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• The CSP 100K bonus is being flagged as ending soon, and former Sapphire cardholders past the 48-month clock are now reporting approvals.

• Delta's stacked summer promos are live (2X flights, 4X hotels, up to 16X Hertz); register before you book.

• The $100-on-$1,000 Air Canada Chase Offer should count Aeroplan award taxes and fees.

• Some Chase Offers now warn that 'abuse' can cut you off from future offers.

• Citi ThankYou may be adding Japan Airlines as a transfer partner (still unconfirmed).

• Targeted Chase Offers are dropping: 10% back at Marriott, 7% at Hyatt Place.

• On r/awardtravel, the strong consensus is to just book the 365K Andaz Maui week and stop chasing cpp.

The CSP 100K offer is winding down, and old cardholders are getting it again

The 100,000-point Sapphire Preferred bonus that has anchored the last few weeks is now being labeled as a limited, ending-soon window by DansDeals. Separately, The Points Guy is tracking a pattern where people who held and closed a Sapphire card years ago are getting approved for the full bonus again, as long as they are past the 48-month Sapphire clock. Nothing official confirms a hard end date, so treat the deadline as sooner rather than later.

→ If you are under 5/24 and outside the 48-month Sapphire bonus window, run Chase's pre-approval check and apply before the offer disappears.

Corroborated across sources (DansDeals, The Points Guy). · DansDeals: ending soon · TPG: former cardholders qualifying · TPG: 100K FAQ

Delta's summer promo stack: 2X flights, 4X hotels, up to 16X on Hertz

Frequent Miler rounded up a batch of registerable Delta promotions running now: 2X SkyMiles on flights, 4X on hotels, up to 5X on gift card buys, a flat 2,000 miles for an Airbnb stay, and up to 16X on Hertz rentals. There are also American and Delta shopping-portal promos worth up to 4,500 bonus miles. All of these require you to opt in first, and none pay out if you book before registering.

→ Register for any Delta or shopping-portal promo you might use, then book the flight, hotel, or rental.

Single source (Frequent Miler). · Delta promos roundup · AA & Delta portal promos

The Air Canada Chase Offer should cover Aeroplan award taxes

The $100-back-on-$1,000 Air Canada Chase Offer is confirmed across Frequent Miler and Miles to Memories, and Frequent Miler notes the spend should count even when the charge is just taxes and fees on an Aeroplan award ticket. That turns a big award booking's cash surcharge into a partial rebate. Offers are targeted, so check each of your Chase cards individually.

→ Add the Air Canada offer to every eligible Chase card, then route award taxes or a paid ticket through it to trigger the $100.

Corroborated on the spend requirement; single source (Frequent Miler) on the award-taxes angle. · Frequent Miler · Miles to Memories

Chase Offers now threaten to cut off 'abuse'

Frequent Miler spotted new language on some Chase Offers warning that abusing an offer can cost you access to future ones. It is vague on what counts as abuse, but the practical read is to avoid obvious gaming like buying and returning to bank a credit, or splitting transactions unnaturally. Use offers as intended and you are fine.

→ Keep your Chase Offer usage clean (real purchases, no return games) to protect future targeting.

Single source (Frequent Miler). · Frequent Miler

Citi may be adding Japan Airlines as a transfer partner

Miles to Memories is reporting that Citi ThankYou may soon add Japan Airlines as an airline transfer partner, which would open JAL's strong business-class awards (like Tokyo to New York around 75K) to ThankYou holders. This is still unconfirmed by Citi and carries a question mark. There is nothing to do yet beyond not dumping your balance.

→ Hold your Citi ThankYou points rather than transferring speculatively, and watch for an official JAL announcement.

Single unverified report (Miles to Memories). · Miles to Memories

Qatar Privilege Club restricts who you can book awards for

One Mile at a Time reports Qatar Airways' own Privilege Club now limits Avios award redemptions to a short list of nominated individuals, a headache if you book Qsuite awards for friends or extended family. If you use Qatar's program for others, you may need to add them as nominees first. Booking Qsuite through British Airways or another oneworld Avios pool is unaffected.

→ If you redeem Qatar Privilege Club Avios for others, check the new nominee rules first, or book Qsuite through a partner program instead.

