Thanks for sharing.....extremely interesting. I don't have the CSR, and I know you said Hilton is not a part of it......curious if there are even many Hiltons listed on THE EDIT.

I was pleased to stay 2 nights in Minneapolis for $22 (after the Amex $300 credit) and 2 nights in Chicago for $165 (after the old $200 credit) and had plenty of good food, but curious how it works out for Amex, Hilton, and the hotels.....earned points on both stays....so you could almost say I made money on the MSP stay, after the points posted.

very interesting. After much looking around at different properties and comparing the data to my friend who has AMEX FHR, I, 1000%, agree that the Edit Hotels benefit is not what is touted. This combined with (what seems) the airline points boost scale back, this CSR refresh is not that great, imo.

Totally agreed. I have been playing around the Edit with my travel pattern and there are only a very limited number of hotels on the Edit that will add value to me..

Zero Hilton Hotels are in the Edit program right now, they originally had a few, then they were dropped. The key difference is from American Express's perspective is that a hotel qualifies for the program or it doesn't. So when demand is low and prices drop the hotel is still part of the program, while the hotels in the Edit will change based on the pricing and commission structure, and it seems to be more price related than the quality of the property to be part of it.

All you need is two per year.

I am not sure what is the point of your response. I understand the terms and I have done my homework. You don't know my travel pattern.

Unhappy with The Edit Reservation
 

Hello, I made a reservation for a hotel in May, using Chase points on a "The Edit" hotel property. Fortunately, I thought, I could cancel without penalty till 7 May.

When I reviewed the reservation, I saw it was a king bed and I waned 2 queens,

I called the property first and was told there was no availability for 2 beds for the 2 days I booked, nor for the following nights. They told me there were "suites" available at a higher cost, but that I needed to call Chase.

I spoke to 3 people at Chase due to numerous transfers (call took over a half an hour). At the end of the call, when I said I wanted to cancel, I was told REDEPOSITED POINTS WOULD BE ONLY USABLE AT 1:1 rate, rather than 1.5:1 (pre--October 26, 2025 level).

I told them not to cancel, I'll probably need to escalate this issue. Has anyone encountered this problrem?

The point is that you only need enough hotels to fulfill the requirements, so even a "limited number" can be sufficient.

Reports in this thread indicate otherwise.

Exactly. So far I'm finding zero per year without extraordinary effort. And my travel to the few luxury properties that might work does not fall neatly into semi-annual boxes. To be fair I have similar issues with Amex but at least they have 10x more properties, don't require 2 night stay (at least for THC) and I can use anytime during the year.

Pretty sure THC is a two night stay requirement for the credit. FHR only requires a single night.

Chase changed The Edit credit to be twice per year, anytime, not semi-annual anymore.

Likely won’t change your opinion, just making sure the correct info is out there for others.

So you are assuming that I don't know that? You have your travel pattern and I have mine. You have nothing to add to my comment and should have stayed away from it. This is a very unproductive conversation and I am not interested in engaging further.

Based on your complaint, yes.

Is the minimum price per night uniform across all Edit properties or is it specific to each property and when that property drops below that minimum they're no longer offered as an Edit property? I've seen Edit hotels in Vegas that were under $200 a night and in Orlando under $300 a night so I'm wondering how the minimum price point is determined and applied.

It's not just the single price of the hotel according to my clients, they are asked if they want to be part of the program, and Chase has set a threshold basically on what the commissions are vs. the chargebacks against the hotel for those extra benefits, and it varies by property as to what they are charging. So if a hotel agrees to give all the extras for free (which some do, hoping that will draw in more customers or bigger spenders, etc...) then their threshold would be lower than say the St. Regis saying they will charge $80 for the 4pm late checkout if it is taken advantage of. Places that opt to give away all of the benefits will be seen while at much lower price points, or the ones that are going to charge Chase for the space available upgrade at a certain amount of money as well. It works something like this formula (I don't know the exact formula, I just know the general structure. Room Cost x room commission rate - extra property benefit costs including onsite credit (which may be paid jointly or solely by chase), cost of breakfast (at negotiated rate for that property, room upgrade charges (negotiated costs with property), early/late checkin fees (negotiated with property), and these can vary widely from region to region or hotel to hotel, with some hotels giving it all to chase just to be part of the program, and others charging Chase for everything extra.

Based on what you are saying about the hotels in Vegas and Orlando, those properties are probably giving Chase all of those extras just to be part of the program. A sign to me that they are looking for more business, than other properties than are going to bill back what ever amount the onsite credit is used to Chase, charge $40 for everyone they end up upgrading, and charge $10/person or more for breakfast back to Chase.