The Points Mom

What Does The Bonus Category “Travel” Mean For The Chase Ultimate Rewards Cards

. You earn 2X and 3X Chase Ultimate Rewards points when you use your Chase Sapphire Preferred Card and Chase Sapphire Reserve Card respectively on travel purchases.  Well how does Chase define travel for this purpose?  The following is directly from the Chase  site…. “Merchants in the travel category include airlines, hotels, motels, timeshares, campgrounds, car rental agencies, […]

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Cards That Yield Bonus Points On Parking

Chase Sapphire Preferred Card you earn 2 Chase Ultimate Rewards points per dollar spent on travel that includes parking.  Learn More About The Card Here Chase Sapphire Reserve Card you earn 3 Chase Ultimate Rewards points per dollar spent on travel that includes parking.  Learn More About The Card Here American Express Green Card-Earn 3 Membership Rewards points […]

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Don’t Let Your Free Night Awards Expire-Here Is What I Did With An Anniversary Award

  Many of the Chase hotel cards offer a free night’s stay each year, upon your card member anniversary.  For example, the Chase Hyatt Visa, offers 1 free night at any Category 1-4 property.  The Chase Marriott Rewards Premier Credit Card offers 1 free night at any Category 1-5 property.  The Chase IHG Rewards Club Select Credit Card offers 1 free night at […]

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Comparing Travel Redemption Options of the Major Banks

In this post, I am going to talk about redeeming points for travel.   This post will not focus on transferring points, but rather on, using points to pay for travel.  Also, as you will see below, some of these cards offer a point discount/bonus when redeeming and others offer a point rebate.  You can […]

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