I have the United Club so I guess its considered Renowned hotels instead of the Edit and has some other options?

Hoping that someone may start a CSR/Edit thread that is similar to the Amex/FHR one:

Reasonably priced FHR or THC properties?

Reasonably priced FHR or THC properties?

The utility of the hotel credit would play an important part in my decision to ever get the card again.....

Still hoping Belinda Carlisle comes back to Chicago....of course...she can bring the rest of the GoGos too, if they're available......so I can use my Stubhub credit.....
Then I can take her out to a fine, Chase approved, restaurant, to use my dining credit.....

And....of course, all of her songs will be streamed through my Iphone and Apple Music......She will be so impressed.....

October 26, 2025 will truly be "Heaven (is a place) on Earth...." Thank you Chase!!

Looks like Vegas might be one option with a bunch of properties.



I checked some other destinations for upcoming/anticipated travel and only found the likes of Four Seasons for 400-500 bucks a night.

The Edit Credit: For the past couple of years I have been using my UR points on fancy hotels, some of which have been "The Edit". Here's the problem with "The Edit". You look up a fancy hotel and find that there is a "Deluxe Room" available directly on their website for $750. You then go on the Chase travel portal to book that room, only to realize that A) its outright more expensive or B) the hotel only has a "Superior Room" available for $900. What the difference between a "Deluxe" and a "Superior" room may be material, but it makes you question. Your milage may vary with this, and I have still gotten some very good deals with "The Edit" booking; not the least of which with some amazing breakfasts at luxury hotels. However you need to be very careful and understand the market value of what you are booking. If you read the terms, the credit accumulates up to $500, and you have to use their travel portal. I don't mind the portal for hotels, whereas I like to book airline fares direct. My biggest gripe with this benefit is that it is only for pre-paid hotel charges. That means that if you are like me and book refundable pay-later hotels, then you are out of luck. I guess you still have the travel insurance?
+$500

Dining credits: I live in Manhattan, so I think this has a lot of value for me. From my past experiences, these "exclusive" dining opportunities are just Chase (or whoever) shilling for a restaurant. That is, the reservations aren't exclusive and its just chase trying to bush diners to what would otherwise be a mediocre restaurant. Lets just say I have never gotten any exclusive reservation to Carbone from any credit card. I was expecting more of the same with these, but am actually surprised on some good places on the list. Getting two relatively inexpensive date nights with my wife at a place like Zhou Zhou (recommend btw) or Le Veau d'Or is a benefit I will definitely use. Whether or not these higher end places stay on the "exclusive tables" list is another question. I could see them doing a bait and switch here. Also the list is indicated as a "Visa Dining Collection" and not the Chase Exclusive Tables when you explore the individual restaurants. Unsure if they are synonymous.
+$300

Coupon Book: DoorDash borders on a scam. They charge heavy fees, and the supposed $25 credit is really a $5 credit per month for take out (the only thing I would use it for). As such, door dash is a non-benefit for me. I use rideshares a decent amount and will likely use the $10/month Lyft credit. It expires at the end of the month, which is annoying. Would rather have the Lyft Pink membership again. Don't have any interest in a Peloton. I do see a baseball game once or twice a year. Will likely use the $300 for stubhub based upon that.
+$120
+$300

High Spend Bonuses: I will meet the $75k spending, though am unsure how this is timed. I won't not use the $500 with southwest if available for me, but don't generally fly WN. Will likely book flights for my wife when she has to go somewhere. IHG Diamond is nice, I guess? No really monetary value though. Unsure what the "Shops at Chase" entails for a $250 credit. Potentially has benefits? If its only usable on the purchase of a new Rolex I won't use it, but if there are reasonable shopping options I won't not use it. Will have to see with this.
+$500

Overall, I think I can get a lot of value out of the card benefits, but it will require significant "maintenance" and keeping on top of the credits. I actually like the 4x direct travel expenses better than the 3x currently since I have such a volume of charges with Delta and directly through hotels. Dining is still 3.0x, so I am only really missing out of 3x on taxis and other small budget items. My biggest concern is that Chase will pull a bait and switch and slowly try to monetize their travel portal. That is, they will shill out crappy hotels and restaurants at inflated prices to what you could otherwise book direct for cheaper. A pay to play type of arrangement.

I also don't know why they don't just drop the travel credit altogether and bring the annual fee to $495. It would make them a lot more desirable versus AMEX direct comparisons.

