I have done it a few times. Pretty easy as long as delta shows the discount

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Aug 16, 2016
2:51:10pm

BYUinTX All-American

I have done it a few times. Pretty easy as long as delta shows the discount

award space. It made me nervous not having the flights ticketed right away, but if you push for it they will ticket with confirmation numbers the following day.

http://www.milevalue.com/guide-to-booking-delta-flights-to-hawaii-for-25000-korean-miles-roundtrip-45k-in-first/

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BYUinTX

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Chase Sapphire Reserve Card - first card that I'm legitimately excited for in a

workindev

8/16/16 1:09pm

I love my Sapphire card. Not sure that I'm cool enough for this one

cougarnerd

8/16/16 1:10pm

yeah, I'll be getting this one.

Mayor of Cougartown

8/16/16 1:10pm

I'll be cancelling the chase Marriott card that I never use

Mayor of Cougartown

8/16/16 1:13pm

I use my Marriott card a lot right now. Saving up points for travel combo bonus.

Grit for Brains

8/16/16 1:35pm

I use my southwest chase visa almost exclusivelly in order to hit the companion

Mayor of Cougartown

8/16/16 1:37pm

If you transfer points from a different rewards card, do they count towards CP?

BYUCoug11

8/16/16 1:45pm

No. Chase UR points transferred to Southwest do not count towards Companion Pass

workindev

8/16/16 1:53pm

Also, Bonus points from the SW card offers count toward status. So you could

BYUinTX

8/16/16 2:37pm

Sorry, what I meant is that if say you and your wife sign up for the marriott

Grit for Brains

8/16/16 3:15pm

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cvd6262

8/16/16 1:11pm

Two reasons I think you can still do it. 1. It is a different product so having

supertux

8/16/16 1:17pm

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cvd6262

8/16/16 1:19pm

Their target customer is going to be existing Sapphire cardholders.

workindev

8/16/16 1:24pm

You should be able to have both. It's a new card product.

workindev

8/16/16 1:19pm

brazilcoug said credit cards are evil

TNT

8/16/16 1:16pm

Update: I just read that the Visa Infinite provides that $100 airfare discount

workindev

8/16/16 1:20pm

Saving $100 assumes the price you get in the Visa Infinite portal

byuwahoo

8/16/16 1:35pm

$100 benefit for 2-5 tickets only applied when booking through visa infinite’s

BYUinTX

8/16/16 1:36pm

Right, according to a couple of blog posts, the prices are similar to what you

workindev

8/16/16 1:43pm

but you lose the free checked bags with Delta (or United, etc.)

byuwahoo

8/16/16 2:08pm

So you pay $195 a year to get free checked bags? And the primary cardholder

BYUinTX

8/16/16 2:33pm

interesting to hear about Korean miles converting at a better value.

byuwahoo

8/16/16 2:40pm

I have done it a few times. Pretty easy as long as delta shows the discount

BYUinTX

8/16/16 2:51pm

I get free check bags on American with my status. But I hardly check bags.

workindev

8/16/16 2:34pm

I don't check bags when traveling solo, but do when buying 2-5 tix for family

byuwahoo

8/16/16 2:39pm

Visa infinite is not a perk.

TN_Coug

8/22/16 9:55am

Yup, I had a follow up post when they modified this

workindev

8/22/16 9:56am

your $100 GE is good for 5 years

8/16/16 1:21pm

Offer is one of the best I have seen. My co-worker got an approval before it

BYUinTX

8/16/16 1:49pm

The biggest thing to remember with these credit card perks:

TheLoneCougar

8/22/16 9:53am

not a member of /churning, huh?

TN_Coug

8/22/16 9:55am

Churning? No, I don't have this card, or any for that matter if that is what

TheLoneCougar

8/22/16 9:59am

The simple solution is to let other people pay for it

workindev

8/22/16 9:58am

I just can't stand the practices of CC companies to the point where I won't ever

TheLoneCougar

8/22/16 10:00am

No skin off my back. Strange place to draw the line, but whatever floats your

workindev

8/22/16 10:02am

Credit Cards rewards are amazing for people that have a little discipline and

Broda

8/22/16 10:04am

Shame others?? Good luck with that. This card easily has $1,400 of value just

BYUinTX

8/22/16 12:45pm

Is $450 fee waived for the first year?

Hodor

8/25/16 9:54am

Not a chance

workindev

8/25/16 9:54am

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