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• Chase Points Boost is pricing Ritz-Carlton stays around 19k points a night; check your dates.

• Amex is running a 30% transfer bonus to Avios (1:1.3), the best rate in a while.

• Target cardholders: $75 gift card for $750 spend anywhere, YMMV and targeted.

• The best Delta signup bonus right now is on a non-Amex card.

• Stack Rakuten or Capital One Shopping with card offers, but never two portals at once.

• JAL-only business is still 60k AA miles; only mixed AA/Alaska+JAL routings went up.

• Google Fi 75% off for 12 months ends today.

Points Boost is putting Ritz-Carlton nights near 19k points

On r/ChaseSapphire, a cardholder booked three nights at the Ritz-Carlton New Orleans for 57,000 Chase points plus about $180 in fees, roughly 19k a night, through Chase Travel's Points Boost feature (which quietly raises the value of your points at select hotels). Commenters report similar boosted pricing elsewhere, sometimes with breakfast included. This is one of the stronger uses of Sapphire points right now if a boosted property lines up with your trip.

→ Search your destination in Chase Travel and look for the Points Boost badge before assuming a transfer partner is better.

Single unverified report, but the Points Boost feature is corroborated by multiple commenters. · r/ChaseSapphire: Ritz for 57k

Amex: 30% transfer bonus to Avios

Amex Membership Rewards points transfer to Avios (British Airways, Iberia, Aer Lingus, Qatar) at 1:1.3 right now, a 30% bonus. Avios shines on short-haul and specific sweet spots like Iberia to Madrid, so this is best transferred with a booking already in mind rather than speculatively.

→ Only transfer if you have a confirmed Avios redemption; check availability first, then move the points.

Corroborated (Doctor of Credit). · Doctor of Credit: 30% to Avios

Target Card: $75 for $750 spend anywhere

Existing Target Credit Card holders are seeing a targeted offer for a $75 Target gift card after $750 in spend outside Target. It's YMMV, so not everyone has it, and the spend has to be away from Target itself.

→ Log into your Target account and check the offers tab; if it's there, activate before spending.

Single source, explicitly YMMV (Doctor of Credit). · Doctor of Credit: Target $75

The best Delta signup bonus isn't a Delta card

Miles to Memories points out the strongest way into Delta miles right now runs through a cheaper non-Amex product rather than a co-branded Delta card. Worth a look if you were eyeing Delta miles but balking at the Amex annual fees.

→ Read the breakdown and compare the effective bonus against the current Delta Amex offers before applying.

Single source (Miles to Memories). · Miles to Memories: Delta bonus

Targeted Amex Offers at Fairmont, Raffles, Sofitel

One Mile at a Time flags targeted Amex Offers for luxury Accor brands (Fairmont, Raffles, Sofitel). These are strong when they hit because those properties run expensive, so a percentage back is real money.

→ Scan the Amex Offers on all your cards for Accor luxury brands and add any that appear.

Single source, targeted (One Mile at a Time). · OMAAT: Fairmont/Raffles Amex Offers

GHA Discovery Dollars at 15% off

You can buy GHA Discovery Dollars (a stored-value currency spendable at GHA hotel brands like Anantara, NH, and Kempinski) for 15% off in a limited promo. One Mile at a Time's take is that it's intriguing but only worth it if you have a concrete GHA stay coming.

→ Skip unless you already have a GHA-brand booking in mind; otherwise the discount can strand cash.

Single source (One Mile at a Time). · OMAAT: GHA Discovery Dollars

Elan credit cards now work on Paze

On r/CreditCards, readers confirm Elan-issued cards (the ones behind many small-bank and credit-union cards) can now be added to Paze. That opens the running Paze credit promos to a group that was previously locked out.

→ If you carry an Elan-backed card, try adding it to Paze to qualify for the current credit promos.

