And yes, you can buy AS tickets through Chase's system. Chase is effectively purchasing that ticket for you with their cash and selling it to you in exchange for your points. When you buy a ticket with chase points thorough their own ultimate rewards portal, it is as if you are buying a cash ticket as far as the airline is concerned. They used to partner with Expedia, now it is someone else. On the other hand, you can buy a ticket with cash as long as there is space on the aircraft.Ĭhase has their own ultimate rewards portal which I am sure you are familiar with since it sounds like you have a chase card. You do not earn EQMs on award travel, and award travel is also subject to availability limitations decided upon by the airline.
When you book with Alaska Mileage Plan miles or with points through a partner (Avios, for example) this is referred to as award travel. In general, they are just butt-in-seat miles and they are what move you toward elite status such as MVP or Million Miler status. They do not include miles earned through credit card spend or miles purchased. Now that Chase has gotten rid of the Pay-Yourself-Back redemption for dining, I'm wondering if I can have my cake and still eat it by temporarily booking Alaska flights through the Chase travel portal (in order to get the additional UR points when paying with cash or take advantage of the favorable redemption rate when paying with UR points), cancel the booking with Alaska, and then use the refunded credit on Alaska to book directly with them.ĮQMs are elite-qualifying miles. When you say that Alaska will "refund the amount you paid" for tickets booked through the Chase travel portal, how does that work when redeeming Chase Ultimate Rewards points? E.g., when redeeming 50K Ultimate Rewards points for a $750 ticket (at 1.5 cents per point if one has the Sapphire Reserve), if one were to then cancel that ticket, then I assume Alaska would refund $750 to the wallet (rather than $500)? Hey, sorry to revive a 3-month-old thread, but I'm hoping you can clarify something in your comment.
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