Chase Boundless Bold Card, Elite bonus works for MF?

[dioxide45]

How were you able to book using the 2 certificates together with the points stay in one reservation ? I did not know one could do that as I usually have to book the certificates separately from each other and the points giving me 3 reservations.

Perhaps it was separate reservations? It was also my understanding that the system would take one of the free nights as the fifth night free. Thus eliminating the benefit of the FNA.

 

[VacationForever]

How were you able to book using the 2 certificates together with the points stay in one reservation ? I did not know one could do that as I usually have to book the certificates separately from each other and the points giving me 3 reservations.

I booked it as one reservation for 7 nights, and just before the confirmation, it showed available certificates that I could apply to the reservation and the points that were needed on top of each certificate, and they each showed up as one line in the breakdown. It has always been that way for me. I have done it the same way when I booked a multi-day reservation at US properties.

 

[VacationForever]

I retrieved the reservation and erased the actual dates:

 

[jwalk03]

It gives you the option of applying awards or points or paying cash per night of a multi-night stay. So you can select what you want to do by night all in one reservation

 

[dioxide45]

It gives you the option of applying awards or points or paying cash per night of a multi-night stay. So you can select what you want to do by night all in one reservation

I think the issue I recall was when booking a five night award and applying a single FNA. The FNA is essentially lost. Though that may have changed.

 

[Quilter]

I see the value of redemption as actually increasing with my limited experience. I "happened" to book at the right time about a month ago for a March stay. I booked 7 nights at St Regis in Singapore and it required 266K Bonvoy points. I was able to add points to my two 35K certificate when reserving and it took only 196K Bonvoy points from my account. It has since gone up to about 350K to redeem for the room during the same period but I am not using this new point requirement. It costs about USD3,350 for cash stay.

My cost was $95+$95 (for the 2 credit cards membership) + 196K Bonvoy points, which results in about 1.7 per point value. for the 196K Bonvoy points.

If I use Points Guy's valuation of .007 cents, I am looking at my cost of $190+$1,372 = $1,562 to book a $3,350 stay. I get their famous breakfast thrown in for free because I am Titanium elite. That's really good redemption value.

I'm not saying I don't still earn and use the points. I'm not arguing with anyone here, my thoughts on this are for dialog conversation like we would do around the pool. The points just seem to stack up with the process of doing business with MVC. I even bought points last year when they came with a 70% bonus. Buying them with such a bonus seems like you could get more value/$.

We burn through the free night certificates with our road trips. With the reservations I'm working on, let's say 5 nights, you get a free night anyway (book 5, pay for 4).

The free breakfast is offered with many loyalty programs. As Titanium you'd get that both with a points redemption or cash.

My question is do I want to chase these points with my MF's? I'm not sure. I like to play with numbers but juggling the math with point/miles valuation gets tedious. It can just go on and on.

We've used United and Aeroplan for our flights over and back on this upcoming trip. Business class. I compared the miles + tax $ to a similar cash roundtrip (the cheapest I saw was on SAS). The redemption is 0.02718. That's nearly 3.5x the rate of return I'm seeing at the best with the European hotels, which are the ones we'd most likely redeem at.

When transferring Chase or Amex points to most airline programs the rate is 1:1. Marriott is 3:1. This makes the transferrable points come to 3x the value of Marriott as they're more flexible to the programs you can transfer to.

 

[Quilter]

I think the issue I recall was when booking a five night award and applying a single FNA. The FNA is essentially lost. Though that may have changed.

Wouldn't you do this if you wanted 6 nights? Then ask the hotel to link the reservations. For a 7 night reservation you'd book a 5 night (with a free night) and 2 more nights with the FNA's. Then ask the hotel to link the reservations.

 

[dioxide45]

Wouldn't you do this if you wanted 6 nights? Then ask the hotel to link the reservations. For a 7 night reservation you'd book a 5 night (with a free night) and 2 more nights with the FNA's. Then ask the hotel to link the reservations.

Yes, it should work on a six night reservation and no need to link as was pointed out above. It can all be one reservation.

 

[ljmiii]

I booked 7 nights at St Regis in Singapore and it required 266K Bonvoy points. I was able to add points to my two 35K certificate when reserving and it took only 196K Bonvoy points...

That's...Brilliant! I *knew* that 5 for 4 doesn't work w/a FNC and so it never occurred to me to try to use FNCs as part of longer reservation.

Learn something new every day...;-)

 

[Red elephant]

I booked it as one reservation for 7 nights, and just before the confirmation, it showed available certificates that I could apply to the reservation and the points that were needed on top of each certificate, and they each showed up as one line in the breakdown. It has always been that way for me. I have done it the same way when I booked a multi-day reservation at US properties.

Wow did not know this. Thanks.