Author Topic: What's the best way to book? (Read 595585 times)

David Smith · « **Reply #2700 on:** December 12, 2016, 10:04:32 AM »

Quote from: chayie on December 12, 2016, 10:03:05 AM

hi!

pardon me if i'm posting to the wrong thread.

i have a chase sapphire card and as the UR points can be used towards booking travel at 1.5 cents per mile, I want to use this option now. however, i'm doing a flight search for a specific flight, and the chase travel booking site tells me how many points are needed, AND how much it would actually cost if i was paying with cash. the cash amount they want is $100 more than it would be if i was booking directly on the airline's site. It's showing as $282 for purchase, and 18,806 points if i want to purchase with points.

Can anyone explain why?

thanks

If the flight is $182 on airline site, call Chase up.

chayie · « **Reply #2701 on:** December 12, 2016, 12:34:46 PM »

thanks
that worked - they will honor the fare of the airline, translated into points.
so i'm getting value of 1.5 cents per point - i imagine that's as good as i will get - correct?

mmgfarb · « **Reply #2702 on:** December 12, 2016, 01:50:37 PM »

Quote from: chayie on December 12, 2016, 12:34:46 PM

thanks
that worked - they will honor the fare of the airline, translated into points.
so i'm getting value of 1.5 cents per point - i imagine that's as good as i will get - correct?

You can get better value transferring directly to airlines but if you need a specific flight that doesn't have saved award space then that's the best you're going to get unless you have an amex biz plat.

chayie · « **Reply #2703 on:** December 12, 2016, 01:51:58 PM »

it's december 24 - so required points for flights are alot
and spirit has a relatively cheap fare

CZ60 · « **Reply #2704 on:** December 12, 2016, 03:47:52 PM »

Just a quick dp - I went to book a rental car 2 months out. I went on the chase travel portal about 1:45 and was seeing rates less than half of what priceline/others were showing so I went to book. I didn't realize you have to use a chase cc to book so i got logged out by the time i got off the phone with them (I didn't book on phone bec the booking is for someone else and I needed to find out how he wanted to proceed - he had given me an AMEX). Came back to book after 2 pm, rates shot up - not as much as priceline/others, but enough to tick me off.

Makes me wonder what goes on behind the scenes of that portal...

B.D.Da'ehu · « **Reply #2705 on:** December 12, 2016, 04:31:57 PM »

Quote from: CZ60 on December 12, 2016, 03:47:52 PM

Just a quick dp - I went to book a rental car 2 months out. I went on the chase travel portal about 1:45 and was seeing rates less than half of what priceline/others were showing so I went to book. I didn't realize you have to use a chase cc to book so i got logged out by the time i got off the phone with them (I didn't book on phone bec the booking is for someone else and I needed to find out how he wanted to proceed - he had given me an AMEX). Came back to book after 2 pm, rates shot up - not as much as priceline/others, but enough to tick me off.

Makes me wonder what goes on behind the scenes of that portal...

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