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• Macy's now charges $10+ shipping on Paze orders, wiping out the $10 credit; burn credits via Domino's/St. Jude or Dunkin gift cards instead.

• Phoenix Sapphire Lounge stops taking reservations Sept 1 and goes walk-in only.

• Staples: 100% back in points on Scotch/Post-it up to $40, plus a $10 Fandango code.

• One report hit 3.42x by moving United miles to Southwest for intra-Hawaii hops.

• World of Hyatt card bonus improved to 75K (from 60K), but it's last call.

• Virgin Hotels are refreshing the $100 property credit on back-to-back stays.

• Pre-approved CSR applicants can pull a digital card for immediate use.

Macy's guts the Paze $10 credit with a new shipping fee

Macy's had been one of the easiest online merchants to trigger Paze's $10 statement credit, but readers on r/ChaseSapphire now report Macy's tacks a $10+ shipping charge onto Paze orders, which cancels out the reward. If Macy's was your go-to for burning Paze credits, that route is effectively dead unless your order already clears the free-shipping threshold.

→ Stop relying on small Macy's orders for the Paze credit; confirm shipping is free before checkout or move to a different merchant.

Single unverified report · r/ChaseSapphire: Paze and Macy's removed free shipping

Two cleaner ways to burn Paze credits

With Macy's out, r/ChaseSapphire readers point to two low-friction plays for the up-to-10x $10 credits. One reader made forty $10 Domino's donations to St. Jude and walked away with 3,700 UR points and $9 cash back for a good cause; separately, $10 Dunkin gift cards bought through Paze reportedly redeem at Baskin-Robbins with no cap. Both keep each transaction just over the $10 minimum so the credit fires cleanly.

→ If you have unused Paze credits, run $10 Domino's St. Jude donations or daily Dunkin gift card buys before the credits expire.

Single unverified reports · r/ChaseSapphire: Domino's/St. Jude Paze play · r/ChaseSapphire: Dunkin gift card at Baskin-Robbins

Staples: 100% back on Scotch and Post-it, up to $40

Doctor of Credit flags a Staples offer paying 100% back in rewards on Scotch and Post-it products up to $40, plus a $10 Fandango code. It's a small but effectively free-after-rewards office supply run, and the Fandango code sweetens it.

→ Buy up to $40 of qualifying Scotch/Post-it product at Staples this week and grab the Fandango code.

Single source (Doctor of Credit) · Doctor of Credit: Staples Post-it/Scotch deal

Phoenix Sapphire Lounge drops reservations Sept 1

A reader reports the PHX Sapphire Lounge will stop accepting reservations as of September 1, moving to walk-in only. That likely means longer waits at peak times with no way to lock a slot ahead.

→ If you're flying through PHX before Sept 1 and want a guaranteed spot, book the reservation now; after that, plan to arrive early and walk in.

Single unverified report · r/ChaseSapphire: No more PHX reservations Sept 1

A 3.42x Southwest redemption through United

On r/ChaseSapphire, a reader transferred Chase points to United, then to Southwest, and got 3.42 cents per point on an intra-Hawaii hop (HNL-OGG). Southwest normally lands around 1.3 to 1.5 cents per point, so this is an outlier driven by weirdly priced Hawaii inter-island routes, not a repeatable everyday rate.

→ If you have a short high-cash-fare route like Hawaii inter-island, price it as a Southwest award before paying cash.

Single unverified report · r/ChaseSapphire: 3.42x Southwest via transfer

World of Hyatt card bumped to 75K, last call

Miles to Memories reports the World of Hyatt card's welcome bonus has improved to up to 75,000 points after $15,000 spend, up from the 60K we flagged earlier this month. It's billed as last chance, so the window is closing.

→ If Hyatt points fit your plans and you can hit the spend, compare the 75K offer to the earlier 60K before it disappears.

Single source (Miles to Memories) · Miles to Memories: 75K Hyatt card bonus

Pre-approved? Grab a digital CSR

A reader notes pre-approved Sapphire Reserve applicants can receive a digital card for immediate use while the physical metal card ships. Handy if you're trying to start meeting a spend requirement or use a time-sensitive credit right away.

→ After approval, check the Chase app for a digital card number so you can start spending before the plastic arrives.

