Aug 12, 2020, 3:23 pm
Last edit by: blueman2
Chase Pay Yourself Back Feature
Pay Yourself Back Rotating Category "Extra bonus boost when using UR points for payment" option
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Currently, the categories for pay yourself back are: grocery stores and dining at restaurants (including takeout & eligible delivery services), home improvement stores and select charitable organizations. Redeem for purchases in these categories made with your Chase card with Ultimate Rewards.
After each purchase posts, you have 90 days to pay yourself back.
+50% MORE POINTS VALUE
You'll get 50% more value from your points when you pay yourself back for eligible purchases listed below.
How does Pay Yourself Back work?
Step icon one
HOW DO I PAY MYSELF BACK?
First select one or more recent eligible purchases listed and hit "Continue" to go to the next step. Then apply some or all of your available Ultimate Rewards points to each transaction you selected and hit "Confirm & Submit" to redeem your points for a statement credit.
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HOW DO I APPLY MY POINTS TO SELECTED PURCHASES?
Enter a dollar amount for each transaction, up to the original purchase amount, based on your available Ultimate Rewards points balance. Or select "Apply Full Amount" and we'll apply your available points up to the full cost of each eligible purchase.
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WHEN WILL I RECEIVE MY STATEMENT CREDIT?
Once you've submitted your order, it will take 2-3 days for your statement credit to appear on your account.
10/15/2020- Chase has added the Pay Yourself Back feature to the Ink Plus and Preferred Cards: https://www.chase.com/business/credit-cards/ink/inkofferscta?jp_aid_a=T_64096&jp_aid_p=chasehome_3/hero
3/10/2022 - Chase extended the PYB categories for Dining and Annual Fee until 6/30/2022 (was set to expire 3/31/2022) for CSR
9/28/2022 - Chase extended the PYB categories for Dining until 12/31/2022 (was set to expire 9/30/2022) for CSR
Pay Yourself Back Rotating Category "Extra bonus boost when using UR points for payment" option
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Currently, the categories for pay yourself back are: grocery stores and dining at restaurants (including takeout & eligible delivery services), home improvement stores and select charitable organizations. Redeem for purchases in these categories made with your Chase card with Ultimate Rewards.
After each purchase posts, you have 90 days to pay yourself back.
+50% MORE POINTS VALUE
You'll get 50% more value from your points when you pay yourself back for eligible purchases listed below.
How does Pay Yourself Back work?
Step icon one
HOW DO I PAY MYSELF BACK?
First select one or more recent eligible purchases listed and hit "Continue" to go to the next step. Then apply some or all of your available Ultimate Rewards points to each transaction you selected and hit "Confirm & Submit" to redeem your points for a statement credit.
Step icon two
HOW DO I APPLY MY POINTS TO SELECTED PURCHASES?
Enter a dollar amount for each transaction, up to the original purchase amount, based on your available Ultimate Rewards points balance. Or select "Apply Full Amount" and we'll apply your available points up to the full cost of each eligible purchase.
Step icon three
WHEN WILL I RECEIVE MY STATEMENT CREDIT?
Once you've submitted your order, it will take 2-3 days for your statement credit to appear on your account.
10/15/2020- Chase has added the Pay Yourself Back feature to the Ink Plus and Preferred Cards: https://www.chase.com/business/credit-cards/ink/inkofferscta?jp_aid_a=T_64096&jp_aid_p=chasehome_3/hero
3/10/2022 - Chase extended the PYB categories for Dining and Annual Fee until 6/30/2022 (was set to expire 3/31/2022) for CSR
9/28/2022 - Chase extended the PYB categories for Dining until 12/31/2022 (was set to expire 9/30/2022) for CSR
Pay Yourself Back - Sapphire Reserve & Preferred, INK Preferred & Plus (2020-2023)
Oct 6, 2020, 8:39 pm
#196
Join Date: May 2011
Location: NYC (LGA, JFK), CT
Programs: Delta Platinum, American Gold, JetBlue Mosaic 4, Marriott Platinum, Hyatt Explorist, Hilton Diamond,
Posts: 4,895
I’m surprised by the large number of CSR holders that apparently didn’t hold a Freedom or Freedom Unlimited both on Flyertalk and elsewhere. The enhancements to the Freedom line also enhance the CSR if you have all of them. I basically view the cards as 1 account. A CSR is still better than a CSP if you value the extra on PYB, priority lounge and other benefits, 3x travel, etc. For my purposes CSP works, but the Freedom enhancements made it more necessary to hold a Sapphire card, not less
Oct 7, 2020, 1:40 pm
#198
Join Date: Apr 2015
Programs: United Global Services, Amtrak Select Executive
Posts: 4,098
I’m surprised by the large number of CSR holders that apparently didn’t hold a Freedom or Freedom Unlimited both on Flyertalk and elsewhere. The enhancements to the Freedom line also enhance the CSR if you have all of them. I basically view the cards as 1 account. A CSR is still better than a CSP if you value the extra on PYB, priority lounge and other benefits, 3x travel, etc. For my purposes CSP works, but the Freedom enhancements made it more necessary to hold a Sapphire card, not less
Oct 7, 2020, 2:05 pm
#199
Join Date: Sep 2015
Location: flyover country
Posts: 2,435
This is totally true, but some people definitely put a greater cost on having to decide with every purchase which card to use & keep track of bonus categories, etc, than the additional UR points you can earn having both. I don't, but my wife does, and no matter how hard I try, I can't convince her to get a Freedom & FU, and to stop just paying for everything w her CSR.
