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Hyatt recently announced that AMR hotels ( which feature a bevy of All-Inclusive properties and they purchased in 2021 ) was live to earn and burn World of Hyatt points, and we have Caption rolling out. The first Caption property will be a category 3 hotel and feature 136 rooms on Beale Street in Memphis Tennessee.
Caption will target upmarket millennials focusing on lifestyle and tech which sounds really cool. Guests will be able to use their iPhone or Apple Watch to unlock guest rooms/common areas/gym without the need of a traditional hotel key. I’m keen to see how this works since most iterations of this feature I’ve experienced tend to be a bit wonky, but fingers crossed!
Here’s a sneak peek – as you can see the rooms will be small since Caption emphasizes the hotel communal experience far more than the room itself. Personally, I’m a traditional luxury kind of guy and tend to be more introverted. Then again, I’m in my 40s and not in the target audience. Will I try it? Sure thing.
As I mentioned Caption offers more of a communal Co-working vibe centered around its Talk Shop.
“The brand’s reimagined arrival experience where guests will enjoy a lively welcome area, all-day lounge and workspace, coffee shop, eatery, grab-and-go artisanal market and cocktail bar. “
The next cities that will have a Caption
· Caption by Hyatt Shanghai Zhongshan Park (opening Early 2023)
· Caption by Hyatt Namba Osaka (opening 2024)
· Caption by Hyatt Kabutocho Tokyo (opening 2025)
· Caption by Hyatt Ba Son Saigon (opening 2025)
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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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