pkerofdarkness

Thanks SanDiego1K. That really helps a lot.

I am still researching but I should order soon so the close in ticketing fees shouldn't be a problem.

garykung

Award inventory for Summer is always difficult to get. Although the situation will improve by the end of August, there is no guarantee that you can get what you want.

In your case, maximizing rewards basically means lying to yourself.

Since you don't have enough, you are stuck in Y definitely. Bottom line - your saving is equivalent to the cost of your ticket.

Tickets for the end of August are usually not expensive. You should check them out.

In your case, it may not be a good idea to redeem an award ticket.

krazykanuck

I'm seeing lots of dates for ~$600 r/t at end of August. I'd probably just pay cash for the ticket as that's fairly cheap

pkerofdarkness

Thanks. I checked the prices and I am seeing around 800 round trip for tickets from LAX to TPE.

It seems you guys are recommending that I save my Ultimate Reward points because I have too less. About how many should I have before I can actually put it to good use?

garykung

Not exactly - the cost of a ticket is simply not worth spending the UR.

As I said, it is a lying game. But do you rather save $800, or defer your UR usage to a trip during Christmas that can save you $1,600?

But you can see it this way as well.

At the minimum, equivalent to a J award ticket.

Note - No one is asking you to redeem a J award ticket. But once you are at the level, you will see things more clearly, as you have a choice.

Raskage

Has anyone been successful booking airfare to Cuba with UR points? They're telling me Cuba is still "sanctioned." Had same situation with booking with TYP's. Hopefully they update their definition before AA's fare sale ends.

garykung

Despite all of the fuzz about Cuba, the sanction against Cuba is still in place as of April 16, 2016:

https://www.treasury.gov/resource-ce...a_faqs_new.pdf

It will still be a while.

thehimalayas

In my experience, Chase UR Mall bookings appear to give until the end of the next business day to cancel most nonrefundable tickets with no penalty. For instance, I had to cancel a ticket booked Friday afternoon. I could cancel it on Sunday morning, even though it was > 24 hours.

The.walker

Stupid question.

I've got 140,000 points on UR. I've read that I can use convert it for miles. So am I looking at 140k miles that could potentially allow me to fly Business or First class?

mia

Correct provided you hold a card that is eligible to transfer (Sapphire Peferred , Ink Bold, Ink Plus , JPM Select, or JPM Palladium). See this thread:

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/chase...mes-rules.html

misterno

Just an FYI

I bought several safeway gcs from staples thru UR website and i received all 2x points plus 5x points for all of them..

I think 2x points only does not apply if you buy mastercard and visa gcs.

PHL_Intl.

Hope I can get some clarification here regarding Chase trip cancellation.
I have 2 airfare trips coming up, one booked as 2 one-ways and one booked as a roundtrip. However this weekend I got into a small accident and will most likely not be able to sit in any kind of airline seat for the next couple of weeks. The flight booked as rt is through my Chase Sapphire and I was told it would be covered with a doctor's note. The two ow flights were booked with my Chase Ink through Ultimate Rewards and I paid the complete airfare and all fees with points so there is no actual charge on my Chase Ink card. I called the Ink hotline today and was told that my trip is covered under the trip cancellation insurance if it was paid with my Chase card only.

Does anyone here know if I'm still covered using UR points only and paying no residual value with any Chase card. Thanks

kpfleming

Seems like they gave you a thorough and complete answer already.

PHL_Intl.

The agent didn't really have an answer regarding the UR trip and just read the terms to me.

kpfleming

But the terms are pretty clear. Unless the travel was paid for using your Chase card, the cancellation/interruption insurance does not apply. Paying with UR points is not using your Chase card unfortunately (Chase does not put take the UR points, put money onto your card, and then use the card to purchase the tickets).