Apart from good rewards for travel purchases, the Chase Sapphire Reserve ℠ offers a wonderful redemption rate if you redeem rewards
points on travel via Chase Travel Portal.
Not exact matches
Combining the card's double
points on travel, and its built in 20 % discount when redeeming
points for
travel via UR, means that you can accrue more than 2.5 % in rewards this way.
One great benefit of the Enhanced Business Platinum Amex card is a 35 - percent
point rebate that's applied whenever
points are redeemed for economy flights
on the cardholder's annually selected airline, or for any premium - class flights
on any airline
via American Express
Travel.
Combining the card's double
points on travel, and its built in 20 % discount when redeeming
points for
travel via UR, means that you can accrue more than 2.5 % in rewards this way.
You get 5 times the membership rewards when you book
travel via amextravel.com, plus 50 % more
points on large business purchases and 35 % more
points on airline purchases.
Let's say you use 50,000
points via Membership Rewards ® Pay with Points to book a $ 500 airfare on your selected airline with American Express T
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Points to book a $ 500 airfare
on your selected airline with American Express
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You'll also love the signup bonus: 50,000 bonus
points (worth $ 625 toward
travel via Chase Ultimate Rewards ®) if you spend $ 4,000
on purchases within the first three months.
Even better, Chase Sapphire Reserve Ultimate Rewards
points are worth at least 1.5 cents if redeemed
on travel via the Chase website.
With the Chase Sapphire Reserve, your
points are worth at least 1.5 cents each for
travel via the Chase website, but if you take advantage of transferring
points to
travel partners, your
points could be worth closer to 2 cents each if you use your
points to save
on expensive flights.
Plus, extra
points can always be tacked
on via category bonuses, shopping, dining out,
traveling, car rentals, partner hotels, etc..
I also get an extra 6
points for every online dollar spent
on travel via Expedia Canada.
I paid
via my Chase Sapphire Reserve which is supposed to get 3
points per dollar spent
on travel including parking.
On top of all that, you can't even earn hotel
points or elite status nowadays when booking
via an online
travel agency.
From Oct. 6, 2016, American Express Platinum cardmembers (personal only — it appears not the business version) will earn 5x Membership Rewards
points on airfare booked
via airlines or the Amex
Travel portal.
But most people here have enough miles to
travel on non-paid tickets (or we can get our costs refunded
via a
points currency such as Arrival
points).
The Citibank Prestige is great if you are a frequent (business) traveler (you earn 3
points / $ spend), don't have status with an airline you are flying (lounge access
via PriorityPass) and want to redeem for for international
travel on world class airlines (great transfer partners like Singapore, Cathay or Virgin America)!
[+] The first year's annual fee is waived [+] Get 50,000 bonus
points starting bonus [+] Earn the starting bonus by spending $ 4000
on your card within the first three months [+] The starter reward equals $ 625 in
travel if you redeem them through Chase Ultimate Rewards [+] Earn an extra 5000
points if you add an authorized user who makes purchases in the first three months [+] Get two
points per dollar spent in restaurants and
on travel [+] Earn one
point per dollar spent
on most other things [+] They have a 1:1
point transfer system to their partners [+] Their partners includes 11 airline and various hotels and hospitality companies [+] There are no foreign - transaction fees with this card [+] You may use and earn discounts
on your
travel if you redeem
via their Chase Ultimate Rewards platform
Among other goodies, you get double
points on travel bookings made
via Chase Ultimate Rewards and a 40,000 -
point sign - up bonus worth about $ 500 in
travel.
The generous 80,000
points sign - up bonus
on the Ink Business Preferred credit card equates to $ 1,000 in
travel when redeemed via Chase Ultimate Rewards Travel p
travel when redeemed
via Chase Ultimate Rewards
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Travel portal.
You also earn five Membership Rewards ®
points for each dollar spent when you book flights and prepaid hotels
via the American Express
travel portal and one
point per $ 1
on all your other purchases.
On the other hand, when Ultimate Rewards
points are redeemed
via the Chase portal for airline
travel, they can net $ 0.0125 per
point, making those 10,000
points worth $ 125 in
travel.
By implementing several strategies, credit card sign - up bonus and bonus miles
via referral I was able to acquire more than 700,000 miles and
points without flying.We used some of these miles and
points to
travel for almost free to destinations like Washington D.C, Myrtle beach, Miami, NYC, Baltimore, Cancun and the highlight of this year was our 10 days Trip to Europe (Spain and France) which costed me barely $ 500 (airfare + lodging) for two people while flying business class
on US Air (more details in next week posts) and staying at some top - notch five star hotels in the best of the locations.
Steve and Joi are well
traveled around the world but recently got
on board with the
travel rewards program earning miles and points utilizing credit card sign - up bonuses and implementing other strategies that I now offer via my Travel Coaching pr
travel rewards program earning miles and
points utilizing credit card sign - up bonuses and implementing other strategies that I now offer
via my
Travel Coaching pr
Travel Coaching program.
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.
Star Alliance: - For Star Alliance
travel, transfer
points (from 48K) to Aegean (fuel surcharges apply except
on Air Canada and United)- For Star Alliance
travel with lap children, transfer
points (from 64K) to Air Canada (fuel surcharges
on select carriers)- For
travel on Singapore business or first class
via Frankfurt, transfer
points (from 92K) to Singapore (fuel surcharges apply)- For
travel on Lufthansa or Swiss business or first class
via Frankfurt, transfer
points (from 84K) to Lufthansa (fuel surcharges apply)- For other business class
travel transfer
points (From 72.2 K) to Aegean (fuel surcharges apply except
on Air Canada and United)- For first class
travel transfer
points (From 96K) to Aegean (fuel surcharges apply except
on Air Canada and United)
Even better, Chase Sapphire Reserve Ultimate Rewards
points are worth at least 1.5 cents if redeemed
on travel via the Chase website.
25,000 Ultimate Rewards
points from
Travel, some at 3X
via the AMEX Business Gold airfare category bonus, some at 3X
via the Citi ThankYou Premier, and the rest at 2X
via the Chase Sapphire Preferred and the Ink Plus 2X
on hotels
Situated
on the southeast corner of Langkawi, Kuah is the island's main town and arrival
point for those who
travel via ferries.
With the Chase Sapphire Reserve, your
points are worth at least 1.5 cents each for
travel via the Chase website, but if you take advantage of transferring
points to
travel partners, your
points could be worth closer to 2 cents each if you use your
points to save
on expensive flights.
The Green Car Congress recently reported
on a seed - stage company, Texxi, in the UK who has developed a system that collates request for
point - to -
point travel from a dispersed set of travelers
via SMS (they send a text - message by cellphone their destination postcode to the system) and then travelers going in the same direction into one vehicle at a discounted rated.
Android Wear can also automatically push weather alerts, sports scores,
travel itinerary updates, and all the other card - based data
points that already appear
on Android phones
via Google Now.