Sep 2, 2016, 8:22 am
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Sapphire Reserve Annual Travel Credit
How are the dates calculated?
For cards issued prior to May 21, 2017 it was Reimbursed per Calendar year, not membership year. Purchases must be posted (not pending) by your December statement (dated any time Dec 1 through Dec 31) to be credited against current year's $300 credit. Any travel spend that posts after the December statement will credit against the next year's $300 credit.
For cards issued after May 21, 2017, it will be reimbursed by membership year.
But my 2nd annual fee is after May 21, 2017, why didn't my travel credit reset?
Because if you got your card before that date, your travel credit will continue to reset after your December statement.
Does the travel credit count as minimum spend?
Spend is spend, the credit is the credit. The $300 reimbursement is a separate item from spending requirements( the $300 reimbursement on travel, $100 Goes all count towards the $4,000 only the $450 yearly fee doesn't). You must spend $4000 for your signup bonus UR points. If part of that spend is categorized as travel, a credit will post to your account accordingly. They are separate items.
Even if you return a purchase after you've met your $4000 initial spend it will not count against your spend.
Can I get two travel credit fees if I apply in the middle of the year?
Not for applications after May 21, 2017.
What counts as Travel?
Gas Station and Grocery Store purchases will also count through 12/31/21. (See post 1521.)
The following items have been reimbursed.
Airline purchases, fees & gift cards:
What doesn't count as travel?
Here's a thread dedicated to the topic: https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/chas...rrect-mcc.html
The following items have NOT posted as travel/been reimbursed:
How are the dates calculated?
For cards issued prior to May 21, 2017 it was Reimbursed per Calendar year, not membership year. Purchases must be posted (not pending) by your December statement (dated any time Dec 1 through Dec 31) to be credited against current year's $300 credit. Any travel spend that posts after the December statement will credit against the next year's $300 credit.
For cards issued after May 21, 2017, it will be reimbursed by membership year.
But my 2nd annual fee is after May 21, 2017, why didn't my travel credit reset?
Because if you got your card before that date, your travel credit will continue to reset after your December statement.
Does the travel credit count as minimum spend?
Spend is spend, the credit is the credit. The $300 reimbursement is a separate item from spending requirements( the $300 reimbursement on travel, $100 Goes all count towards the $4,000 only the $450 yearly fee doesn't). You must spend $4000 for your signup bonus UR points. If part of that spend is categorized as travel, a credit will post to your account accordingly. They are separate items.
Even if you return a purchase after you've met your $4000 initial spend it will not count against your spend.
Can I get two travel credit fees if I apply in the middle of the year?
Not for applications after May 21, 2017.
What counts as Travel?
Gas Station and Grocery Store purchases will also count through 12/31/21. (See post 1521.)
The following items have been reimbursed.
Airline purchases, fees & gift cards:
- AA e-gift certificate
- Delta eGift Cards, in-flight food/drink purchases
- UA in-flight bev
- Moved from EC to EC+ on AA and credit posted 8/2017.
Southwest gift cards do work! Just purchased a $40 emailed gift card and received the travel credit 3/2018
- Airbnb & their GC
- Bellagio Las Vegas -- including restaurant charges signed to room (posted as BELLAGIO - FRONT DESK)
- hotels.com (NOT hotels.com e-gift cert!)
