For existing card holders the change to 4x for Hotels/Airfare does not occur until October 26.
That is my understanding as well, I believe you will only get the 3X travel category for any hotel or Airfare charges.
This is a bit off topic, but....
It's spreading everywhere, like a highly contagious virus.
[Rumor] Chase Ritz-Carlton Card Annual Fee Will Increase To $695, Adds New Benefits (Effective August 1st) - Doctor Of Credit
Multiple rumors are coming out which point to a refresh of the Chase Ritz-Carlton card. The rumor has it that these changes will take effect on August 1,www.doctorofcredit.com
I'll add a positive note. After all, I don't want to be too much of a downer. My sweetheart has had a Sapphire Reserve for a number of years. Out of curiosity, I signed on to Chase Travel. Lo and behold, sitting there was a Points Boost redemption for a United Airlines nonstop flight to Japan in their Polaris Business class. I've been working on a trip to Japan for us, and had initially planned to use our American Airlines miles. But AA has upped their award tickets in Business class to Japan to 428,000 miles per seat. 428K per person is simply unreasonable. That's 856,000 miles for a couple!! The Chase Travel Points Boost offer beat that easily. It wasn't even close. It was also superior to the miles required on the United Airlines website. Moral to the story: check Chase Travel if you're planning something. You never know what you might find.
I know! I booked Denver to San Juan in First Class for March and got a great deal with my points.This is a bit off topic, but....
It's spreading everywhere, like a highly contagious virus.
[Rumor] Chase Ritz-Carlton Card Annual Fee Will Increase To $695, Adds New Benefits (Effective August 1st) - Doctor Of Credit
Multiple rumors are coming out which point to a refresh of the Chase Ritz-Carlton card. The rumor has it that these changes will take effect on August 1,www.doctorofcredit.com
I'll add a positive note. After all, I don't want to be too much of a downer. My sweetheart has had a Sapphire Reserve for a number of years. Out of curiosity, I signed on to Chase Travel. Lo and behold, sitting there was a Points Boost redemption for a United Airlines nonstop flight to Japan in their Polaris Business class. I've been working on a trip to Japan for us, and had initially planned to use our American Airlines miles. But AA has upped their award tickets in Business class to Japan to 428,000 miles per seat. 428K per person is simply unreasonable. That's 856,000 miles for a couple!! The Chase Travel Points Boost offer beat that easily. It wasn't even close. It was also superior to the miles required on the United Airlines website. Moral to the story: check Chase Travel if you're planning something. You never know what you might find.
Yes, that sounds good to me!
Why not with a Marriott card that gives 6x points for Marriott spend?
I agree as I have no problem getting 6 cents of value (and sometimes more like 12) off 6 Bonvoy points and struggle to get more than 4.5 cents of value off of 3 CSR points. But I understand that others feel differently.
Just read a post saying Chase PR folks have debunked this rumor. Crossing my fingers it is true. But there is always a fallback plan to any CC - cancel when your next AF posts
upgradedpoints.com
I read the opposite, that Chase denied an increase to the Ritz Carlton card. Read it here:
Despite Rumors, Ritz-Carlton Card Will Remain Unchanged
The internet has been buzzing with rumors surrounding alleged changes coming to the Ritz-Carlton card. However, those are unfounded.
Just read a post saying Chase PR folks have debunked this rumor. Crossing my fingers it is true. But there is always a fallback plan to any CC - cancel when your next AF posts
Costco's Citicard does 3% on travel. I haven't seen how it categorizes maintenance fees because I have used CSR because of the effective 4.5% return when you then redeem the points through the travel portal. Once CSR no longer yields that, I may try using the Costco card and see how they code.