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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 20, 2017, 11:42 am
#1111
Join Date: Nov 2013
Posts: 406
Per Chase, my travel credit for 2018 is available upon the close of my December Statement 12/17. It has been a few days since Statement closing and I still don't have the travel credit available. Anyone in the same boat?
Is this a timing issue?
Is this a timing issue?
Dec 20, 2017, 12:02 pm
#1112
Join Date: Mar 2012
Posts: 249
Could you clarify your post? There seems to be a contradiction. Did you mean your toll charges are NOT, rather than NOW, coding as travel?
Anyways, it's well known that the auto-reload does not qualify for travel in many instances. Try loading a one-time payment (not auto-reload) and let us know if that triggers travel.
Dec 20, 2017, 12:07 pm
#1113
Moderator: Hyatt; FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jun 2015
Location: WAS
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Could you clarify your post? There seems to be a contradiction. Did you mean your toll charges are NOT, rather than NOW, coding as travel?
Anyways, it's well known that the auto-reload does not qualify for travel in many instances. Try loading a one-time payment (not auto-reload) and let us know if that triggers travel.
Anyways, it's well known that the auto-reload does not qualify for travel in many instances. Try loading a one-time payment (not auto-reload) and let us know if that triggers travel.
Dec 20, 2017, 12:44 pm
#1114
Join Date: Dec 2017
Posts: 1
Hi all! I'm planning to cancel my Chase Sapphire Reserve card in early January, but just received the $300 annual credit to spend again. The only trips I have planned have already been paid for, so I'm looking to spend $300 to get this credit. My initial thought was to purchase IHG Points - I can get 46,800 IHG Points for $299. Does anyone know if these are redeemed as travel so I would receive the credit?
Or does anyone else have any thoughts on what this could be used for that might be a better value?
Thanks!
Or does anyone else have any thoughts on what this could be used for that might be a better value?
Thanks!
Dec 20, 2017, 1:17 pm
#1115
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Truth or Consequences, NM
Programs: HH Diamond, Marriott Titanium, Hertz President's Circle, UA Silver, Mobile Passport Unobtanium
Posts: 6,193
Hi all! I'm planning to cancel my Chase Sapphire Reserve card in early January, but just received the $300 annual credit to spend again. The only trips I have planned have already been paid for, so I'm looking to spend $300 to get this credit. My initial thought was to purchase IHG Points - I can get 46,800 IHG Points for $299. Does anyone know if these are redeemed as travel so I would receive the credit?
Or does anyone else have any thoughts on what this could be used for that might be a better value?
Thanks!
Or does anyone else have any thoughts on what this could be used for that might be a better value?
Thanks!
As for what else you could use to exhaust your travel credit, the Wiki at the top of the page has a great list of options.
Dec 20, 2017, 1:43 pm
#1116
Join Date: Mar 2012
Posts: 249
*emphasis added*
Could you clarify your post? There seems to be a contradiction. Did you mean your toll charges are NOT, rather than NOW, coding as travel?
Anyways, it's well known that the auto-reload does not qualify for travel in many instances. Try loading a one-time payment (not auto-reload) and let us know if that triggers travel.
Could you clarify your post? There seems to be a contradiction. Did you mean your toll charges are NOT, rather than NOW, coding as travel?
Anyways, it's well known that the auto-reload does not qualify for travel in many instances. Try loading a one-time payment (not auto-reload) and let us know if that triggers travel.
BTW, I'm surprised the auto-reloads are showing up as travel. I had thought only the one-time payments triggered the 3X.
Dec 20, 2017, 3:38 pm
#1117
Join Date: Sep 2015
Location: flyover country
Posts: 2,435
If the credit is available, then a travel charge will generate a credit. I would assume it's available if your December statement has closed.
Dec 20, 2017, 3:45 pm
#1118
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Dec 20, 2017, 3:55 pm
#1119
Join Date: Sep 2015
Location: flyover country
Posts: 2,435
As I said in the part of my message that you did not quote, I would assume it's available if the December statement has closed.
Dec 20, 2017, 4:40 pm
#1120
Moderator: Hyatt; FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jun 2015
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I wonder, then, if theirs still says $300/$300 used, for example.
Dec 22, 2017, 8:18 pm
#1121
Join Date: Jul 2010
Posts: 2,108
I'm receiving the following message in my UR portal:
$300 Annual Travel Credit
Annual Travel Credit progress information(chart shows total $300 credit already consumed for 2017 end-of-year statement)
Annual Travel Credit progress
This shows what you've received in statement credits towards the annual maximum accumulation of $300. The Annual Travel Credit will be issued for the current annual period (as defined in the Terms & Conditions) in which the transaction posts to your account. For example, if a transaction does not post until after the current annual period ends, it will be allocated towards the following year's Annual Travel Credit maximum of $300. See Terms & Conditions at the bottom of the page for additional details.
$300Received
Congratulations!
You received your $300 Annual Travel Credit this year. Your next year's $300 Annual Travel Credit will begin after your statement closing date in 12/17.*
So it's now 12/22 and my end of year closing statement was supposed to have rolled over on 12/17 yet the portal is still showing my "travel credit progress" for 2017. It's been a full week since my statement closed and according to what's seen in the UR portal, my annual travel credit still hasn't reloaded for the new year...
Dec 22, 2017, 8:43 pm
#1122
Join Date: Apr 2015
Posts: 309
I'm receiving the following message in my UR portal:
$300 Annual Travel Credit
Annual Travel Credit progress information(chart shows total $300 credit already consumed for 2017 end-of-year statement)
Annual Travel Credit progress
This shows what you've received in statement credits towards the annual maximum accumulation of $300. The Annual Travel Credit will be issued for the current annual period (as defined in the Terms & Conditions) in which the transaction posts to your account. For example, if a transaction does not post until after the current annual period ends, it will be allocated towards the following year's Annual Travel Credit maximum of $300. See Terms & Conditions at the bottom of the page for additional details.
$300Received
Congratulations!
You received your $300 Annual Travel Credit this year. Your next year's $300 Annual Travel Credit will begin after your statement closing date in 12/17.*
So it's now 12/22 and my end of year closing statement was supposed to have rolled over on 12/17 yet the portal is still showing my "travel credit progress" for 2017. It's been a full week since my statement closed and according to what's seen in the UR portal, my annual travel credit still hasn't reloaded for the new year...
Dec 22, 2017, 8:48 pm
#1123
Moderator
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Miami, Mpls & London
Programs: AA & Marriott Perpetual Platinum; DL & HH Gold
Posts: 48,955
12/17 means December 2017 -not- 12.17.2017. Has a statement been generated in December?
Dec 22, 2017, 9:09 pm
#1124
Join Date: Jul 2010
Posts: 2,108
Nope my statement hasn't actually been generated yet... I assumed that my statement date was the 17th of the month (thinking 12/17 referred to month and day) but it's in fact the 24th.
Hopefully the travel credit will automatically renew by the 25th as it would be nice to redeem it for our hotel stay over the holidays next week.
Thanks again!