- Hotel restaurants not charged to room (verified at Renaissance LV)
- Marriott GC and hotel charges
- Priceline "opaque" hotel purchases
- Kruger National Park lodging reservation (booked on sanparks.org official site)
- Hilton Home2 Suites
- taxi fares: Uber, Lyft, Gett, Way2Ride, London taxi, RideAustin
- Transit fees: BART, MTA, FastTrac, MetroCard, DC Metro (WMATA) SmarTrip farecard and commemorative cards, NJ Transit, Oyster card, Ventra (Chicago), Las Vegas Monorail,Short term parking at LAS, London, STIB/MIVB (Brussels), UTA (Salt Lake City), TriMet (Portland, OR)
- Parking meters: Chicago; Portland, OR; San Francisco; Atlantic City; Seattle; Minneapolis; Raleigh; San Diego
- Public parking garages: San Francisco; Montgomery Co. MD; Saint Paul; UC San Diego
- Toll passes: E-Z Pass (MA, MD, NH, NJ, NY, PA), Sunpass prepaid tolls, Washington State GoodToGo tolls, RiverLink tolls, TxTag, IPass (Illinois), Houston EZ-Tag
- Train tickets: trainline (UK train tickets), Eurostar.com, Bahn.com (when using Paypal), Amtrak (cafe car purchases as well as tickets purchased from kiosks or the website), italirail.com, Train and bus travel in Scotland at ticket counter, SNCB/NMBS (Belgium--app or counter; chip-and-sign cards don't work in ticket machines), Euroshuttle (car train under the English Channel)
- Ferries: Cape May, NJ to Lewes, DE
- Shuttles: Jackson Hole WY Airport official shuttle to town
- Unlimted JR Pass for Japan purchased from japan-rail-pass.com
- Bikeshare membership/usage fees in Washington, DC
- Parking apps: ParkWhiz, SpotHero, ParkMobile
- Presidential Limousine service in Las Vegas
- Costco Travel
Disney theme park tickets physically purchased at Disney gateSee post #1203- Disney Vacation account funding
- Royal Caribbean drink package
- Cruise bookings
- Cruise Excursions Booked Prior to Cruise (and fully refundable)
- MIR Travel Agency
- ChargePoint for Electric Vehicle Charging
- MileagePlusX Uber GC
- undercovertourist.com
- Rental cars (verified Avis on page 7 of this thread)
- Lahaina Cruise Co. (Hawaii Ocean Project whale watch cruise)
- Interval International Exchange Fee + Upgrade Fee
- Aircraft title transfer registration fees with ICAO's International Registry of Mobile Assets (Cape Town Convention and Aircraft Protocol)
- Cooking class/experience booked through Viator
What doesn't count as travel?
Here's a thread dedicated to the topic: https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/chas...rrect-mcc.html
The following items have NOT posted as travel/been reimbursed:
e-gift card from Airline, except DeltaPlease list specifics.- AA in-flight food
- AAA membership
- Alaska Airlines: e-gift cards; in-flight food; Board Room membership (post 1152)
- Blink Charging (EV charging network): shows up as Bills & Utilities
- CLEAR -- annual membership fee and pro-rated $50 fee for adding a family member
- Points.com (Southwest)
- Not all parking meters - Michigan State University (MSU Police Dept. 1x), Phoenix
- Parking citation payment (SF MTA)
- Hotel parking fees (e.g. Fairmont SF)
- Walt Disney tickets directly from Disney.com
- Vacation Rental by Owner/HomeAway
- Airport landing, parking and ground handling fees for private jets
EZ-Tag (Houston, TX)now DOES count per post 1109- Georgia Peach Pass
- Hotels.com e-gift card
- Hyatt e-gift card
- Hyatt physical G.C. from Hyatt.com (coded as Online, Mail, or Telephone transaction or Card, Gift Novelty and Souvenir Stores) No manual adjustment.
- IHG Ambassador recognition program
- Southwest Airlines in-flight purchases
- Southwest Airlines Wi-Fi purchase ("Bills & utilities" in Chase online banking)
- Prince Resorts Hawaii Gift Card (Prince Hotel Waikiki, Mauna Kea Hotel, Hapuna Beach Hotel)
- Meal at Fairmont Hotel not charged to room
- Choice hotel Points + Cash reservation
- Delta in-flight Wi-Fi purchased through app
- MPX Amazon.Com
- Not all public transit: Lisbon metro
- Travel Insurance (Allianz)
Chase Sapphire Reserve $300 Annual Travel Credit (2016 - 2021)
Oct 20, 2016, 11:35 am
#271
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How about non-point purchases through the UR portal?
Oct 20, 2016, 1:45 pm
#272
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Paying with cash as shopping thru the UR portal has no difference as from other OTAs such as Expedia. Therefore the charge should earn both points AND qualify travel expense to trigger the credit.
Oct 20, 2016, 3:11 pm
#273
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Oct 20, 2016, 3:53 pm
#274
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Oct 20, 2016, 5:44 pm
#275
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PayByPhone parking app was credited. This was for an MBTA lot but I think other lots use it.
Oct 20, 2016, 6:48 pm
#276
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What is the reason you have not charged to the room? Is it the hotel policy? If so, that may explain why it does not trigger the credit.
Oct 20, 2016, 9:22 pm
#277
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Has anyone tried to purchase miles/points from UA or AA and been successful in getting the travel credit?
Oct 20, 2016, 9:23 pm
#278
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Can't rely on the description though. The MCC of the company that runs the parking facility may not be in the list of qualified codes. This is the hard part. I have plenty of purchases at grocery stores that despite having the right description, they do not earn any bonus on the AMEX cards because the MCC is not in the qualified list. I imagine your case is similar even it is Chase not AMEX but the mechanism is the same.
