Is Chase Travel Worth It?! Chase Sapphire Preferred, Chase Sapphire Reserve Redemptions

Comparing the prices of booking hotels and flights directly and Chase Travel.

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0:00 Start Here
0:27 Boutique Hotels
3:24 Hotel Chains
6:59 Domestic Flights
9:20 International Flights
12:00 Summary

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[Kat-hvvy]

For hotels not on chase…I called Chase customer service for a hotel I wanted to stay at in London, but couldn’t find on the travel portal. I was able to book the hotel that way, paying with points.

[totalrandomness]

It's funny how deep his voice gets when sick or losing his voice.

[KellyMSharp]

✈ This was super helpful. I typically am too lazy to convert my Chase Reward Points to participating partners points, but this has me motivated to do so. Thanks!

[zitengwang]

It is kind of a no go since chase did not include spirit or frontier. For a lot of 1 hour flight, why I want to pay 3 times more money to fly united from lax to sfo

[LnettaLteezy]

I was able to book Southwest wanna getaway (basic) with Chase just last night on domestic roundtrip. It was the same price as what Google listed for Southwest directly. Benefit to booking with Chase Portal for me was being able to pay half the fare with Chase points and other half with the CSP for 5x earn.

[Spydahkgt]

But i paid a $550 annual fee.... Shouldn't the red carpets roll out and champagne fall from the heavens?!

[strykar]

I will say, a comparison of Chase vs Capital1 vs Amex would be a great one.

[danwickramasinghe]

Used chase travel points to take family of four from Toronto to Melbourne at half the normal it :😀

[flipevent]

First. And I booked a trip to Korea from Manila for 3 people for less than 50k (due to the 30% transfer bonus to Virgin Atlantic), so I'm pretty happy with Chase's value right now haha.

[heshuimu]

✈Chase does give 10x back on hotel bookings for CSR so if I see ones that is not under the big chains that I have status with, like 21c and Virgin, I'd book through Chase Travel. Hotels in The Edit collection does not get the 10x, and Amex FHR has guaranteed 4pm checkout for the same hotels, so no need to book those with Chase.
For flights, my home airport has a lot of Southwest options, and CSR having 1.5x is almost always better than Southwest point 1.4cpp value, so if I see a good Southwest itinerary and I don't want to pay cash, I'd book through Chase. For others, if it's just a non-stop domestic flight and the prices are the same anywhere, I'd book through Chase to get the 5x back.

[christiannisonger]

✈️ I booked a Hilton room in Amsterdam last summer using the Chase portal. It asked me if I had a rewards number so I entered it. Got all Gold status benefits to include breakfast for two. Did the same for Brussels, but no breakfast at the Gran Place. Made me a bit frumpy, but the locale was great.

[glenwood]

I like using the travel portal for activities if I have a ton of points left over. They are usually the same if not cheaper than booking direct. Example: Snorkel excursion for the Na Pali cost in Hawaii for a family of 3 is $700 booking direct. $661 through the portal. Then discount it 20% or 33% with points depending on CSP or CSR. I have the CSR, so 44, 066 Points to book. Not the best redemption but still really solid.

[JesseSáenz-lk]

I saw something about American Airlines marking up or allocating less tickets to Chase Travel Portal bookings. Is there anything to that?

[mrdisco]

The fare class argument is a bit bogus to me. Main cabin is main cabin. I'm not getting a measurably different experience booking it as a Y ticket vs. a T ticket.

I generally avoid booking via card travel portal unless I'm obviously saving money that way or I'm just sitting on points to burn.

[janenuss]

I don’t like how Chase doesn’t give you 10x points on hotels you book in The Edit. What’s up with that? Amex still gives you 5x points when you book hotels that are part of Fine Hotels and Resorts.

[JesseMeacham-nv]

Seb, heads up @5:51 you computed using 2502 instead of 2052.

[dave]

Sas flights to Northern europe is a good use case for the chase portal, tends to be cheaper in my experience. ✈️

[emem]

I think it can be worth it when you factor in the points that you get for booking (when booking in cash)! For example, the 10x points back on car rentals served me well as it was the same price as the car rental's website anyway.

[DHJakon]

My latest travel bookings I have used CSR for hotel. There seemed to be a 10x multiplier promo so I wanted to take advantage of that. The flight I booked directly and paid with Amex Plat. Both cards are low on points due to a redemption so need to rebuild.

[Eaglez]

Chase travel is usually not a bargain. We always fly first or business class and I can alway book online at the airline site for less. Chase cannot get discounts on VBRO or AirBNB and we usually only stay in hotels at airports for early AM flight. On those we still have plenty of points from Marriot from the years before I retired. Chase can sometimes be competitive on vehicle rentals but usually the prices are about the same as booking direct with rental companies.