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Yesterday I wrote about Expedia powering Chase Travel and how that couldn’t be integrated fast enough. It’s a big improvement over the current situation, and in explaining the benefit, I highlighted a current offer by Swiss. It had a fair amount clicks so I thought I’d highlight it. Rates start around $1280 per person when booking 2+ tickets in business class, and a little over $2500 a piece for First Class.
Here’s a look at the cities paired with London.
Swiss First Class is an aspirational product that’s nearly impossible to achieve with points.
Traditionally, we’ve seen errors occur when people have been able to use partner miles, Swiss only allows their top tier elite members access to these seats with points. That’s an uber exclusive club. These are pricing in Amex Travel so you could use points that way as well ( Amex Business Platinum cardholders will get 35% rebate as well ) But look how gorgeous these seats are:
One of the deals that pops out to me is LHR to HKG in First for $2500 ish. A nice long flight to an incredible city that you can hop onward because HKG faciliatates daily flights to most any Asian city. You’ll not only get to fly in Swiss First, but you’ll transit via ZRH. Why’s that so cool? You’ll more than likely get their Mercedes Ground Transport service and a nice layover to enjoy their lounge. Sign me up.
Business is very solid, especially if you get a throne in the mini cabin. A fantastic deal at $1280+ a person
I reviewed Swiss business last year, and would definitely recommend. You should note that not all business class seats are created equal, and you’ll want to check out our secret tip to scoring a throne without the fee. Here’s a quick peek at what you could expect.
I don’t live in London…Who cares, here’s why
If you live anywhere in Europe you’re more than likely going to be able to score an uber discount economy ticket to fly you a couple hours to London. This is a positioning flight. We do these all the time in order to score great deals like this and it’s worth considering if dates work for you.
If you’re interested you can book directly through Swiss – or if you’d like to help us out, book through Expedia or CheapOAir and we’ll get a small commission. These are also working in Amex Travel. Thanks!
Play around with dates to find the best pricing as they fluctuate quite a bit.
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Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card
Welcome Offer
Earn 60,000 bonus points after you spend $4,000 on purchases in the first 3 months from account opening.
Annual Fee
$95
Points Earned
Transferrable Chase Ultimate Rewards
- 5x on all travel purchased through Chase Travel℠
- 3x on dining, including eligible delivery services for takeout & dining out
- 3x on select streaming services
- 3x on online grocery purchases
- (excluding Target, Walmart and wholesale clubs)
- $50 Annual Chase Travel Hotel Credit via Chase Travel℠
- The begins immediately for new cardmembers and after your account anniversary for existing cardmembers
- 2x on all other travel
- 10% Anniversary Bonus
- Every year you keep the card, your total spend will yield a 10% points bonus. If you spend $10k in a year, you’ll get 1k bonus points
- Chase Sapphire Preferred continues to redeem at 1.25c in the Chase Travel℠ and the slew of other benefits remain in tact including Auto Rental Collision Damage Waiver ( primary ), purchase protections, etc.
- Points are transferrable to 14 Ultimate Rewards partners
- Redeem in Chase Travel℠ for 1.25 cents per point
- No foreign transaction fees
- Suite of Travel and Purchase Coverage
- Auto Rental Collision Damage Waiver is my favorite
- Get complimentary access to DashPass which unlocks $0 delivery fees and lower service fees for a minimum of one year when you activate by December 31, 2027.
- $95 Annual Fee
We keep an up to date spreadsheet that lists the best ever offers: You can find that spreadsheet here.
Historically 80k is a very, very good offer and hit in both 2022 and 2023. In 2021, we saw the offer hit an all time high of 100k. Who knows if that will ever come back.
Main Cast:
Cards that earn flexible points and should be used on the bulk of your purchases.
Supporting Cast:
Cards that earn fixed points in the currency of the airline/hotel and can not be transferred at attractive rates. These cards yield benefits that make it worth keeping, but not necessarily worth putting a lot of your everyday spend on.
The Chase Sapphire Preferred® is exceptional starter card and offers transferrable Ultimate Rewards, and pairs well with other Chase cards.
If you carry this card alongside Chase’s cashback cards like the Chase Freedom Flex® and Chase Freedom Unlimited® or the business versions: Ink Business Cash® , Ink Business Unlimited® you can combine the points into Preferred account and transfer into hotel and airline partners
Annual fee is quite low at $95 a year + you get a 10% anniversary bonus on points + $50 hotel credit in Chase travel.
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