Single unverified report (r/CreditCards). · r/CreditCards: Elan on Paze

Stack portals with card offers, but only one portal

On r/ChaseSapphire, readers detail stacking a shopping portal (Rakuten or Capital One Shopping) with a card offer and card points for triple-dip value, especially on glasses, gift cards, and Sephora runs. The catch: two portal extensions won't both fire, and some warn Capital One Shopping quietly raised StubHub prices once enabled. Card offers plus one portal is the safe stack.

→ Check the base price first, enable a single portal, and confirm the price didn't move before buying.

Corroborated across multiple commenters (r/ChaseSapphire). · r/ChaseSapphire: portal stacking

OpenTable dining credit counts at the food truck

On r/ChaseSapphire, a reader confirmed the Sapphire OpenTable/dining credit tracked on a restaurant's attached food truck, since the truck runs on the same merchant account. Small, but useful for using up a credit before the annual fee hits.

→ If a restaurant with a dining credit runs a food truck or counter, try the credit there too.

Single unverified report (r/ChaseSapphire). · r/ChaseSapphire: food-truck credit

Splitting Priority Pass guests across lounges

On r/ChaseSapphireReserve, readers ask whether you can send guests into one Priority Pass lounge and yourself into another at the same airport, useful when one lounge is jammed. Reports suggest it can work since each visit is a separate scan.

→ At a crowded airport, try scanning guests into a second nearby Priority Pass lounge instead of cramming one.

Single unverified thread (r/ChaseSapphireReserve). · r/ChaseSapphireReserve: split guests

JAL business is still 60k AA miles direct

The AA-to-Asia partner increase people have been panicking over only hits mixed itineraries that combine AA or Alaska flights with JAL. On r/awardtravel, bookers confirm JAL-only routings (like ORD-HND or LAX-HND) are still 60k AA miles one-way in business, 80k with a domestic connector, and F went to 95k. The pricing has phantom availability muddying it, so verify seats are real before you commit.

→ Book JAL-only itineraries to keep the 60k J fare, and add domestic legs after ticketing rather than upfront.

Corroborated across multiple bookers (r/awardtravel). · r/awardtravel: JAL J for 60k

Google Fi 75% off ends today

Google Fi's 75% off for 12 months promo is listed as ending 8/3, today. Marginal for points but relevant if you were already planning a switch.

→ Decide by end of day if you want it.

Single source (Doctor of Credit). · Doctor of Credit: Google Fi

New Uber and Aldi Chase Offers

Chase Offers (also at BofA, WF, USB) are showing 10% back on Uber up to $4.50, and 7% back at Aldi up to $4 through Dec 14.

→ Add both from your card's offers tab before your next Uber or grocery run.

Corroborated (Doctor of Credit). · Uber offer · Aldi offer

Sapphire pre-approvals showing with no hard pull

On the Sapphire subreddits, readers report seeing pre-approvals for the Reserve and Preferred that don't trigger a credit inquiry. Pre-approval isn't a guarantee, but it's a decent signal if you've been waiting to apply.

→ Check Chase's pre-approval tool before a full application to gauge your odds.

Single unverified reports (r/ChaseSapphireReserve). · r/ChaseSapphireReserve: pre-approval

Paze no longer works for Dunkin gift cards

On r/ChaseSapphire, readers report Paze has stopped working for Dunkin gift card purchases, closing one path people were using for the Paze credit promos.

→ Route Paze credit spend to a still-working merchant instead.

Single unverified report (r/ChaseSapphire). · r/ChaseSapphire: Paze Dunkin

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

GHA Discovery Dollars: Stored-value credit spendable at Global Hotel Alliance brands like Anantara, NH, and Kempinski.

HUCA: Hang Up, Call Again, retrying a phone agent until you reach one who says yes.

Points Boost: A Chase Travel feature that raises the per-point value at select hotels, lowering the points needed.

Shopping portal: A rewards site (Rakuten, Capital One Shopping) that pays cash back or points when you click through to a store.

YMMV: Your Mileage May Vary, meaning the offer is targeted and not everyone will see it.

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