Chase Ultimate Rewards

Screen Shot 2013-08-13 at 7.56.13 PMPeople. Please. Do not use your Ultimate Rewards points on the travel search engine. Don't let your loved ones waste their points. It can not be a good deal. (At best, it could be less of a bad deal, but I doubt that even). The only good way to use your points for flights is transferring to an airline (or hotel).

Understand that with Chase Ultimate Rewards Points you have the option to transfer to Airlines or use a search engine where...

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The best use of ultimate reward points, is subject, and I'm going to do my best here to not be extremely bias and just say "transfer to United." Although I think that is the best option for most people, I want to lay out all the transfer options, their values and explain how to transfer points and some other tricks you may not know already.

Ultimate Rewards points are some of the most valuable points to earn because of their ability to transfer at a 1:1 ratio to valuable miles and points partners. For example, UR Points are the best way...

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Newbies beware! Don't let Chase convince you to click Travel under the Ultimate Rewards home page. Yes, they have a big tab at the top that says travel... but ignore that and under "Use Points" on the left click "Transfer Points to Travel Partners". Trust me! I'm going to show you step by step how to use them well and step by step how you're getting shiested by Chase if you don't.

Previously I talked about Chase Ultimate Reward Transfer options, and basically there are 9 travel partners you can transfer to and that post talks about how much I value...

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