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Edited March 21, 2024
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Saw this on my Chase app
https://www.chase.com/mybonus/travel
Chase credit card 5k, 8k or 10k bonus for booking multiple travel components through Chase portal.
Travel components- hotel, flight, car rental, or cruise
Activate this special offer and get bonus points when you book multiple travel components, including a hotel, flight, car rental, or cruise through Chase Travel.
Book 2 travel components = Earn 5,000 bonus points
Book 3+ travel components = Earn 8,000 bonus points
Haven't traveled with us in a while? Get an extra 2,000 bonus points if you haven't booked through Ultimate Rewards or Chase Travel since 3/1/2023.
Get rewarded when you activate and book March 1st - May 31st, 2024 and stay through the end of the year.*
I know this is not a great deal considering Chase portal but might be useful for someone who is somehow gonna use this.
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They are a useless intermediary between you and the organizer/airline. Everything takes forever, and they are more of a roadblock than help if anything goes wrong with a booking. Never again!
Still haven't received the bonus from then
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They are a useless intermediary between you and the organizer/airline. Everything takes forever, and they are more of a roadblock than help if anything goes wrong with a booking. Never again!
Oh, that makes me feel better. I recently booked tickets for my family directly on an international airline's website using my Chase card(earning 1%CB + no foreign transaction fees). Later I was pretty bummed when I found out the same itinerary could be booked on Chase travel for slightly more earning a much higher 5% CB which would have been worth a lot more.
They are a useless intermediary between you and the organizer/airline. Everything takes forever, and they are more of a roadblock than help if anything goes wrong with a booking. Never again!
They are a useless intermediary between you and the organizer/airline. Everything takes forever, and they are more of a roadblock than help if anything goes wrong with a booking. Never again!
First: I started with Sapphire Preferred and discovered the Chase Sapphire Reserve (the 100K bonus offer
But... the *main* reason for me to get Sapphire Reserve was the "Chase Travel Portal" (or technically, the ability to use my points for flights, hotels etc.)
When things go well with your bookings through CTP, not an issue.
But when even the tiniest thing goes wrong, whoa. It is a nightmare.
I do about 7 to 8 flights a month (minimum). So, trust me, I have had a # of bad experiences with our company's travel portal and many airlines.
But, Chase Travel Portal (CTP) takes it to a whole another level.
The *worst* part (and PLEASE pay attention here): If you book through CTP, and need to cancel (when it is allowed), the "funds" go back as credit with CTP. It does NOT become eCredit/voucher with the airlines. Fair enough.
But, when you go to USE those eCredits. OMG.
Amongst many crazy things, the *WORST* rule by CTP is: you can use the eCredit only once and when you use it, whatever value is left gets wiped out COMPLETELY.
Let me explain (and PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE pay attention): I booked a flight for $300 through CTP. I had to cancel it. Thus, I had an eCredit with CTP. I could *only* use it for the same airline. Fair enough again.
But when I went to use them, I had a flight for $200. When I used the credit (which was for $300), the remaining $100 disappeared (the value was wiped out). I called them/CTP and talked to them in detail.
What I finally understood was: if I would've booked a flight for $1 using the eCredit, then the remaining $299 would have been lost. ALL OF IT! Thus, to use the eCredit (through CTP), you *must* book the flight which is worth the same amount as the eCredit (or higher) with the same airline.
WTF???? Seriosly!
I travel so much (and use the card a lot - even for business travel), hence I had A LOT of points. I am trying to use them as quickly as I can. Once I finish them off, I will shift AWAY from Chase Sapphire Reserve (or anything to do with CTP).
I had switched from AmEx Platinum to CSR. And oh man. CTP has totally soured my outlook on the card. (I actually convinced 4 of my colleagues/family members to switch to CSR).
Anyway, my 2 cents.
Assuming my bookings meet the date criteria.
First: I started with Sapphire Preferred and discovered the Chase Sapphire Reserve (the 100K bonus offer
But... the *main* reason for me to get Sapphire Reserve was the "Chase Travel Portal" (or technically, the ability to use my points for flights, hotels etc.)
When things go well with your bookings through CTP, not an issue.
But when even the tiniest thing goes wrong, whoa. It is a nightmare.
I do about 7 to 8 flights a month (minimum). So, trust me, I have had a # of bad experiences with our company's travel portal and many airlines.
But, Chase Travel Portal (CTP) takes it to a whole another level.
The *worst* part (and PLEASE pay attention here): If you book through CTP, and need to cancel (when it is allowed), the "funds" go back as credit with CTP. It does NOT become eCredit/voucher with the airlines. Fair enough.
But, when you go to USE those eCredits. OMG.
Amongst many crazy things, the *WORST* rule by CTP is: you can use the eCredit only once and when you use it, whatever value is left gets wiped out COMPLETELY.
Let me explain (and PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE pay attention): I booked a flight for $300 through CTP. I had to cancel it. Thus, I had an eCredit with CTP. I could *only* use it for the same airline. Fair enough again.
But when I went to use them, I had a flight for $200. When I used the credit (which was for $300), the remaining $100 disappeared (the value was wiped out). I called them/CTP and talked to them in detail.
What I finally understood was: if I would've booked a flight for $1 using the eCredit, then the remaining $299 would have been lost. ALL OF IT! Thus, to use the eCredit (through CTP), you *must* book the flight which is worth the same amount as the eCredit (or higher) with the same airline.
WTF???? Seriosly!
I travel so much (and use the card a lot - even for business travel), hence I had A LOT of points. I am trying to use them as quickly as I can. Once I finish them off, I will shift AWAY from Chase Sapphire Reserve (or anything to do with CTP).
I had switched from AmEx Platinum to CSR. And oh man. CTP has totally soured my outlook on the card. (I actually convinced 4 of my colleagues/family members to switch to CSR).
Anyway, my 2 cents.
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So hotel trip. Car trip. Car trip. = max bonus
Hotel is required, but doesn't need to be first. Car. Car. Hotel. would be fine.
So I don't spam you, thanks in advance!
Still haven't received the bonus from then
So hotel trip. Car trip. Car trip. = max bonus
Hotel is required, but doesn't need to be first. Car. Car. Hotel. would be fine.
So I don't spam you, thanks in advance!
I wouldn't count on actually receiving the points from this offer. I completed it on 2 different cards in Oct '23 and didn't get the bonus on either card. I'm on 2nd round of escalation/investigation and I'm not hopeful. Sounds like this is pretty common, I've only seen 1 comment about somebody actually receiving the points and dozens that haven't. Obvious selection effect there, but clearly it's a common problem.
In my case, the first investigation claimed 1 of 2 cards never activated - this isn't true because a) I'm extremely careful with following procedures on offers like this and b) I tried all my families Chase cards at the same time and wrote down which ones were eligible and which weren't. The 2nd card they claim was never eligible for the promotion. I still have the email from them showing I WAS offered the promotion. So despite what I think is pretty compelling evidence that the issue is on their side, they haven't offered to rectify. 2nd investigation by supervisor is still ongoing, so we'll see.
On the plus side, the customer service reps at Chase UR have been surprisingly good even if they haven't resolved. They listened, took good notes (2nd investigation seemed to have the info from the first), weren't just reading boilerplate and seemed to understand the issue. I'll note this is the opposite from my experience with Chase Travel CS reps who have been pretty much uniformly terrible, so I personally won't use Chase Travel again.
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