Oct 21, 2016, 6:50 pm
Last edit by: philemer
There is a complementary thread about the new R-C card on the Chase UR Forum here: Ritz-Carloton Visa Infinite
Ritz-Carlton credit card from Chase
Dec 8, 2016, 8:31 am
#1696
Join Date: Nov 2013
Location: LAX, LGB, SNA
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Posts: 3,185
The best place to use the cert is to use it somewhere you're already gonna go. Battery park sounds like somewhere you're already gonna go, so...
Dec 8, 2016, 9:56 am
#1697
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: TPA/DFW/K15
Programs: AA EXP, Mar AMB, HH LT DIA
Posts: 1,653
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Dec 8, 2016, 10:00 am
#1698
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: TPA/DFW/K15
Programs: AA EXP, Mar AMB, HH LT DIA
Posts: 1,653
I just got my RC Visa from Chase yesterday. I'd been waiting to pay my monthly bills until it came so I can get well on my way to those 3 free nights after a $5K spend in 90 days.
I am going to use the $300 travel credit this month on a $450 Delta Sky Club membership ($450). I just got upgraded on my next itinerary with Delta and the one at the end of the month isn't offering any seat upgrades and might not since I did their Cash + Miles. But I think I got the card at the right time because I can use the $300 this month on the Sky Club and then I get $300 again in 2017, right? I could theoretically use that as soon as January? Not that I would. But am I understanding it correct that my annual fee is for 12 months but the airline benefit is per calendar year?
Any other tips and tricks? I'm looking at Battery Park for the 3 night redemption because I go every year for the US Open. But I do like Fort Lauderdale as well. What do people think are the best tier 1-4 property to use the 3 nights at? Also keep in mind that I'd probably make it a 6-7 night trip so base rate the other nights would be important.
They already posted the $450 annual fee. Gulp, that's a lot. However, they did send the card via overnight UPS and it feels and looks so classy. It's metal and feels like a brick! I'm pretty impressed with the packaging. Let's see if I keep it longer than the first year.
I am going to use the $300 travel credit this month on a $450 Delta Sky Club membership ($450). I just got upgraded on my next itinerary with Delta and the one at the end of the month isn't offering any seat upgrades and might not since I did their Cash + Miles. But I think I got the card at the right time because I can use the $300 this month on the Sky Club and then I get $300 again in 2017, right? I could theoretically use that as soon as January? Not that I would. But am I understanding it correct that my annual fee is for 12 months but the airline benefit is per calendar year?
Any other tips and tricks? I'm looking at Battery Park for the 3 night redemption because I go every year for the US Open. But I do like Fort Lauderdale as well. What do people think are the best tier 1-4 property to use the 3 nights at? Also keep in mind that I'd probably make it a 6-7 night trip so base rate the other nights would be important.
They already posted the $450 annual fee. Gulp, that's a lot. However, they did send the card via overnight UPS and it feels and looks so classy. It's metal and feels like a brick! I'm pretty impressed with the packaging. Let's see if I keep it longer than the first year.
Maybe a "Ritz-Carlton Travel Credits Successes" thread is in order.
Dec 9, 2016, 6:27 am
#1699
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Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Paris, Chicago, Rome, London, St John
Programs: DeltaPrivateJet, Ritz PP, Delta 4 million miler - Flying Colonel; AA Exec Plat (3 million + USAir)
Posts: 796
Dec 9, 2016, 8:14 am
#1700
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: TPA/DFW/K15
Programs: AA EXP, Mar AMB, HH LT DIA
Posts: 1,653
I'm confused by the above. Per T&C, "Maximum statement credit accumulation for this offer is $300 per calendar year. Annual credit will be issued for the calendar year in which the transaction posts to your account. For example, if you pay baggage fees at the end of 2015, and the airline does not post the transaction until 2016, the cost of the baggage fees will be allocated towards your 2016 calendar year maximum of $300."
