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I received communication from Chase that there were some new ( and improved The Edit credits if you ask me ) hotel credits that affect the Chase Sapphire Reserve® and Chase Sapphire Reserve for Business℠. Both of these cards have $750 hotel credits now, and both come with $300 in general travel credit.
Up to $500 The Edit credit is now annual, not $250 semi annual
- The Edit Credit: We’re updating the existing $500 annual credit for stays with The Edit. Beginning January 1, cardmembers can automatically receive up to $250 for each prepaid booking with The Edit, up to $500 annually (versus split between two 6-month time periods).
- Prepaid bookings with a two-night minimum are required to receive each statement credit.
The Edit credit will no longer be $250 every 6 months, and instead, will be $500 for the year. It still will in $250 chunks, and requires a 2 night minimum to trigger, but could be used on separate stays in the same month. You can’t do back to back The Edit stays ( Thurs/Fri night and then Sat/Sun for instance ) and trigger both $250 credits and it must be pre-paid. This makes it a lot better and easier to use imo.
I actually just used The Edit on a stay in Turks and Caicos.
New up to $250 credit for Select Chase Hotels
Chase is adding in another hotel credit on specific hotel chains. IHG is the big one here for me since I stay in Intercons and Kimptons quite often.
- IHG Hotels & Resorts,
- Montage Hotels & Resorts,
- Pendry Hotels & Resorts,
- Omni Hotels & Resorts,
- Virgin Hotels,
- Minor Hotels
- Pan Pacific Hotels and Resorts
IHG is the big one here for me since I stay in Intercons and Kimptons quite often, but this is a nice list of properties ( Pendry is also appealing to me – I’ve wanted to try out their Chicago hotel ).
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$250 credit for select Chase Travel hotels: Cardmembers will get up to $250 in statement credits in 2026 on prepaid Chase Travel hotel bookings for IHG Hotels & Resorts, Montage Hotels & Resorts, Pendry Hotels & Resorts, Omni Hotels & Resorts, Virgin Hotels, Minor Hotels and Pan Pacific Hotels and Resorts. In addition to receiving the statement credit, these bookings are eligible to earn Ultimate Rewards points (for spend above the $250 credit amount) and corresponding hotel loyalty program points for the entirety of the purchase.
- Prepaid bookings with a two-night minimum are required to receive each statement credit.
Can you stack these two credits?
I inquired specifically about this and it was confirmed that yes, indeed, you can. For instance, let’s say I wanted to stay at the Intercontinental Barclay over Valentine’s Day and book via The Edit. Since this is a Chase Travel booking, and I’d be booking prepaid, and let’s say I book it after January 1st of next year, I should trigger both The Edit credit and the new $250 Chase Travel credit since it’s an IHG hotel.
That means I’d get $500 of credits back on a $746 stay and have all of The Edit benefits while I’m on property. If I hadn’t used up my $300 Travel credit that both Sapphire Reserve and Reserve Business come with, I’d tap into that as well.
Overall
This makes that $795 fee a lot easier to stomach for those who travel a lot. I can now book via Chase Travel, earn points on my stay, and get enough credits to offset the fee of the card without a lot of effort. It won’t be the case for everyone, but it certainly will be for me and my family.
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Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card
Welcome Offer
Earn 75,000 bonus points after you spend $5,000 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 Points Boost
- each account anniversary you’ll earn bonus points equal to 10% of your total purchases made the previous year
- Points are transferrable to 14 Ultimate Rewards partners
- No foreign transaction fees
- Suite of Travel and Purchase Coverage
- Auto Rental Collision Damage Waiver is my favorite
- Complimentary DashPass which unlocks $0 delivery fees & lower service fees for a min. of one year when you activate by 12/31/27. Plus, a $10 promo each month on non-restaurant orders
- $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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