Single source (One Mile at a Time). · One Mile at a Time

Targeted Chase Offers: 10% at Marriott, 7% at Hyatt Place

A fresh wave of hotel Chase Offers is hitting accounts: 10% back on $100 to $500 at Marriott Bonvoy properties, 7% back on $100 to $714 at US Hyatt Places, plus a separate 10%-at-Marriott offer floating around. These are targeted and vary by card, and they stack with the points you earn on the same stay.

→ Check every Chase card's Offers tab for hotel deals before your next paid stay and add them all.

Corroborated across sources (Frequent Miler, Doctor of Credit). · Marriott 10% · Hyatt Place 7% · DoC: Marriott 10%

Kosher restaurants are coming to CSR Exclusive Tables

DansDeals reports that kosher dining options are being added to the Sapphire Reserve's Exclusive Tables, which they frame as roughly $300 a year of value for kosher-keeping cardholders who could not previously use the benefit. There is no live list yet, but it meaningfully expands where the dining credit and reservation perk can land.

→ If you keep kosher, watch Exclusive Tables for participating restaurants in your city before writing off that benefit.

Single source (DansDeals). · DansDeals

Watch how a restaurant charges before counting on the dining credit

On r/ChaseSapphire, one diner got the $150 dining credit to trigger by paying through the InKind app with the Reserve linked, but another reported the same InKind route failed to fire the credit at a different restaurant. How the venue routes the charge matters, and third-party payment apps are hit or miss. Confirm the restaurant is on the eligible dining list first.

→ For the CSR dining credit, prefer paying the restaurant directly on the card and verify the venue is credit-eligible rather than trusting a payment app to trigger it.

Single unverified reports, mixed (r/ChaseSapphire). · r/ChaseSapphire data point

On r/awardtravel: the case for just using your points on a 365K Maui week

A reader asked whether 365,000 Chase points for seven nights at the Andaz Maui (about 1.6 cents per point) is a bad redemption, and the thread's overwhelming answer was no. The recurring wisdom: cents-per-point is useful for comparing programs, not for talking yourself out of a trip you want, and points are meant to be spent. One commenter noted that shifting to a cheaper award week (45K per night starting May 8) drops the total to 315K.

→ Set a personal minimum cents-per-point you will accept, and once a redemption clears it, book the trip instead of chasing a perfect saver.

Community discussion (r/awardtravel). · r/awardtravel thread

Squeezing the CSR's $150 StubHub credit

The Points Guy team shared how they actually use the Sapphire Reserve's StubHub and viagogo credit, from concerts to sporting events, so it does not expire unused. The credit is easy to forget and does not roll over, so treating it as found money for events you would attend anyway is the play.

→ Check your remaining StubHub credit and earmark it for an event before it resets.

Single source (The Points Guy). · The Points Guy

JAL business Tokyo to New York at 75K is a grab-it price

On r/awardtravel, flyers unanimously told a poster to book a 75,000-mile JAL business return from Haneda to JFK rather than hold out for a rarely-appearing saver in that window. Saver JAL space to JFK is notoriously scarce, while NYC-ORD-HND routings tend to open up more often.

→ If you want JAL business to Japan on fixed dates, book the 75K seat now and stop waiting for a saver.

Community discussion (r/awardtravel). · r/awardtravel thread

A missing middle name cost a reader a Virgin Atlantic award

View from the Wing covered a business-class award that Virgin Atlantic canceled over a missing middle name, then reimbursed the reader for the replacement ticket. The takeaway is to match names on award tickets exactly to your passport, especially on partner metal.

→ Double-check that names on award bookings match your passport exactly before ticketing.

Single source (View from the Wing). · View from the Wing

48-month rule: Chase pays a Sapphire signup bonus only if you have not earned one in the past 48 months.

5/24: Chase's rule denying most cards if you have opened five or more cards across all banks in the last 24 months.

Aeroplan: Air Canada's loyalty program and a Chase transfer partner.

Avios: The shared points currency of British Airways, Qatar, Iberia, and Aer Lingus.

cpp (cents per point): How much value you get per point, measured in cents.

InKind: A restaurant payment app some diners use to settle their check.

Qsuite: Qatar Airways' enclosed business-class suite product.

Saver award: The lowest, cheapest award price tier, usually limited in number.

ThankYou points: Citi's transferable rewards currency.

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