When I have questions about my other Chase cards I call the Sapphire number, ask a Sapphire related question and then move on to my other chase questions. Very well trained CSR's.

Originally Posted by wco81 (Post 20197272)

I just got back from Switzerland. During the one week I was there, the dollar dropped in value, from about 1.05 per Franc to about 1.10 to buy that same Swiss Franc.

But at most transactions, the terminals offered to charge me in Francs or Dollars. I did a rough calculation in my head a couple of times and it seemed they were charging more in dollars than using the straight exchange rate. Like I said, the rates were changing daily or even during the day.

But I always chose CHF value. We'll see how Chase handles those transactions I haven't checked yet.

Originally Posted by augustus21 (Post 20200540)

Chase will list the currency of the purchase followed by the exact rate based on the date of the purchase on your statement. Look at your statement. If it simply lists the name of the hotel and the price, then the transaction was in USD and you were likely the victim of dynamic currency conversion, a sleazy tactic by overseas merchants that converts the total into USD at exchange rates favorable to the merchant (usually 3%).

Originally Posted by mabramovich (Post 20226341)

Does the MasterCard version of the CSP have the same flight delay insurance, cancellation/interruption insurance, and so on, as the Visa does?