Chase Travel: Explore Destinations and Savings with Chase Ultimate Rewards

19.07.2024 - 08:39 / insider.com

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The Chase Travel℠ is an online booking platform for flights, hotels, rental cars, cruises, activities, and vacation rentals, similar to an online travel agency (OTA). If you're a Chase Ultimate Rewards® cardholder, you can use points to book travel through the portal — or pay with your card or a combination of points and cash. 

The Chase Travel℠ offers one of the most straightforward redemption opportunities for your Chase Ultimate Rewards. Chase boasts one of the most flexible and lucrative credit card rewards programs, and points earned on some travel cards are worth up to 50% more when redeemed through Chase Travel℠.

Here's everything you need to know about booking airfare, hotels, and more through the Chase travel portal — and how to make the most of your Chase Ultimate Rewards points.

The Chase Travel℠ is an online platform that acts as a third-party travel broker similar to Expedia, Booking.com, Travelocity, or Priceline. Through Chase Travel℠, you can book hotels, flights, rental cars, cruises, and vacation packages. You can choose to pay with one of your linked credit cards, or use your Ultimate Rewards balance to defray the cost. 

You must be a Chase credit card customer to use Chase Travel℠ to book with cash or points — in fact, you can only access the Chase travel portal when you log into your account management page with Chase.

One of the primary benefits of using Chase Travel℠ is you can spend the rewards points you earn directly on the travel you want without having to worry about dealing with specific hotel or airline loyalty programs. Chase Travel℠ allows you to book travel directly with Chase Ultimate Rewards points, use your credit card to pay, or combine the two.

There are a few other key benefits to understand as well:

You won't earn points or elite night credits when you book a hotel stay with Chase Travel℠ because it's considered a third-party booking. However, you can earn airline and elite-qualifying miles on flights booked through Chase, as long as your frequent flyer number is attached to the reservation. (You can usually add that number, as well as your Known Traveler 

With a no-annual-fee card like the Chase Freedom Flex® or Chase Freedom Unlimited®, your