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Chase Sapphire Reserve - Pay Yourself Back - New Categories added

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New categories for 50% more points value:
Annual membership fee (valid until 12/31/21),
Fund a Vaccine Ride with Lyft (valid until 9/30/21)

Existing categories:
Dining (valid until 9/30/21),
Grocery Stores (valid until 9/30/21),
Home Improvement Stores (valid until 9/30/21),
Select Charities (valid until 12/31/21)
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raj98207
05-02-2021 at 07:55 AM.
05-02-2021 at 07:55 AM.
I don't see "New categories for 50% more points value:
Annual membership fee (valid until 12/31/21)", is there a reason?
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doboy007
05-02-2021 at 07:58 AM.
05-02-2021 at 07:58 AM.
You don't normally accrue points for annual membership fee so 0 x 0.5 = 0 lol

Edit: see explanation below
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giantbruin
05-02-2021 at 07:58 AM.
05-02-2021 at 07:58 AM.
Loving these categories, hope they stick around after the COVID pandemic ends. The 50% extra on eating out has been invaluable. My wife and I recently got our Sapphire bonuses (she got preferred, I got reserve) and combined the points. We're sitting on 150,000 points. Going to Hawaii in a couple of weeks and that should be enough to pay for all the meals on our trip and then some.
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thund3rcat
05-02-2021 at 08:07 AM.
05-02-2021 at 08:07 AM.
Quote from giantbruin :
Loving these categories, hope they stick around after COVID ends. The 50% extra on eating out has been invaluable. My wife and I recently got our Sapphire bonuses (she got preferred, I got reserve) and combined the points. We're sitting on 150,000 points. Going to Hawaii in a couple of weeks and that should be enough to pay for all the meals on our trip and then some.
Good luck with car rental.
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giantbruin
05-02-2021 at 08:18 AM.
05-02-2021 at 08:18 AM.
Quote from thund3rcat :
Good luck with car rental.

Already got one reserved.
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05-02-2021 at 08:25 AM.

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05-02-2021 at 08:25 AM.
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You don't normally accrue points for annual membership fee so 0 x 0.5 = 0 lol
Dont think you understand. Say you are charged annual sapphire reserve fee of $450. Previously you could only pay that off as you would normally by paying off your monthly cc statement using your bank account.
But now you can pay it off using your points which are valued 50% more. So to pay off the $450 membership fee you would only need to use 30,000 points.
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05-02-2021 at 08:28 AM.
05-02-2021 at 08:28 AM.
Quote from giantbruin :
Loving these categories, hope they stick around after COVID ends. The 50% extra on eating out has been invaluable. My wife and I recently got our Sapphire bonuses (she got preferred, I got reserve) and combined the points. We're sitting on 150,000 points. Going to Hawaii in a couple of weeks and that should be enough to pay for all the meals on our trip and then some.
Covid is not ending lol
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doboy007
05-02-2021 at 08:28 AM.
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Quote from dcguy703 :
Dont think you understand. Say you are charged annual sapphire reserve fee of $450. Previously you could only pay that off as you would normally by paying off your monthly cc statement using your bank account.
But now you can pay it off using your points which are valued 50% more. So to pay off the $450 membership fee you would only need to use 30,000 points.
Ah, got it. Thanks!
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05-02-2021 at 08:39 AM.
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Covid is not ending lol

COVID won't but the pandemic will.
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05-02-2021 at 01:50 PM.
05-02-2021 at 01:50 PM.
Quote from dcguy703 :
Dont think you understand. Say you are charged annual sapphire reserve fee of $450. Previously you could only pay that off as you would normally by paying off your monthly cc statement using your bank account.
But now you can pay it off using your points which are valued 50% more. So to pay off the $450 membership fee you would only need to use 30,000 points.

I paid my annual fee 2 months ago with money, but they still let me use the pay yourself back on it. I was sitting on 400k points last month, but this program is basically giving me free money. I love it.
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05-02-2021 at 05:48 PM.
05-02-2021 at 05:48 PM.
Attached annual fee redemption PYB
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erictom
05-02-2021 at 05:53 PM.
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good promo for points
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vaiof1
05-02-2021 at 05:54 PM.
05-02-2021 at 05:54 PM.
My annual fee was on Dec 2020 and I don't see the transaction listed
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05-02-2021 at 05:56 PM.
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Quote from vaiof1 :
My annual fee was on Dec 2020 and I don't see the transaction listed
Think there's a 90 day limit.
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