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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 23, 2017, 10:02 am
#1126
Join Date: Dec 2017
Posts: 1
Clear membership
does anyone know if Clear annual membership will count for travel credit?
Dec 24, 2017, 8:21 am
#1127
Join Date: Sep 2009
Posts: 150
Has anyone had any experience with booking a tour through http://www.toursbylocals.com and getting reimbursed for it?
Dec 25, 2017, 6:26 am
#1128
Moderator: Hyatt; FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jun 2015
Location: WAS
Programs: :rolleyes:, DL DM, Mlife Plat, Caesars Diam, Marriott Tit, UA Gold, Hyatt Glob, invol FT beta tester
Posts: 18,889
I added a family member to my CLEAR account a few days ago and the transaction finally went from pending to posted -- it did /not/ count for the travel credit, so I suspect the annual membership would not either.
Dec 25, 2017, 6:05 pm
#1129
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Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: SFO/SJC
Programs: UA Silver, Marriott Gold, Hilton Gold
Posts: 14,880
never realized the credit was based on statement closing in Dec....I always thought it literally was based on calendar year. Whoops. Never came across it before, I guess, didn't have travel charges in the last part of Dec. last year.
Not a big deal. I was going to use it soon after Jan. anyway. However, I had to make a last minute flight change for the family this week, as my daughter was sick. Was surprised to see the credit listed...my statement close is the 22nd. Change made on Dec. 21, but posted on 24th, with the adjustment posting on same day of course. This used up $225 in credit.
My only potential concern: I just filed a trip interruption claim for these charges, as this change was required because my daughter (traveling with me) was sick on original travel date (102 fever). I'm assuming (hoping) the travel credit shouldn't have any impact on that - anyone know if this will cause an issue?
Not a big deal. I was going to use it soon after Jan. anyway. However, I had to make a last minute flight change for the family this week, as my daughter was sick. Was surprised to see the credit listed...my statement close is the 22nd. Change made on Dec. 21, but posted on 24th, with the adjustment posting on same day of course. This used up $225 in credit.
My only potential concern: I just filed a trip interruption claim for these charges, as this change was required because my daughter (traveling with me) was sick on original travel date (102 fever). I'm assuming (hoping) the travel credit shouldn't have any impact on that - anyone know if this will cause an issue?
Dec 26, 2017, 9:14 am
#1131
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: NYC
Programs: DL Platinum, AA Plat Pro, Bonvoy Lifetime Platinum, JetBlue Mosaic 3, Amtrak Select
Posts: 965
Here's a new one I just discovered:
Uber Eats is coded as travel and counts towards the travel credit.
Uber Eats is coded as travel and counts towards the travel credit.
Dec 26, 2017, 2:19 pm
#1132
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: SJC/SFO
Programs: WN A+ CP, UA 1MM/*A Gold, Mar LT Tit, IHG Plat, HH Dia
Posts: 6,284
Our statement closed mid-December, and then Chase went back and started applying our $300 credit to travel charges post in the first few days of the month! We're not upset, just surprised and curious if anyone else experienced this.
Dec 26, 2017, 3:02 pm
#1133
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: SFO/SJC
Programs: UA Silver, Marriott Gold, Hilton Gold
Posts: 14,880
After reading the wiki, seems Chase went from calendar year to 'membership year' beginning in May. I'm actually surprised never to have received specific notification from Chase about this change that I am aware of - I was unaware of it until I came to this thread a day or two ago. I didn't read upthread, so don't know if there was discussion around it there - I imagine so - but I suspect this was to avoid loses by paying two years of credits in the first year of membership, particularly to those who are churning and and taking advantage of the sign up bonus, and actually receiving more then the annual fee back, at Chase's loss. In my case, for example, I got the card in Oct. 2016, used the calendar year credit in 2016, then used the 2017 credit by Jan, essentially receiving $600 in travel credit in the first year, while still only having paid $450 in annual fees. I'm keeping the card because its well worth the benefits, so they'll make it back on me, but imagine someone doing this for the sign up bonus, and claiming two years of credit while paying just 1 annual fee. By doing this by membership year, this problem is erased - you can only get $300 credit for the AF, and your second credit wouldn't be available until you pay the AF again.
Dec 26, 2017, 3:25 pm
#1134
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Truth or Consequences, NM
Programs: HH Diamond, Marriott Titanium, Hertz President's Circle, UA Silver, Mobile Passport Unobtanium
Posts: 6,192
Me - see my post about 3 posts up.
