There is currently an amazing elevated offer on my favorite points and miles card for beginners – the Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card. This card is great even when it doesn’t have a high bonus, but when it does? It’s unbeatable!

Currently, you can get 100,000 points when you spend $5,000 in the first three months from account opening. That’s 40,000 points more than the standard offer. Crazy! After you’ve met the spending requirement, you’ll end up with at least 105,000 points.

So, once you have that huge stash of points, what exactly can you do with them? First, let’s go through the three main ways they can be used. Then, we’ll go over a list of options for how to use them to book trips.

Three ways to use your points

There are three main ways to use your Chase Ultimate Rewards®.

• Cash them out for a statement credit. When you cash out these points, they are worth one cent per point. This means that every 10,000 points is worth $100. So, 100,000 points would be worth $1,000 when cashed out. You can do this to cover the cost of any travel that you book on your card.
• Use them to book flights, hotels, or rental cars through Chase Travel℠. When used this way, you get a 25% boost. This means that 100,000 points are worth $1250 toward travel.
• Transfer them to hotel and airline partners. You can transfer your points from Chase to one of 11 different hotel and airline transfer partners. This is often my favorite way to use them because it tends to help stretch your points the furthest. Here are your transfer partner options:
  • Aer Lingus
  • Air Canada
  • British Airways
  • Emirates
  • Flying Blue (Air France-KLM)
  • Iberia
  • JetBlue
  • Singapore
  • Southwest
  • United
  • Virgin Atlantic
  • Hyatt
  • IHG
  • Marriott

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20 options for transfer partner bookings

Now, let’s look at some examples of ways you can transfer your points to travel partners to book flights and hotels.

Seven nights at the Hyatt House Anaheim next to Disneyland

Award nights start at 15,000 points, so seven nights would cost 105,000 points.

Two to three round-trip flights to Dublin on Aer Lingus

One-way off-peak flights start at 16,251 Avios (points), so three round-trip flights would be 97,506 Avios (points).

Three nights at the Thompson Central Park New York

Nights start at 29,000 points, so three nights would be 87,000 points.

Two round-trip flights to Paris on Flying Blue

Flights are 25,000 miles per way, so two round-trip flights would be 100,000 miles.

Four nights at the Hyatt Regency Aruba Resort Spa

Nights start at 25,000 points, so four nights would be 100,000 points.

Five nights at the Hyatt Regency Tokyo

Nights start at 20,000 points per night, so five nights would be 100,000.

Five nights at the Hyatt Regency Mission Bay Spa and Marina in San Diego

Nights start at 18,000 points, so five nights would be 90,000 points.

Three round-trip flights from Los Angeles to New York on United

Many domestic U.S. routes are 15,000 miles, so three round-trip flights would be 90,000 miles.

Four nights at the Great Scotland Yard Hotel in London

Nights start at 25,000 points, so four nights would cost 100,000 points.

Five nights at the Hyatt Regency Paris Étoile

Nights start at 20,000 points, so five nights would be 100,000 points.

Four nights at the Hyatt Regency Maui Resort and Spa

Nights start at 25,000 points, so four nights would be 100,000 points.

Two to four round-trip flights to Honolulu on Southwest

Prices can vary drastically, but they range from approximately 12,000 to 25,000 per way.

Four nights at the Andaz Singapore

Nights start at 25,000 points, so four nights would cost 100,000 points.

Five nights at the Hyatt Regency Clearwater Beach Resort and Spa

Nights start at 21,000 points, so five nights would be 105,000 points.

Two round-trip flights to Amsterdam on KLM

Flights are 25,000 miles per way, so two round-trip flights would be 100,000 miles.

Seven nights at the Hyatt Regency Phuket Resort in Thailand

Nights start at 15,000 points, so seven nights would be 105,000 points.

Three nights at the all-inclusive Zöetry Casa del Mar Los Cabos

Nights start at 35,000 points, so three nights would be 105,000 points.

Five to eight round-trip flights to London on Virgin Atlantic

Prices start at 6,000 miles per way from the East Coast and 9,000 miles per way from the West Coast, so you could book up to eight round-trip tickets for 96,000 miles.

Three nights at the Grand Hyatt Scottsdale Resort

Nights start at 29,000 points, so three nights would be 87,000 points.

Five nights at the Hyatt Regency Grand Reserve Puerto Rico

Nights start at 20,000 points, so five nights would be 100,000 points.

Wrapping Up

As you can see, there are a ton of ways you can use your points with transfer partners to book some amazing trips!

You’ll notice that all of the hotels are Hyatt properties. That’s because their points rates are the lowest among all of the hotel brands, so it’s a sweet spot for using Chase points. Chase does have two other hotel partners – IHG and Marriott – but we prefer to open a co-branded hotel card to earn points for those.

No matter how you decide to use your points, jumping on the amazing 100,000 point elevated offer on the Sapphire Preferred is step one. After you’ve gotten that windfall of points, your options are limitless.