Oct 7, 2020, 2:12 pm
#200
Join Date: Apr 2015
Programs: United Global Services, Amtrak Select Executive
Posts: 4,098
Maybe I'm just not smart enough, but it seems like at least once a quarter I use the wrong card. A while back, someone (was that you, RNE?) suggested a new super Sapphire that automatically credited points at the level of the best card to use for any purchase (5x for current Freedom categories, 1.5x for everything that wasn't otherwise a bonus category). That had a certain appeal to me, and you could just replace your wife's CSR with it and be done.
Oct 7, 2020, 3:08 pm
#201
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: JZRO
Posts: 9,169
Maybe I'm just not smart enough, but it seems like at least once a quarter I use the wrong card. A while back, someone (was that you, RNE?) suggested a new super Sapphire that automatically credited points at the level of the best card to use for any purchase (5x for current Freedom categories, 1.5x for everything that wasn't otherwise a bonus category). That had a certain appeal to me, and you could just replace your wife's CSR with it and be done.
Oct 15, 2020, 6:21 pm
#202
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
This may have been mentioned elsewhere but the Chase website is now promoting Pay Yourself Back for CIP and Ink Plus. 1.25 cpp for shipping, advertising, and charities.
https://www.chase.com/business/credi...asehome_3/hero
https://www.chase.com/business/credi...asehome_3/hero
Oct 16, 2020, 7:55 am
#203
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: JZRO
Posts: 9,169
RNE, vowing to have a little talk with Jamie about that when I'm at his townhouse for Thanksgiving.
Oct 18, 2020, 8:44 pm
#204
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Toledo, OH
Programs: Delta DM & MM, Hilton DM, Marriott gold, Hyatt Globalist, Alaska 75K, Wyndham Diamond,
Posts: 15,399
Found out you can pay yourself back on vending machine purchases. Normally use my Chase unlimited but must have selected my CSR when I used apple pay to buy my diet coke out of the vending machine in our office the other day and it showed up as a PYB purchase.
Oct 18, 2020, 11:10 pm
#205
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: SEA
Programs: Bonvoy Gold
Posts: 1,946
I assume this is a vending machine at a grocery store and that, say, an upscale one at the airport wouldn't work.
Oct 19, 2020, 3:24 am
#206
Join Date: Feb 2013
Programs: Hilton Plastic, Delta Silver Emeritus
Posts: 1,037
Oct 19, 2020, 11:48 am
#207
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Location: Toledo, OH
Programs: Delta DM & MM, Hilton DM, Marriott gold, Hyatt Globalist, Alaska 75K, Wyndham Diamond,
Posts: 15,399
Vending machine in a breakroom in my office building. Vendor is USA vending which is also the vendor that used to show up at the vending machine of the rec center of my former college.
Oct 19, 2020, 11:56 am
#208
Join Date: Jan 2003
Posts: 3,785
All the food vending machines that I have used showed up as dining, so that's why I used my CSR on them. The only problem with them is that sometime it won't charge because it thinks it is fraudulent because of the small charges. It has not happened lately though... last one was like 3+ years back.
Since Pay yourself back started, I only have to pay for 1 airbnb stay on the CSR. Everything else I charged are dining, hardware store, and grocery stores!
Since Pay yourself back started, I only have to pay for 1 airbnb stay on the CSR. Everything else I charged are dining, hardware store, and grocery stores!
Oct 20, 2020, 2:38 pm
#209
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Florida
Posts: 29,762
For those who still dream on the good old days about transfer partners would net a better value - well, just off the press, UA devalues its partner awards the THIRD THIRD TIME in less than 12 months.
https://onemileatatime.com/united-mi...-awards-again/
In other words, a Chicago to Frankfurt MileagePlus business class award ticket on Lufthansa:
https://onemileatatime.com/united-mi...-awards-again/
- In November 2019, United increased award costs close to departure, for travel on both United and partners
- In April 2019, United increased most partner award costs by 10%, though in the process the extra close-in cost was eliminated on partner airlines in many regions
In other words, a Chicago to Frankfurt MileagePlus business class award ticket on Lufthansa:
- Used to cost 70,000 miles
- Then it cost 73,500 within 30 days of travel (as of November 2019)
- Then it cost 77,000 miles no matter when you booked (as of April 2020)
- Now it costs 80,500 miles within 30 days of departure
Nov 2, 2020, 1:47 pm
#210
Join Date: Jan 2003
Posts: 3,785
Not sure if this was posted in another thread or not, but 3x grocery store on CSR until 4/30/2021 with max $1000 spent on grocery per month. This is great combined with Pay Yourself Back.