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)
Dec 26, 2016, 4:13 pm
#736
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: California
Programs: American, SWA, United, IHG,Hilton, Hyatt, Marriott
Posts: 1,843
Way too late for 2016. Why bother. Just get a 2018 credit. What's the big deal?
Dec 26, 2016, 6:30 pm
#737
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Traveling some where hopefully
Programs: AS, AA Gold, and Hilton
Posts: 1,954
Dec 27, 2016, 11:42 am
#738
Join Date: Feb 2010
Posts: 78
Misinformed Bloggers and Chase Benefits
Pretty unhappy with Chase. My wife has this card and has not used her 2016 travel credit. Per several travel blogger websites, including the site from which she applied, the credit is applied to travel spent on the card by December 31, 2016.
I understand that the terms and conditions provide that the spend must occur in time to be on the December 2016 statement for the credit to apply for 2016. Her statement date came and went on the 13th.
Chase is getting the best of both worlds here. It relies on bloggers to reel in new customers, and pays the bloggers referral fees. But the paid bloggers posted misinformation (i.e., that spend prior to 12/31/16 will benefit from the 2016 travel credit).
Anyone have any luck getting Chase to do anything here? The false advertising has me super fired up, notwithstanding that it was not Chase itself that relayed the false information.
I understand that the terms and conditions provide that the spend must occur in time to be on the December 2016 statement for the credit to apply for 2016. Her statement date came and went on the 13th.
Chase is getting the best of both worlds here. It relies on bloggers to reel in new customers, and pays the bloggers referral fees. But the paid bloggers posted misinformation (i.e., that spend prior to 12/31/16 will benefit from the 2016 travel credit).
Anyone have any luck getting Chase to do anything here? The false advertising has me super fired up, notwithstanding that it was not Chase itself that relayed the false information.
Dec 27, 2016, 5:38 pm
#739
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: California
Programs: American, SWA, United, IHG,Hilton, Hyatt, Marriott
Posts: 1,843
Pretty unhappy with Chase. My wife has this card and has not used her 2016 travel credit. Per several travel blogger websites, including the site from which she applied, the credit is applied to travel spent on the card by December 31, 2016.
I understand that the terms and conditions provide that the spend must occur in time to be on the December 2016 statement for the credit to apply for 2016. Her statement date came and went on the 13th.
Chase is getting the best of both worlds here. It relies on bloggers to reel in new customers, and pays the bloggers referral fees. But the paid bloggers posted misinformation (i.e., that spend prior to 12/31/16 will benefit from the 2016 travel credit).
Anyone have any luck getting Chase to do anything here? The false advertising has me super fired up, notwithstanding that it was not Chase itself that relayed the false information.
I understand that the terms and conditions provide that the spend must occur in time to be on the December 2016 statement for the credit to apply for 2016. Her statement date came and went on the 13th.
Chase is getting the best of both worlds here. It relies on bloggers to reel in new customers, and pays the bloggers referral fees. But the paid bloggers posted misinformation (i.e., that spend prior to 12/31/16 will benefit from the 2016 travel credit).
Anyone have any luck getting Chase to do anything here? The false advertising has me super fired up, notwithstanding that it was not Chase itself that relayed the false information.
Dec 27, 2016, 5:42 pm
#740
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: North America
Posts: 2,265
I do agree that Chase has certainly made the reimbursement terms confusing. It was likely a business decision to throw off some of the customers from utilizing their credit in time, but poor execution.
Dec 27, 2016, 5:50 pm
#741
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: California
Programs: American, SWA, United, IHG,Hilton, Hyatt, Marriott
Posts: 1,843
Can you please share which blogs has this mis(information)? All the ones I read have been clear on the statement date issue.
I do agree that Chase has certainly made the reimbursement terms confusing. It was likely a business decision to throw off some of the customers from utilizing their credit in time, but poor execution.
I do agree that Chase has certainly made the reimbursement terms confusing. It was likely a business decision to throw off some of the customers from utilizing their credit in time, but poor execution.
Disagree. It was perfectly clear from day one. I do not think they purposefully tried to throw off their customer. Using the last closing business statement is a way to do it. They could have chosen to just give $300 annually based on your fee date. But they didn't. They allowed you to get $600!!!! If people didn't read correctly and missed it that's their own fault.
Dec 27, 2016, 6:15 pm
#742
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: NW Iowa
Programs: Hilton Gold, Marriott Gold Elite, Hyatt Explorist, IHG Platinum Elite, Delta Silver Medallion
Posts: 378
Pretty unhappy with Chase. My wife has this card and has not used her 2016 travel credit. Per several travel blogger websites, including the site from which she applied, the credit is applied to travel spent on the card by December 31, 2016.
