Sep 2, 2016, 8:22 am
Last edit by: serpens
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)
Nov 28, 2016, 3:17 pm
#541
Join Date: Nov 2016
Posts: 17
So has anyone found anyway to obtain non-travel gift cards or even cash back? Example being MPX to get Amazon gift cards which I know won't work for this card. Everything I am seeing and reading is truly travel related. Which not saying isn't helpful still, I just don't have any travel coming up yet and don't want to get tied down to one specific company by buying their giftcard, i.e. AA gift card.
Nov 28, 2016, 4:39 pm
#542
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: SFO
Programs: BA Avios, UA MP, AA, Choice, Club Carlson
Posts: 1,096
Experience
- Day 0, Applied for the card
- Day 4, Annual fee billed
- Day 12, Statement Generated
Confirmed all this info by looking at my application and statements.
Nov 28, 2016, 4:44 pm
#543
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Nov 28, 2016, 5:34 pm
#544
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: SFO
Programs: BA Avios, UA MP, AA, Choice, Club Carlson
Posts: 1,096
Day
- Day 0, Applied for the card
- Day 3, Annual fee billed
- Day 4, Card arrived via UPS
- Day 12, Statement Generated
This was back when I applied Aug/Sep
This was also when they ran out of metal cards and sent the plastic ones.
Day 0 was a weekday Monday, I want to say morning or early afternoon Eastern Time.
Hope that helps for an accurate example of a timeline.
- Day 3, Annual fee billed
- Day 4, Card arrived via UPS
- Day 12, Statement Generated
This was back when I applied Aug/Sep
This was also when they ran out of metal cards and sent the plastic ones.
Day 0 was a weekday Monday, I want to say morning or early afternoon Eastern Time.
Hope that helps for an accurate example of a timeline.
Nov 28, 2016, 7:47 pm
#545
A FlyerTalk Posting Legend, Moderator, Information Desk, Ambassador, Alaska Airlines
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: FAI
Programs: AS MVP Gold100K, AS 1MM, Maika`i Card, AGR, HH Gold, Hertz PC, Marriott Titanium LTG, CO, 7H, BA, 8E
Posts: 42,953
Applied for this card this evening.
Approved within seconds.
Says next payment due 1/17/17.
Approved within seconds.
Says next payment due 1/17/17.
Nov 28, 2016, 8:53 pm
#546
Join Date: Jul 2016
Location: SoCal
Programs: IHG RA, Marriott Gold, Hilton Gold, Delta Silver
Posts: 100
My purchase of a Metro-North (NY MTA) round trip ticket with the MTA eTix App triggered the credit.
ALSO, got a credit for the $15 Uber GC I bought with MPX.
ALSO, got a credit for the $15 Uber GC I bought with MPX.
Nov 28, 2016, 11:00 pm
#547
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: PEK, AUS, WAS, HKG
Programs: CX Gold
Posts: 1,123
Sapphire Reserve travel credit: how is it counted?
I just got approved for the Sapphire Reserve card
, but I am wondering how does the travel credit works. As I understand it, the clock for the $300 travel credit resets AFTER the December statement, so if I make a purchase of $300 now (before the December 2016 statement closes), and then another $300 in January 2017, should I expect that both are refunded? This seems too good to be true?
, but I am wondering how does the travel credit works. As I understand it, the clock for the $300 travel credit resets AFTER the December statement, so if I make a purchase of $300 now (before the December 2016 statement closes), and then another $300 in January 2017, should I expect that both are refunded? This seems too good to be true?
Nov 28, 2016, 11:12 pm
#548
Join Date: Nov 2016
Location: Gainesville, FL
Programs: United, JetBlue, Citi Thankyou, Chase UR, AA
Posts: 1
From their site:
Up to $300 in statement credits annually (“annually” means the year beginning with your account open date through the first December statement date of that same year, and each 12 billing cycles starting after your December statement date through the following December statement date).
i would call but it seems like you'll get $300 for travel charges between now and Dec 31 and then another $300 all next year for 2017.. Some analyst probably didn't think this one through :P
Up to $300 in statement credits annually (“annually” means the year beginning with your account open date through the first December statement date of that same year, and each 12 billing cycles starting after your December statement date through the following December statement date).
i would call but it seems like you'll get $300 for travel charges between now and Dec 31 and then another $300 all next year for 2017.. Some analyst probably didn't think this one through :P
Nov 28, 2016, 11:14 pm
#549
Join Date: Aug 2004
Programs: Continental OnePass
Posts: 856
Yes, you get $300 before you December statement posts, and then another $300 at any point over the next 12 billing periods, repeat ad infinitum.
Nov 28, 2016, 11:18 pm
#550
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: PEK, AUS, WAS, HKG
Programs: CX Gold
Posts: 1,123
From their site:
Up to $300 in statement credits annually (“annually” means the year beginning with your account open date through the first December statement date of that same year, and each 12 billing cycles starting after your December statement date through the following December statement date).
i would call but it seems like you'll get $300 for travel charges between now and Dec 31 and then another $300 all next year for 2017.. Some analyst probably didn't think this one through :P
Up to $300 in statement credits annually (“annually” means the year beginning with your account open date through the first December statement date of that same year, and each 12 billing cycles starting after your December statement date through the following December statement date).
i would call but it seems like you'll get $300 for travel charges between now and Dec 31 and then another $300 all next year for 2017.. Some analyst probably didn't think this one through :P
Nov 28, 2016, 11:19 pm
#551
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: PEK, AUS, WAS, HKG
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Nov 29, 2016, 8:51 am
#552
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Then your Dec. stmt. should post abt 12/20, or so. Spend $300 on travel before 12/10 and you should be fine (Chase usually won't post spending that occurs w/in 5>10 days of stmt.) It varies but to be safe get your spend done before 12/10.
Nov 29, 2016, 10:11 am
#553
Join Date: Jun 2012
Posts: 53
Bought some Princess Cruise Line gift cards and they were reimbursed. Can use towards cruise fare or for on-board purchases.
Nov 29, 2016, 10:28 am
#554
Join Date: Oct 2009
Posts: 1
Also, any purchased made at resort/hotel restaurants do not count as travel even if the merchant name is the resort/hotel name because it is coded as DINING. Just found out today.
Nov 29, 2016, 2:58 pm
#555
Join Date: Oct 2016
Posts: 65
Military ITT purchases do not count towards travel. We bought Universal tickets through ITT using the CSR card and didn't receive travel credit. I called Chase and they said that it doesn't count as travel because of the way it was coded. I forgot exactly how they said it was coded.
Also, any purchased made at resort/hotel restaurants do not count as travel even if the merchant name is the resort/hotel name because it is coded as DINING. Just found out today.
Also, any purchased made at resort/hotel restaurants do not count as travel even if the merchant name is the resort/hotel name because it is coded as DINING. Just found out today.