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Big H/T to TikTok User @JordaninDenver for spotting this awesome deal. You can fly roundtrip from the USA to Tahiti for just 40k roundtrip per person. That is a screaming good deal; however, you will be flying in economy, but it would regularly cost 70k roundtrip. Nearly half off. You must search roundtrip, if you don’t, the same dates will price 35k one way.
United operates a flight from SFO to PPT direct.
Here you can see the flight I’m speaking of and how it’s pricing. This is a single leg of a roundtrip itinerary.
Here’s a look at the calendar – this happen to be August/September
Play around with the dates…but there are quite a few to make a
Looking at the return from PPT – there are 5 seats available on the PPT to SFO route.
Here is the cost for 2 people: 80k United miles and just $117 total. This is a 12 day trip
It looks like there is even more space when leaving from other airports…Here’s a look at Chicago
How do you generate United miles?
The easiest way to generate United miles if you don’t have them is via a transfer from Chase Ultimate Rewards. Chase also has United credit cards, but personally I prefer to keep my points in a transferrable currency like Chase Ultimate Rewards and the deploy them when I want to take a trip.
Chase Cards that I would recommend:
Note that in order to transfer into United you need to hold a Chase Sapphire Preferred, Chase Sapphire Reserve, or Ink Business Preferred. The other cards mentioned below are amazing cards in tandem, but earn cashback.
- Chase Sapphire Preferred is a great starter premium card and one that I actually carry
- I think this is a great card to view as your Chase cornerstone
- Chase Freedom Flex and Chase Freedom Unlimited have amazing offers currently running and I would highly recommend both cards
- They were improved in September of 2020 and at least one should be in your wallet
- Chase Sapphire Reserve has an increased offer currently running and comes with added perks and benefits
- Chase Ink Business Preferred is one of the best business cards you can carry and I actually have two of them in my wallet ( different businesses )
- 3x on a litany of categories and earns transferrable points
- Chase Ink Business Cash
- rotating quartely 5x categories make this a great card to keep in your wallet to maximize spend
- Chase Ink Business Unlimited
- Get 1.5x on every single purchase your business makes.
Where would I stay?
Check out my buy Hilton Honors article where I go into detail about how you can make use of buying Hilton points to get a fantastic deal at the Conrad Bora Bora. Personally, this is a destination i’m eager to experience, but haven’t yet. It could be a great way to spend a honeymoon or anniversary.
Recap
I didn’t do an extensive search to see all of the whens and wheres you can make use of this deal, but play around with dates because it seems to be quite easily bookable and Tahiti is opening back up.
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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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