Dec 9, 2016, 8:22 am
#1701
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: ORD
Programs: UA 1K
Posts: 4,219
I'm confused by the above. Per T&C, "Maximum statement credit accumulation for this offer is $300 per calendar year. Annual credit will be issued for the calendar year in which the transaction posts to your account. For example, if you pay baggage fees at the end of 2015, and the airline does not post the transaction until 2016, the cost of the baggage fees will be allocated towards your 2016 calendar year maximum of $300."
Dec 10, 2016, 9:30 am
#1702
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: MSN
Programs: Delta DM, Bonvoy LT Titanium, Hertz PC
Posts: 1,987
People keep suggesting this thread when asked if there are any tips for using the Ritz travel credit. Respectfully, this thread is 114 pages with very little in the way of suggested tips scattered throughout.
Maybe a "Ritz-Carlton Travel Credits Successes" thread is in order.
Maybe a "Ritz-Carlton Travel Credits Successes" thread is in order.
With that said, how do I get the Priority Pass card? I called and they said I had to go to Ultimate Rewards and I went there and logged in and it has given me an error the last 3 days. Not impressed at all, wish I could go back and get a different card. Was turned away at Priority Pass lounge in MSP and then had to pay day pass which they said they'd reimburse. It was not made at all clear in Welcome Kit how to get it and then they method they give doesn't work.
Dec 10, 2016, 10:34 am
#1703
Join Date: Feb 2013
Programs: Hilton Plastic, Delta Silver Emeritus
Posts: 1,037
I totally agree. This thread was by and far not very helpful for me.
With that said, how do I get the Priority Pass card? I called and they said I had to go to Ultimate Rewards and I went there and logged in and it has given me an error the last 3 days. Not impressed at all, wish I could go back and get a different card. Was turned away at Priority Pass lounge in MSP and then had to pay day pass which they said they'd reimburse. It was not made at all clear in Welcome Kit how to get it and then they method they give doesn't work.
With that said, how do I get the Priority Pass card? I called and they said I had to go to Ultimate Rewards and I went there and logged in and it has given me an error the last 3 days. Not impressed at all, wish I could go back and get a different card. Was turned away at Priority Pass lounge in MSP and then had to pay day pass which they said they'd reimburse. It was not made at all clear in Welcome Kit how to get it and then they method they give doesn't work.
Dec 10, 2016, 10:37 am
#1704
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: ORD
Programs: UA 1K
Posts: 4,219
I totally agree. This thread was by and far not very helpful for me.
With that said, how do I get the Priority Pass card? I called and they said I had to go to Ultimate Rewards and I went there and logged in and it has given me an error the last 3 days. Not impressed at all, wish I could go back and get a different card. Was turned away at Priority Pass lounge in MSP and then had to pay day pass which they said they'd reimburse. It was not made at all clear in Welcome Kit how to get it and then they method they give doesn't work.
With that said, how do I get the Priority Pass card? I called and they said I had to go to Ultimate Rewards and I went there and logged in and it has given me an error the last 3 days. Not impressed at all, wish I could go back and get a different card. Was turned away at Priority Pass lounge in MSP and then had to pay day pass which they said they'd reimburse. It was not made at all clear in Welcome Kit how to get it and then they method they give doesn't work.
Dec 10, 2016, 10:38 am
#1705
Join Date: Feb 2013
Programs: Hilton Plastic, Delta Silver Emeritus
Posts: 1,037
That said, I don't know of gimmicks to use the travel credit like the Delta e-certs on Amex platinum. Service reps have been flexible with me though. They reimbursed a luggage delivery service. They reimbursed a first class upgrade even though it retickered. "I don't think United is selling round trips in first class for $190."
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Dec 10, 2016, 12:22 pm
#1706
Join Date: Jun 2014
Location: FL
Programs: AA EXP, Hyatt Diamond, SPG Plat, IC Plat Amb, HH Diamond, Marriott Platinum
Posts: 1,299
That said, I don't know of gimmicks to use the travel credit like the Delta e-certs on Amex platinum. Service reps have been flexible with me though. They reimbursed a luggage delivery service. They reimbursed a first class upgrade even though it retickered. "I don't think United is selling round trips in first class for $190."
