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ICYMI, Chase announced that Expedia will power Chase Travel. That’s fantastic news for various reasons, but there’s two that really stick out to me. The first is very obvious. The labor of having to go through a portal to find rates, etc is annoying. Once Expedia is fulling integrated into Chase, I won’t have to go to Chase to know the rates the rate I can get. I can go to Expedia to search, and if I like what I’m seeing, I can go to Chase to book.
The second is less obvious, but if you’ve searched for any flights past the 270 day mark, you’ve experienced the same frustrations as I, and those will soon be alleviated.
Currently, Chase Travel is powered by Expedia for Freedom cardmembers only. However, if you log into Chase Travel with any card other than the Freedom card, you’ll be accessing Chase Travel powered by Connexions. Not only is the pricing different ,but if you try and search anything further out that 9 months you’ll see this:
Clearly blocking any searches more than 270 days. What an annoyance.
If you want prices after 270 you can get them, but you have to phone in and a rep can facilitate the search, but it’s a real pain as they have to manually search everything.
Not only is this laborious, but as I mentioned above, there is discrepancy between the pricing your Freedom card prices vs any other Chase card.
For instance, Expedia, and thus Freedom, is pricing the current Swiss fare sale the same as the Swiss site ( nearly half off first and business class ticket ex LHR), but Connexions, and therefore Chase Travel logged into with any other card is not. So not only are the flights more expensive, your Ultimate Rewards are worth only 1 penny vs say 1.5 with the Reserve.
That’s a huge disadvantage to Chase’s most premium cardholder.
Here’s a look at Chase Travel via Freedom – no problem searching past 270 days.
Personally, I’m excited for Expedia to power all Chase Travel products.
Currently there isn’t any set date as to when this will be finalized, except that it should be done “shortly.”
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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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