You won t be able to draw from your current hilton honors balance if booking directly through chase.
Using chase sapphire points for hotels.
Booking hotels through the chase ultimate rewards travel portal with points is a good strategy in certain situations particularly if you have the chase sapphire preferred card ink business preferred credit card or chase sapphire reserve.
Not long ago using points for hotel stays on the las vegas strip was next to impossible.
If i didn t have a card that offered 3x points i would opt for the chase sapphire preferred which offers 2x for all travel or the chase ink plus which offers 2x for hotels.
Transfer those points to hotel chains and use them to book hotels through their loyalty.
You can also use the chase portal to stay at boutique and non chain hotels such as the infamous watergate hotel in dc.
With those cards you can either.
Additionally vegas can test whether you should use points or pay cash.
That bonus is 25 for the chase sapphire preferred which makes each point worth 1 25 cents each.
That s because you ll get an improved redemption rate 1 25 cents per point with the sapphire.
Plus this card earns 2x points per 1 on travel and dining worldwide eligible delivery services take out and dining out 5x points per 1 on lyft rides a.
Explore the world and earn premium rewards with chase sapphire reserve.
If i really wanted the hotel to be free i would pay with a card in which points are best used to offset travel expenses.
These days some of the best spots on the strip are bookable using points.
Your chase sapphire reserve card comes with chase ultimate rewards our premier rewards program that lets you redeem rewards for travel experiences gift cards cash back and more.
The real power comes if you have a chase sapphire preferred or reserve or ink business preferred card.
While using points is great cash.
Access chase ultimate rewards to view rewards activity redeem points book travel and earn extra points.
Instead of paying 27 600 chase points through the issuer s portal you can transfer 15 000 points to hyatt and book an award stay there.
Additionally you can use your chase ultimate rewards points through the chase travel portal at a rate of 1 25 cents per.
Your ultimate rewards points are worth 50 more 1 5 cents each with the chase sapphire reserve.
Click here to learn more about the chase sapphire reserve.
Use those points for more than 1 cent per points either 1 25 or 1 5 cents by logging onto the chase ultimate rewards website and accessing the chase travel portal or.
This card earns valuable chase ultimate rewards points that can be transferred to both airline and hotel partners for award flights and hotel stays.
Chase sapphire preferred this is our favorite beginners travel rewards card which currently has a limited time offer of 80 000 point bonus highest ever after you spend 4 000 on purchases in the first 3 months from account opening.
Use your points to pay for all or part of your apple purchases through ultimate rewards.