Just a bit of comparison between Chase Edit and Amex FHR. I checked a Tokyo 5 star hotel for two nights in early October. Edit total stay was $37 more, with no 4:00 pm checkout


Tried date in early September for three nights in same Tokyo hotel. Edit total stay $3956. FHR was $2745 total because of third night free promotion.

Edit doesn't give 4 p.m. late checkout? That's disappointing. Especially if, as you say, their rates are higher .

AMEX FHR has guaranteed 4 PM late checkout. Chase and everyone else says late checkout per availability.

Why do I think that people who try to get value out monthly $5+$10+$10 DoorDash coupons are not commonly in the market for $4K/three night hotel stays?

I did a quick check and EDIT is actually quite usable at Vegas. A 2 nights stay on low season at Aria or Bellagio is like $450 on EDIT. With the $250 credit, it would be $200 with $100 dining credit. Do that twice a year could easily get the $500 for us. As for the dining credit, I guess I could try one of the few restaurant at Santa Monica. I was hoping that they have some at Vegas and there is NONE.

I really hate losing the simplicity of the earn 3x and spend 1.5 multiplier. It's just easy math that everything I spent on Travel would get back at least 4.5% minimum. That could go higher if I transfer to Hyatt or airline points. Now I have to think each time which card to use. And I have to make sure I use the credits once every 6 months. My annual fee is due in Nov, so I will be hit with the higher AF. What to do what to do.

Edit Hotels are basically FHR without the Hotel Collection options. For most cities (other than Vegas), you'll probably be looking at $1000+ for two nights (at a minimum). This makes it much harder to use than FHR/THC, but at least they give you $500 a year.

So, here's how I see it:
Easy part - this "refresh" is nothing for Chase to be proud of. It's not quite a BA-esque situation where they should send out emails starting with "It is with great regret that we announce an overhaul of our program...", but nobody should feel any real pride in this. "Project 70s-style Puke Green" might fit better than "Project Emerald".

More specifically:
(1) Flights will all stay with Chase, and I'll likely divert cash bookings to the Chase portal when said portal has more-or-less the same prices. The question will be how the new "points boost" interacts with booking on Delta (or American), but Delta is frequently showing up as a "bonused" partner lately.
(2) Rental cars will largely divert to AA (where I get like 15 RDMs/dollar with Avis).
(3) Hotel bookings will remain direct, save for probably plopping two stays out via The Edit (if I can find elite-night-eligible stays), but the "will not earn points" qualifier there actually discourages using The Edit for anything longer than two nights because of the risk of tripping up here.
(4) There's a lot of miscellaneous travel spend that's now going to land in other places.
(5) I might actually bar DoorDash from my house out of spite. The credits break up in such a way as to be mostly useless (DD markups make them undesirable to use, anyway, and I think I've used them for non-food purchases...maybe once?).

My changes will be minimal, and I can only hope that the consultants who worked on this for Chase ripped them off.

Maybe I have very different travel patterns than most but the Edit credit seems very easy to use as long as you’re willing to go to places where hotels aren’t usually super expensive in the first place. Just did a dummy search for Jakarta, Cairo, Cape Town, S�o Paulo, Melbourne and Madrid and easily found hotels for less than $250 a night. All 4-5 star except for Madrid (3 star). Yeah, if you’re focusing on places like NYC, Tokyo, Paris, etc. it’s gonna be tough to get good value. But there are plenty of places where it will be essentially a BOGO twice a year when taking the $100 credit into account.

Curious, all the people saying how useless it is, where are you looking at hotels?

The question I have about The Edit credit is whether they earn EQN with Hyatt properties. If they do, then the $500 credit offsets some of the reductions for me. I doubt Marriott with let EQNs earn on Edit stays because they don't allow it for MGM Rewards or Amex FHR.

Hyatt allows EQN for FHRs, just wondering if The Edit bookings would also earn EQNs.

All Edit Hotels allow earning EQN. It's clearly labeled on the search. Marriott allows EQN for FHR, and ambiguous about THC.

However, good luck finding too many Hyatt or Marriott on the list. It's even more limited than FHR.

I too did a dummy booking using the Sofitel Frankfurt (which is the only Edit hotel in FRA) for a date I needed next month. Via Chase Edit the Classic Room is $584 for the night and on the Sofitel site it is $485 which is a huge difference! Not sure who is paying close to $600 a night in FRA anyway with the hotel options there. I think this benefit is going to be all bark and no bite but I will check some other trips I have coming up.