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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)
Mar 31, 2020, 11:57 am
#1381
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: JZRO
Posts: 9,169
As I'm sure others have pointed out, there are ways to get that travel credit without actually traveling. That said, I'm glad I got two hotel stays in before the virus hit; they met my $300 credit. And who knows when I'll travel again?
RNE, suggesting this is another nail in CSR's coffin.
RNE, suggesting this is another nail in CSR's coffin.
Apr 2, 2020, 6:32 am
#1382
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: STL
Programs: Hyatt Platinum, Hilton Gold
Posts: 521
As I'm sure others have pointed out, there are ways to get that travel credit without actually traveling. That said, I'm glad I got two hotel stays in before the virus hit; they met my $300 credit. And who knows when I'll travel again?
RNE, suggesting this is another nail in CSR's coffin.
RNE, suggesting this is another nail in CSR's coffin.
Anyone have any tips on how I can spend my $300 travel credit before downgrading the CSR to a non-AF card? I won't be traveling for the next year but have already paid my AF. Thanks for any help!
Apr 2, 2020, 6:46 am
#1383
Moderator
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Miami, Mpls & London
Programs: AA & Marriott Perpetual Platinum; DL & HH Gold
Posts: 48,958
Apr 11, 2020, 6:22 pm
#1384
Join Date: Mar 2014
Posts: 12
Can anyone advise where I can get an airbnb gift card that will count towards this credit?
Lacking that:
Do physical delta gift cards count from delta.com?
What about physical hotels.com gift cards from hotels.com?
Lacking that:
Do physical delta gift cards count from delta.com?
What about physical hotels.com gift cards from hotels.com?
Apr 12, 2020, 4:36 pm
#1385
Join Date: Jun 2012
Posts: 493
Looking for ways to use my Sapphire travel credits on mine and my hubby's cards. Not really traveling until next year.
Delta gift cards work? Where do you buy them online so they are coded correctly? (delta.com)
Marriott gift cards? They don't sell them on Marriott.com. But this site: gifts.marriott.com seems to sell them. But my Marriott.com login doesn't work. I don't really want to go to a Marriott hotel right now because of COVID19... I'd rather buy online, but know that where you buy it is important so it codes correctly. Is that gifts.marriott.com even a Marriott site?
And what about AA? where do you buy those? I assume American Airlines website (americanairlines.com), but only use a laptop.
Thanks. Never thought I'd ever have to look for a way to spend Chase's travel credit. I usually get it right away every year since I normally travel several times a year. Sigh.
Delta gift cards work? Where do you buy them online so they are coded correctly? (delta.com)
Marriott gift cards? They don't sell them on Marriott.com. But this site: gifts.marriott.com seems to sell them. But my Marriott.com login doesn't work. I don't really want to go to a Marriott hotel right now because of COVID19... I'd rather buy online, but know that where you buy it is important so it codes correctly. Is that gifts.marriott.com even a Marriott site?
And what about AA? where do you buy those? I assume American Airlines website (americanairlines.com), but only use a laptop.
Thanks. Never thought I'd ever have to look for a way to spend Chase's travel credit. I usually get it right away every year since I normally travel several times a year. Sigh.
Apr 12, 2020, 4:54 pm
#1386
Moderator
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Miami, Mpls & London
Programs: AA & Marriott Perpetual Platinum; DL & HH Gold
Posts: 48,958
The wikipost at the top of this thread will be helpful: What counts as travel? [Sapphire, INK, Consolidated] If buying DELTA giftcards be sure not to use a mobile device. To my knowledge it makes no diffference when buying AA giftcards.
Apr 13, 2020, 10:06 pm
#1387
Join Date: Mar 2014
Posts: 12
The wikipost at the top of this thread will be helpful: What counts as travel? [Sapphire, INK, Consolidated] If buying DELTA giftcards be sure not to use a mobile device. To my knowledge it makes no diffference when buying AA giftcards.
- Airbnb & their GC
Any idea where you can purchase them to count towards the credit?
Apr 17, 2020, 8:29 am
#1388
Join Date: Jul 2014
Posts: 148
Has anyone ever run into an issue where you had to dispute a charge that was also travel (and therefore using up travel credit)?
I had an erroneous charge from Uber for ~$30, then it burned $30 of my travel credit. I disputed the charge so temporarily received $30 statement credit but they failed to give back my travel credit. I sent a SM but received a random template message about UR which is not what I am getting at.
I had an erroneous charge from Uber for ~$30, then it burned $30 of my travel credit. I disputed the charge so temporarily received $30 statement credit but they failed to give back my travel credit. I sent a SM but received a random template message about UR which is not what I am getting at.
Apr 17, 2020, 9:16 am
#1389
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Truth or Consequences, NM
Programs: HH Diamond, Marriott Titanium, Hertz President's Circle, UA Silver, Mobile Passport Unobtanium
Posts: 6,195
Has anyone ever run into an issue where you had to dispute a charge that was also travel (and therefore using up travel credit)?
I had an erroneous charge from Uber for ~$30, then it burned $30 of my travel credit. I disputed the charge so temporarily received $30 statement credit but they failed to give back my travel credit. I sent a SM but received a random template message about UR which is not what I am getting at.
I had an erroneous charge from Uber for ~$30, then it burned $30 of my travel credit. I disputed the charge so temporarily received $30 statement credit but they failed to give back my travel credit. I sent a SM but received a random template message about UR which is not what I am getting at.
Apr 17, 2020, 2:19 pm
#1390
Join Date: Jul 2014
Posts: 148
I must have a massive brain fart. For some reason I just thought I lost the money hah. Thanks for pointing out my stupidity. Being cooped up at home 24/7 must be getting to my head.
Apr 17, 2020, 5:04 pm
#1391
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: 18,946
Apr 18, 2020, 9:13 am
#1392
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: MSP
Programs: Delta SkyMiles GM/United Mileage Plus/Hilton Honors
Posts: 166
I can confirm that the eGift card from the Delta website (on a pc, not mobile) did indeed code as a travel reimbursement. The charge posted as Delta Gift Card and I got immediate reimbursement.
Apr 18, 2020, 9:24 am
#1393
Join Date: Sep 2015
Location: flyover country
Posts: 2,435
Probably not relevant, but was the gift card for more, less, or exactly $300? Also, had you received a reimbursement for any earlier travel expense this year? Thanks for the data points.
Apr 18, 2020, 9:57 am
#1394
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: MSP
Programs: Delta SkyMiles GM/United Mileage Plus/Hilton Honors
Posts: 166
It was for exactly $300 and the first use of my travel credit so it was zeroed out now.
May 4, 2020, 9:46 am
#1395
Join Date: Mar 2008
Posts: 1,536
It USED to be (I don't know if this is still true), that you could "double-dip" in a way by purchasing *something* that coded as travel within 30 days after the Renewal fee hit, and then downgrade and not have it clawed back. I do not know if this is still the case (I didn't see anything in the Wiki).
I found this:
https://pointsyak.com/benefits/can-s...travel-credit/
But that was back in 2017. I don't know if it's still true or not.