I understand that the terms and conditions provide that the spend must occur in time to be on the December 2016 statement for the credit to apply for 2016. Her statement date came and went on the 13th.
Chase is getting the best of both worlds here. It relies on bloggers to reel in new customers, and pays the bloggers referral fees. But the paid bloggers posted misinformation (i.e., that spend prior to 12/31/16 will benefit from the 2016 travel credit).
Anyone have any luck getting Chase to do anything here? The false advertising has me super fired up, notwithstanding that it was not Chase itself that relayed the false information.
I understand that the terms and conditions provide that the spend must occur in time to be on the December 2016 statement for the credit to apply for 2016. Her statement date came and went on the 13th.
Chase is getting the best of both worlds here. It relies on bloggers to reel in new customers, and pays the bloggers referral fees. But the paid bloggers posted misinformation (i.e., that spend prior to 12/31/16 will benefit from the 2016 travel credit).
Anyone have any luck getting Chase to do anything here? The false advertising has me super fired up, notwithstanding that it was not Chase itself that relayed the false information.
Dec 28, 2016, 9:51 am
#743
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: TPA/DFW/K15
Programs: AA EXP, Mar AMB, HH LT DIA
Posts: 1,652
Pretty unhappy with Chase. My wife has this card and has not used her 2016 travel credit. Per several travel blogger websites, including the site from which she applied, the credit is applied to travel spent on the card by December 31, 2016.
I understand that the terms and conditions provide that the spend must occur in time to be on the December 2016 statement for the credit to apply for 2016. Her statement date came and went on the 13th.
Chase is getting the best of both worlds here. It relies on bloggers to reel in new customers, and pays the bloggers referral fees. But the paid bloggers posted misinformation (i.e., that spend prior to 12/31/16 will benefit from the 2016 travel credit).
Anyone have any luck getting Chase to do anything here? The false advertising has me super fired up, notwithstanding that it was not Chase itself that relayed the false information.
I understand that the terms and conditions provide that the spend must occur in time to be on the December 2016 statement for the credit to apply for 2016. Her statement date came and went on the 13th.
Chase is getting the best of both worlds here. It relies on bloggers to reel in new customers, and pays the bloggers referral fees. But the paid bloggers posted misinformation (i.e., that spend prior to 12/31/16 will benefit from the 2016 travel credit).
Anyone have any luck getting Chase to do anything here? The false advertising has me super fired up, notwithstanding that it was not Chase itself that relayed the false information.
Dec 28, 2016, 10:20 am
#744
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: So Cal
Programs: UA Gold/0.744MM, WN AL, Hyatt Diamond, MR Scum, Hertz PC, National Exec, Avis PC
Posts: 5,561
Statement closed Dec 22. By 12/25 I already had greater than 300 in travel expenses reimbursed (United MP Visa companion cert to Hawaii). So, net cost for two RT to Hawaii = ~$513 
Total reimbursements already = $700 (2x300 + 100 TT)
Total reimbursements already = $700 (2x300 + 100 TT)
Dec 28, 2016, 11:41 am
#745
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: SoCal
Posts: 621
Echoing others comments... I've already earned my $300 travel credit for 2017. Booked a couple of WN tickets late in December, which will bill in January.
Dec 28, 2016, 12:33 pm
#746
Join Date: Nov 2010
Programs: AS MVPG, HH Diamond
Posts: 232
Just noticed the same thing myself on two airline tickets and part of a hotel charge. Took a second - and this thread - to recognize what was going on. Pleasant surprise to end the year, at least for someone (me) who didn't notice that part of the T&C.
Dec 29, 2016, 9:00 am
#747
Join Date: Nov 2016
Posts: 15
Data Point: Got card first week of Dec, got the closing date changed to be 12/28. Used up all of 2016 travel credit. Just checked my statement and I have a fresh $300 for 2017.
Dec 29, 2016, 3:23 pm
#749
Join Date: Jul 2013
Posts: 1,872
uber gift card purchase on ebay will trigger the credit?
Dec 29, 2016, 6:54 pm
#750
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Traveling some where hopefully
Programs: AS, AA Gold, and Hilton
Posts: 1,954
Right now there isn't a 2016 credit left because it would have had to post by 12/28 which is the last closing date in December for some lucky people.
I used up my wife's credit very easily in October. I just applied yesterday (because of 5/24) and was auto approved. Due date on my 1st statement is 2/26/2017.
Last edited by jjmiller69; Dec 30, 2016 at 6:30 pm Reason: correction