Dec 10, 2016, 1:42 pm
#1707
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: MSN
Programs: Delta DM, Bonvoy LT Titanium, Hertz PC
Posts: 1,987
OMG, now I'm annoyed. I called at the lounge and they said on the phone we reimburse you for two visits without the card and specifically said it's not out of the $300. I didn't see anything in the voluminous welcome kit on how to do it. And then I emailed them and asked for the card and they said I had to go to Ultimate Rewards, which I can't get into. This is disappointing. I hit my $50K on Delta and wanted the best new card. I thought it was Ritz. It's not. I would not have used that lounge if I knew the $45 was coming out of my $300 airline allotment.
Dec 10, 2016, 3:37 pm
#1708
Join Date: Dec 2015
Location: DCA
Posts: 818
OMG, now I'm annoyed. I called at the lounge and they said on the phone we reimburse you for two visits without the card and specifically said it's not out of the $300. I didn't see anything in the voluminous welcome kit on how to do it. And then I emailed them and asked for the card and they said I had to go to Ultimate Rewards, which I can't get into. This is disappointing. I hit my $50K on Delta and wanted the best new card. I thought it was Ritz. It's not. I would not have used that lounge if I knew the $45 was coming out of my $300 airline allotment.
Dec 12, 2016, 7:00 pm
#1709
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: PHL
Programs: Hyatt Globalist, Hilton Diamond, AA Gold, FB Gold, ITA Volare Executive
Posts: 3,294
Any reason to still do $10K spend annually?
We used to keep this card mainly to make Marriott Gold via the $10K spend.
Now that there is the $100 off on paired airline tickets, the card is more than paying for itself (used 4x already - nothing like first ticket for $134 RT, 2nd for $34 [cheaper than parking]). But what with the SPG-Marriott merger, and SPG Gold via Amex Platinum = Marriott Gold, is there any reason to do the $10K spend next year? The three club level upgrades at Ritz-Carlton are tied to the card, not to a spend level, IIRC (and ditto with the $100 RC discount on two-night stays.)
Now that there is the $100 off on paired airline tickets, the card is more than paying for itself (used 4x already - nothing like first ticket for $134 RT, 2nd for $34 [cheaper than parking]). But what with the SPG-Marriott merger, and SPG Gold via Amex Platinum = Marriott Gold, is there any reason to do the $10K spend next year? The three club level upgrades at Ritz-Carlton are tied to the card, not to a spend level, IIRC (and ditto with the $100 RC discount on two-night stays.)
Dec 12, 2016, 7:43 pm
#1710
Join Date: Jun 2014
Location: FL
Programs: AA EXP, Hyatt Diamond, SPG Plat, IC Plat Amb, HH Diamond, Marriott Platinum
Posts: 1,299
We used to keep this card mainly to make Marriott Gold via the $10K spend.
Now that there is the $100 off on paired airline tickets, the card is more than paying for itself (used 4x already - nothing like first ticket for $134 RT, 2nd for $34 [cheaper than parking]). But what with the SPG-Marriott merger, and SPG Gold via Amex Platinum = Marriott Gold, is there any reason to do the $10K spend next year? The three club level upgrades at Ritz-Carlton are tied to the card, not to a spend level, IIRC (and ditto with the $100 RC discount on two-night stays.)
Now that there is the $100 off on paired airline tickets, the card is more than paying for itself (used 4x already - nothing like first ticket for $134 RT, 2nd for $34 [cheaper than parking]). But what with the SPG-Marriott merger, and SPG Gold via Amex Platinum = Marriott Gold, is there any reason to do the $10K spend next year? The three club level upgrades at Ritz-Carlton are tied to the card, not to a spend level, IIRC (and ditto with the $100 RC discount on two-night stays.)