Debrief from a recent trip of which I used the Chase travel portal to book my hotels:

- Langham Hotel, London: Booked using points boost and "The Edit". The direct rate corresponded with the refundable breakfast rate for ~$900/night. I have stayed here before and the breakfast was a ~50 GBP value per person and was quite enjoyable. Not a .... continental buffet. We checked in at 8AM after our red eye flight, which was value in itself. The front desk gave us a whole packet explaining the benefits. We used the $100 credit for breakfast on the arriving morning, though it did not include service charge, which I was a little irritated with. They also tried to tack on a "discretionary service charge" of which I discretionarily removed.

- Nimb Hotel, Copenhagen: Booked using points boost and "The Edit". The direct rate was ~$50/night cheaper on the Chase travel portal on their regular refundable rate of $1,500/night. The breakfast would have been 350 DKK a person, and was quite enjoyable. Again, not a .... continental buffet. We used the $100 credit on massages from the spa, which was properly credited. They gave us late checkout at 1PM the day we left.

I value reward points at whatever rate I can get straight cash from them, or $0.01/point with UR. I would have never stayed at either of these hotels if I was paying cash for them. However I very much enjoyed a high class stay at both brands. Based on this, the points boost and Edit hotels were of great value to me. Ultimately Chase is playing a game with the whole Edit/Points Boost concept. The participating hotels are trying to fill rooms, and there are very few hotels anywhere under $500/night. A lot of the participating hotels are places which have a strong floor on pricing, regardless of the time of year or day of the week you are booking. The Four Seasons brand is a perfect example of this. It should be noted that during high demand periods, a lot of hotels disappear off the Edit and/or Points Boost list. Seattle is a perfect example of this, though other cities are similar. Weekends in the summer have next to nothing, but a weekday in February have a lot. The Edit hotels are obviously focused on bigger cities.

Aside from all of this, I definitely think it is somewhere were all parties can be winners. The Langham was a great hotel in a great location in Central London that I got for $450/night with a killer breakfast and an early check in that made my trip much more enjoyable. They filled an empty room. You just have to be okay with paying that much per night. This is not a tool for staying at a Hilton Garden Inn.

Some other thoughts and strategies:

• Confirm the direct rate with the hotel for any bookings using the Chase portal.
• Sometimes the Chase portal will only offer "upgraded" rooms, even though regular rooms are available on the direct site. If you don't want the upgrade, it may devalue your point redemption.
• If the direct website has a breakfast rate, the Chase portal may be using that rate for its comparison booking. If you don't want the breakfast, it will devalue your point redemption.
• If the direct website has refundable versus non-refundable rates, the Chase portal will likely match the most expensive. If you don't want refundable rates, it will devalue your point redemption.
• The $100 credit does not include service charges or other resort mandated fees.

One question I do have: Are the $250 credits cumulative to the end of the year? That is if I don't travel in Q1 and Q2, but travel in Q3 will I have a $500 credit for a stay or only the $250 for the second half of the year, with the first $250 credit forfeited.

If people are looking for Edit value, the Fairmont Waterfront in Vancouver is "only" $300/night (at least for the dates we needed in November).

For anyone who missed the news, there were two recent changes this week to the CSR hotel benefits -

1. Starting in 2026, the $250 x 2 credits for The Edit can now be used anytime during the year; there is no longer a first/second half of the year restriction. For 2025, there's still just one $250 credit.

2. For 2026, there is an _additional_ $250 credit for certain hotels on the portal:

Both welcome changes IMO!
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would prefer Fairmont whistler ;)

can you get the same rate for World Cup games?

Who knows? It might be there.

I didn't look, but I seriously doubt you'll find anything below $1,000 within 30 miles of Vancouver around then. We have some friends staying in the area before a cruise, and they had to go to Langley to find a room under $1,000. Our plan is to be as far away as possible during World Cup.

Looked at Hyatt and Marriott for Bangkok in November - prices were 20-30% more than when booking direct. Once I clicked several windows in, I found they were Marriott and Hyatt eligible (used to have that on the moan page). So doesn't seem to me to make sense to book if you are already an elite member

Might make sense if you're a free agent and want that breakfast and one room upgrade.

It seems to me Edit is only good if you're staying in a chain that has no vip program or you're not part of it. The higher price than booking direct doesn't seem to make this worthwhile.

Looked at Edit hotels - there was availability 2 days ago. Now it’s suddenly gone.
 

I looked at some Costa Rica hotels….there was plenty of Edit inventory 2 days ago in October, November, and December. Now when I checked tonight, those same hotels are magically sold out for months…how is this possible? is it a glitch? I checked the hotel‘s direct website and Expedia, there‘s still availability. I just called Sapphire Reserve customer service and had them submit a ticket to the back office team to investigate what is going on.

Does anyone know if booking 2 back-to-back 2 day reservations will trigger both $250 credits (for 2026)?

If they are in both halves of the year, I would think so.

I do not believe back-to-back bookings are allowed if you want to use both $250 Edit credits. I read somewhere that Chase considers that a single stay and only one $250 credit would be available

I don't see why not

Is it easy combining Edit statement credit with Points boost? Just offset $250 to charge the card?

Yes

Can The $250 Edit Credits Be Used On Back-To-Back Stays?
 

Beginning 1/1/26 the two Edit credits of $250 can be used at anytime in a calendar year.

I have now read two conflicting reports as to whether you can use both $250 credits back-to-back on one stay. In other words, can you use the first $250 credit on a Mon/Tues stay and then the second $250 credit for Wed/Thurs at the same hotel?

Along those same lines can the IHG $250 credit be used back-to-back with the regular $250 credits?

Why wouldn’t you be able to use it back to back?