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My First Chase Points Boost Redemption

July 14, 2025 By Nancy 6 Comments

I’ve been collecting Chase Ultimate Rewards points for many years now. The vast majority of the time, I’ve transferred those points to hotel and airline partners for free-ish travel.

The new Points Boost from Chase recently rolled out with the changes to the Chase Sapphire cards. When you book through Chase Travel, some redemptions will value at 2 cents per point (instead of the traditional 1.5 cents on the Chase Sapphire Reserve and 1.25 cents on the Chase Sapphire Preferred card.) The key word here is some. It’s impossible to predict which hotels and flights will be included in the higher value.

My Luck with Chase Points Boost

I recently had to book a flight for my 17-year-old son. Unfortunately, not only is the date fixed, but the time of his flight also has to be within a certain window. We have almost zero flexibility.

While I found a cheap saver award flight for the way there, return flights were looking expensive. The cheapest award flight I could find was 20k+ points, and the cheapest cash flight was over $200. I decided to try my luck with Chase Travel through my husband’s Chase Sapphire Reserve card.

Based on a regular redemption of 1.5 cents per point, I found this economy flight for 15,565 points. This was the best deal on points I could find for our narrow travel window, and I was getting ready to book this flight.

This image is a flight booking summary for an Economy class ticket. The price is $234 or 15,565 points. It includes a seat assignment, a carry-on bag, and the option to change the ticket. Checked bags require an additional fee, and ticket refunds are not available.

Then, I happened to scroll to the right and saw that the business class version was part of the Points Boost for 2 cents per point. For around 2000 more points, my son could fly in business with two free checked bags. He will have a lot of luggage for this trip, so the free checked bags benefit comes in handy.

This image shows a flight booking option for "First Or Business" class. The price is $349 or 17,424 points, reduced from 23,233 points. It includes seat assignment, checked bags, and a carry-on bag. Ticket refund is not available, but ticket change is allowed. There is only one seat left.

So, my son will have his first domestic business class experience on this flight thanks to the Chase Points Boost.

Have you explored award redemptions with Chase Points Boost yet?

Author: Nancy

Nancy lives near Dallas, Texas, with her husband and three kids. Her favorite vacations include the beach, cruising and everything Disney.

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  1. Ryan Milligan says

    July 19, 2025 at 6:26 pm

    I actually saved 20,000 points with the boost by rebooking a 2 night stay that I booked a few months ago pre-change. It was an Edit hotel so I’m sure that helped, but that’s a chunk of saving!!

    Reply
    • Nancy says

      July 20, 2025 at 3:25 pm

      @Ryan That’s fantastic!

      Reply
  2. Lynn says

    July 14, 2025 at 11:02 pm

    One of my sons wasn’t too interested until he and his wife wanted to go to Europe. Then he wanted to know which credit cards to get for free hotels and airfare! He got to stay in some really nice places and just pay taxes for airfare.

    Reply
  3. Lynn says

    July 14, 2025 at 1:41 pm

    Nice Mom! Hope your kids appreciate having a mom who puts time and effort into this game so they can have these huge benefits!

    Reply
    • Nancy says

      July 14, 2025 at 7:27 pm

      @Lynn I don’t think they really appreciate it now but when they have to pay for their own vacations in the future they probably will. 🙂

      Reply
  4. Aleks says

    July 14, 2025 at 7:33 am

    Awesome!
    Wish that Amex would do something similar.

    Reply

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