Especially if you book travel just a few times a year, then all these rules, and spending tricks, and maximizing techniques are difficult to remember when it comes time to book.
You may be able to avoid this
fee if you book travel more than 21 days out and then change the award within 24 hours.
In addition, it charges a $ 15 booking fee for online booking and a $ 25 booking fee
if you book travel by phone.
Spend $ 3,000 in your first three months and you'll earn 40,000 points, which adds up to $ 500 toward airfare or
rewards if you book travel through its Ultimate Rewards program.
Those of you with Premier Gold, Platinum, and 1K status are most likely to benefit from this program, but Premier Silver or non-status members can benefit, too,
if they book travel for others in their family.
There may be certain circumstances —
if you book travel at the right time of the year — where you can walk away with a half - decent rewards rate value (above 1 %).
If you book travel from an outside site, you can use Capital One's purchase eraser to apply your rewards miles to your purchase, or to a portion of your purchase, starting at just 2,500 miles ($ 25 worth of miles).
You will also earn 2.14 points per dollar spent on restaurants, airfare, hotels, car rentals, charges in airports, travel agencies, caterers, timeshares, trains, buses, taxis / limos, ferries, bridges, tolls, and parking, and 3.21 points per
dollar if booking travel via the Chase booking tool.
And,
if you book travel for your employee and they, too, are a Delta cardholder, they will receive these benefits as well.
If you book travel before April 28 you will still be able to use the existing award charts for travel that occurs after that date.
If you book travel through Chase's online portal, Ultimate Rewards, you'll automatically get a 20 % discount on your points for even more savings.
However,
if you book travel through the Chase Ultimate Rewards portal and use points to pay, you'll get a 25 % bonus, making points worth 1.25 cents each.
If you book travel through Bank of America's travel portal you can earn double the rewards per dollar.
If you book travel through a travel service, like Expedia, or even through Citi's own website, it won't be credited.
If you book your travel through their Ultimate Rewards site, you get an additional 20 % off of your purchase.
And don't forget, your points are worth 1.12 cents
each if you book your travel through Chase.
If you book your travel through Citi's travel center, for example, your ThankYou points will be worth 25 percent more.
If you book travel through Chase's online portal, Ultimate Rewards, you'll automatically get a 20 % discount on your points for even more savings.
But
if you book travel through Chase's travel website, a point is worth 1.25 cents each.
Most importantly —
if you book travel through the Chase portal instead of transferring you also earn points for that travel since it counts as revenue travel!
If you book travel through a travel service, like Expedia, or even through Citi's own website, it won't be credited.
If you book travel through Bank of America's travel portal you can earn double the rewards per dollar.
This is
if booking travel through the Ultimate Rewards redemption portal.
Business owners who spend heavily on the card's bonus categories should consider applying — especially
if you book your travel through the Chase portal, where your rewards will take on 25 percent more value when used this way.
If you book your travel to Mexico and media reports make you nervous, you'll need «cancel for any reason» protection if you are to get 50 - 100 % of your pre-paid travel costs back.