Single unverified report · r/ChaseSapphire: Card delivery ETA

Virgin Hotels refreshing the $100 property credit

Two datapoints suggest Virgin Hotels reset the CSR $100 hotel credit on separate stays: a reader was told at a NYC front desk the credit refreshed for back-to-back stays, and a Nashville Virgin booking through The Edit posted 250 bonus points. It echoes the Edit back-to-back debate, so treat it as promising but not guaranteed.

→ If you're splitting a Virgin Hotels trip into separate reservations, watch whether the $100 credit posts twice, and don't count on it before it lands.

Single unverified reports · r/ChaseSapphire: $100 credit refreshed · r/ChaseSapphire: Edit Nashville Virgin Hotel

How The Edit credit actually posts

A frustrated r/ChaseSapphireReserve thread got a useful clarification: the $250 Edit credit posts once the charge moves from pending to settled, provided the booking is two or more nights, uses pay-now, and has at least $250 paid in cash. One reader ran five Edit stays cleanly, three with the credit and two without because it was already used up.

→ Before blaming Chase, confirm your Edit booking met all four conditions and wait for the charge to settle before the credit appears.

Single unverified report · r/ChaseSapphireReserve: misleading rewards thread

USBAR cancel: full AF refund plus a bonus travel credit

On r/CreditCards, a reader canceling the U.S. Bank Altitude Reserve got the full annual fee refunded and was still able to use an extra $325 travel credit in the process. It's a single data point, but it suggests timing a cancellation carefully can squeeze out one more credit.

→ If you're planning to drop USBAR, use the $325 travel credit first and ask about a prorated or full AF refund on the way out.

Single unverified report · r/CreditCards: USBAR travel credit and AF refund

Costco Travel for car rentals, especially with a second driver

Frequent Miler makes the case for Costco Travel on rental cars, where rates are often competitive and additional drivers are frequently included at no extra charge. That second-driver savings alone can beat booking direct for couples and families.

→ Next rental, price Costco Travel alongside your usual site and check whether the additional driver is free.

Single source (Frequent Miler) · Frequent Miler: Costco Travel car rentals

175K CSR offer still showing in-app

Readers continue to see the 175,000-point Sapphire Reserve welcome bonus surface in the Chase app. Nothing new on terms, but it's still live for those it targets.

→ Check your Chase app offers if you've been waiting on an elevated CSR bonus.

Single unverified report · r/ChaseSapphireReserve: 175K welcome bonus

Edit back-to-back credit still restricted

Doctor of Credit's writeup on Chase blocking two $250 Edit credits across back-to-back stays remains the state of play. No reversal reported.

→ Space Edit stays across statement periods or trips rather than stacking them consecutively.

Single source (Doctor of Credit) · Doctor of Credit: Edit back-to-back restriction

Reality check on Price Match refunds

A r/ChaseSapphireReserve reader got a Price Guarantee match worth just 334 points (roughly $3 to $4) on a small hotel difference. The tool works, but the payouts are often tiny.

→ Submit Price Match claims when you spot a lower rate, but don't expect big refunds on small gaps.

Single unverified report · r/ChaseSapphireReserve: 334 pts refund

Premium fare deals worth a look

FlyerTalk surfaced Saudia business Tunis to Maldives around $775 one-way (with positioning via Jeddah), and an Iberia/Aer Lingus JFK-MAD plus DUB-YYZ open-jaw in business for $1,618. Both are cash fares that also earn miles.

→ If either routing fits your map, run the dates before the fare corrects.

Single source each (FlyerTalk) · FlyerTalk: SV TUN-MLE J $775 · FlyerTalk: IB/EI JFK open-jaw J $1618

cents per point (cpp): How much value you get per point on a redemption; 3.42x means 3.42 cents each.

Paze: An online checkout wallet from major banks; a current promo gives $10 statement credits on qualifying $10+ purchases.

The Edit: Chase's luxury hotel booking program for Sapphire cards, tied to $250 statement credits on qualifying stays.

UR points: Chase Ultimate Rewards, the transferable points currency the Sapphire cards earn.

USBAR: U.S. Bank Altitude Reserve, a competing premium travel card with its own annual fee and travel credit.

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