Taking Your Chase Ultimate Rewards to the Next Level

If you want to take your credit card rewards game to the next level, you have to consider a Chase card that earns Chase Ultimate Rewards. Booking your rewards through the Chase Ultimate Rewards travel portal increases the value of each point varies based on your Chase credit card:

• With the Chase Sapphire Reserve, each point is worth 1.5 cents when redeemed for travel
• With the Chase Sapphire Preferred, each point is worth 1.25 cents when redeemed for travel
• With the Ink Business Preferred, each point is worth 1.25 cents when redeemed for travel
• With the Ink Business Premier Credit Card, each point is worth 1.5 cents when redeemed for travel

But you will get the biggest bang for your buck when you transfer your Ultimate Rewards points to one of its 14 popular airline and hotel partners at a 1:1 ratio (1,000 Chase Ultimate Rewards = 1,000 of these miles or points). Sure, a 1:1 ratio doesn’t sound like much, but you gain access to flight and hotel award charts and redemption options, opening up the potential for sweet deals to book luxury business and first-class flights and high-end hotel stays. That way, you can get anywhere from 1.6 to more than 5 cents per point of value from your Chase Ultimate Rewards.

For example, one Kudos user used 50,000 Ultimate Rewards points for a one-way business class flight on ANA to Japan, which often retails for $4,000 or more! 

By utilizing the right Chase partner at the right time, you can book hotel rooms for 5,000 points per night or business-class award flights to Europe for only 50,000 points each way. These high-value redemptions earn way more than 1.5 cents per point in value.

UpgradedPoints.com did an awesome job of highlighting the 43 best ways to redeem Chase Ultimate Rewards.

Our favorite redemption spotlighted on this list:  

• Fly Singapore Suites in an A380 (KrisFlyer Miles) - generally, awards for Suites Class will cost you 148,500 miles one way when you are departing from New York and flying to Singapore (SIN)

• When you transfer your Ultimate Rewards to KrisFlyer miles and fly from New York (JFK) to Frankfurt (FRA), a one-way Suites Class ticket will only cost 97,000 points!

•  This is a one-in-a-lifetime chance to experience Singapore Suites — Singapore Airlines’ first-class luxury double bed in the sky!

Bottom line: 

• The value you can get from transferring points varies depending on the specific partner program and how you use the points. You may be able to book high-value business or first-class flights, luxury hotel stays, or unique travel experiences that might cost much more if paid for with cash

• Always do your research and compare redemption options between the Chase travel portal and the partner programs. Depending on availability, time of year, and other factors, the best deals change constantly

• Once you transfer points to a partner program, they are subject to the rules and policies of that program, and you cannot transfer them back to Chase Ultimate Rewards

What’s your favorite redemption made with Chase Ultimate Rewards?