What is the reason you have not charged to the room? Is it the hotel policy? If so, that may explain why it does not trigger the credit.
What is the reason you have not charged to the room? Is it the hotel policy? If so, that may explain why it does not trigger the credit.
Yes, $15 for 45 minutes on Nob Hill > 5 hours at city garage downtown 
Welcome to SF.
Oct 20, 2016, 9:39 pm
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But you obviously were upset with your thumbs down ... If you dont have any expectation then this would not ever bother you... just sayin.
Oct 21, 2016, 9:06 am
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Gogo inflight internet NOT classified as travel
Oct 21, 2016, 4:28 pm
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We all understand that the automated travel credit reimbursement is dependent on the merchant code applied to the transaction. However I think your average consumer (myself included) expects that similar transactions at similar merchants will be treated identically. If you get 3x credit for dining, it should not matter whether you dine at McDonald's or Del Friscos. Similarly, if you park in a garage and the merchant receipt displays parking fees, your average consumer would expect the charge to be treated similarly, regardless of who owns or operates the garage.
That's kind of the whole point of this thread - to give people a heads up about what fees are covered since the system used by Chase does not always reach a logical result. @:-)
Oct 21, 2016, 6:27 pm
#282
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SWA Gift Card purchased via SWA is a travel credit category
I couldn't find the answer here but I wanted to let everyone know that a SWA gift card purchased through SWA DOES count toward the travel credit. From what I read on SWA's site, it doesn't expire. Got my E-card immediately.
Oct 21, 2016, 6:30 pm
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I'm not "upset" as I will easily hit $300 over the next 2 months - with or without a parking fee credit. I am simply pointing out inconsistent results from Chase which I think merits a
We all understand that the automated travel credit reimbursement is dependent on the merchant cohttp://www.flyertalk.com/forum/chase-ultimate-rewards/1787630-chase-sapphire-reserve-300-annual-travel-credit-19.htmlde applied to the transaction. However I think your average consumer (myself included) expects that similar transactions at similar merchants will be treated identically. If you get 3x credit for dining, it should not matter whether you dine at McDonald's or Del Friscos. Similarly, if you park in a garage and the merchant receipt displays parking fees, your average consumer would expect the charge to be treated similarly, regardless of who owns or operates the garage.
That's kind of the whole point of this thread - to give people a heads up about what fees are covered since the system used by Chase does not always reach a logical result. @:-)
We all understand that the automated travel credit reimbursement is dependent on the merchant cohttp://www.flyertalk.com/forum/chase-ultimate-rewards/1787630-chase-sapphire-reserve-300-annual-travel-credit-19.htmlde applied to the transaction. However I think your average consumer (myself included) expects that similar transactions at similar merchants will be treated identically. If you get 3x credit for dining, it should not matter whether you dine at McDonald's or Del Friscos. Similarly, if you park in a garage and the merchant receipt displays parking fees, your average consumer would expect the charge to be treated similarly, regardless of who owns or operates the garage.
That's kind of the whole point of this thread - to give people a heads up about what fees are covered since the system used by Chase does not always reach a logical result. @:-)
In fact Chase is being very consistent - the category of the spend is totally depending on how the merchant identifies itself by way of the MCC. It has been specified in the T&Cs. Period.
Your thumbs down should direct to the merchant, not Chase.
Oct 21, 2016, 8:44 pm
#284
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Southwest eGift card counted as Travel. Mine got credited the next day.
I purchased a local travel agency 3-day bus tour, and it is TOURIST ATTRACTIONS AND EXHIBITS, not Travel.
Does anyone know if booking cruise thru Costco Travel, or VacationsToGo.com count as Travel?
I purchased a local travel agency 3-day bus tour, and it is TOURIST ATTRACTIONS AND EXHIBITS, not Travel.
Does anyone know if booking cruise thru Costco Travel, or VacationsToGo.com count as Travel?
Oct 21, 2016, 8:52 pm
#285
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Anyone know if in-flight duty free items purchased, for example on Cathay Pacific would count as a travel item?
Also does anyone know when the $300 resets? I heard some say January 1, but the booklet says December statement closing date? So it could literally mean December 5, January 1, or January 5.
Confused. Any insight on this would be greatly appreciated.
Also does anyone know when the $300 resets? I heard some say January 1, but the booklet says December statement closing date? So it could literally mean December 5, January 1, or January 5.
Confused. Any insight on this would be greatly appreciated.