After reading the wiki, seems Chase went from calendar year to 'membership year' beginning in May. I'm actually surprised never to have received specific notification from Chase about this change that I am aware of - I was unaware of it until I came to this thread a day or two ago. I didn't read upthread, so don't know if there was discussion around it there - I imagine so - but I suspect this was to avoid loses by paying two years of credits in the first year of membership, particularly to those who are churning and and taking advantage of the sign up bonus, and actually receiving more then the annual fee back, at Chase's loss. In my case, for example, I got the card in Oct. 2016, used the calendar year credit in 2016, then used the 2017 credit by Jan, essentially receiving $600 in travel credit in the first year, while still only having paid $450 in annual fees. I'm keeping the card because its well worth the benefits, so they'll make it back on me, but imagine someone doing this for the sign up bonus, and claiming two years of credit while paying just 1 annual fee. By doing this by membership year, this problem is erased - you can only get $300 credit for the AF, and your second credit wouldn't be available until you pay the AF again.
After reading the wiki, seems Chase went from calendar year to 'membership year' beginning in May. I'm actually surprised never to have received specific notification from Chase about this change that I am aware of - I was unaware of it until I came to this thread a day or two ago. I didn't read upthread, so don't know if there was discussion around it there - I imagine so - but I suspect this was to avoid loses by paying two years of credits in the first year of membership, particularly to those who are churning and and taking advantage of the sign up bonus, and actually receiving more then the annual fee back, at Chase's loss. In my case, for example, I got the card in Oct. 2016, used the calendar year credit in 2016, then used the 2017 credit by Jan, essentially receiving $600 in travel credit in the first year, while still only having paid $450 in annual fees. I'm keeping the card because its well worth the benefits, so they'll make it back on me, but imagine someone doing this for the sign up bonus, and claiming two years of credit while paying just 1 annual fee. By doing this by membership year, this problem is erased - you can only get $300 credit for the AF, and your second credit wouldn't be available until you pay the AF again.
Dec 28, 2017, 12:07 pm
#1135
Join Date: Jul 2010
Posts: 102
Not exactly. Chase moved the travel credit from calendar year to membership year for people who obtained the CSR beginning in May 2017. People who obtained the CSR prior to that are still on calendar year and the calendar year resets when your December statement posts each year.
Dec 28, 2017, 2:51 pm
#1136
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Traveling some where hopefully
Programs: AS, AA Gold, and Hilton
Posts: 1,954
My wife and I both had our $300 reset last week and we have already used 1 of them.
Jan 1, 2018, 12:02 am
#1137
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Florida
Posts: 29,740
Those who opened the card before May 2017, start their 2018 "Calendar Year" the day after their Dec statements. Any travel charges posted in December but AFTER the Dec statement date are counted against the 2018 credit which is posted the same time as the charge posted, just like how it has always been.
Here is yet one more DP - We got off a cruise on Dec 30, the shipboard account charge was already reflected in the account activity today, together with the $300 credit on a card the statement date was Dec 24.
If your card was opened May or later in 2017, then when your statement closed in December, has absolutely NO BEARING on when your travel credit would reset - because, as explained in the text you quoted, those cards have Cardmember Anniversary Year as the metric on when the travel credit is reset.
I am really surprised that after so many discussions here and elsewhere regarding the mechanism of the travel credit application, there are still so much confusion on WHICH mechanism applied to one's own card, as well as HOW the mechanism works, even with the Wiki.
On a somewhat related note - Cruise counts as Travel on Ink Preferred card just like the CSR does so it also earns 3x on the Ink Preferred despite Chase marketing material named some specific charges as being eligible Travel charges on the Ink Preferred. However essentially Ink Preferred uses the same Travel definition as the CSR.
Last edited by Happy; Jan 1, 2018 at 12:14 am
Jan 3, 2018, 8:17 am
#1138
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: RDU
Posts: 679
Another DP for Silvercar over the holidays. Almost done with the 2018 credit already (opened before 5/2017).
Jan 4, 2018, 12:20 pm
#1139
Join Date: Jul 2012
Posts: 497
I opened my card on 1/12/17, so my travel credit is tied to my membership year. I used my travel credit in 2017, but during December 2017, my travel credit was reset and I got another $300. Question: is the $300 travel credit I got in December 2017 my 2018 credit, or will I get another $300 credit during 2018?
Jan 4, 2018, 12:26 pm
#1140
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Join Date: Jun 2003
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