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☀️ TRENDING MILES & POINTS NEWS

• 💳 Chase Sapphire Preferred: Chase is clawing back the $100 hotel credit when reservations are cancelled - a quiet but significant change

• ✈️ JAL Mileage Bank: JAL has tightened award availability, making redemptions harder to find for partner bookings

• ✈️ JetBlue Mint: JetBlue just announced a new domestic Mint route with updated menu offerings

• 🚨 Transfer Bonus Alert: Chase to Marriott +55% and Amex to Flying Blue +25% both expire in 9 days (June 30)

Something quietly shifted with the Chase Sapphire Preferred this week - and if you hold the refreshed card, you need to know about it before you make any hotel bookings.

The CSP just got a $100 hotel credit in its recent refresh. Great, right? Well, it comes with a catch that wasn't obvious at launch - and some cardholders are finding out the hard way. Let's get into it.

🤓 Miles & Points Trivia

Which transfer partner currently offers a 55% bonus when transferring Chase Ultimate Rewards points?

• 🏨 World of Hyatt

• ✈️ United MileagePlus

• 🏨 Marriott Bonvoy

• ✈️ Virgin Atlantic Flying Club

Scroll to the bottom for the answer - it's one of the best active bonuses in the market right now. 👇

💳 Chase Is Clawing Back Hotel Credits on Cancelled Reservations

The Loophole That Just Got Closed

Here's what was happening: some Sapphire Preferred cardholders would book a hotel through Chase Travel to trigger the $100 hotel credit, receive the credit in their account, then cancel the reservation - keeping the credit. The old $50 credit worked this way for many people.

That's no longer the case. Chase has confirmed it is now clawing back the $100 hotel credit for reservations booked on or after June 15 that are subsequently cancelled. The credit is tied to the actual completed stay, not just the booking.

What This Means for Your $100 Credit

If you're planning to use the credit, make sure you're booking a stay you actually intend to take. This is how the benefit was always meant to work - the window for gaming it has closed. The $100 credit still applies to one hotel stay per cardmember year booked through Chase Travel, and it stacks nicely with points earned on the booking.

One silver lining: if you book a refundable rate and cancel before the cancellation window, you'll want to check your statement carefully. The claw back appears to apply to cancellations that result in a refund - so genuinely non-refundable stays that are forfeited should be fine. But the safest approach is to only book what you'll actually use.

✈️ JAL Just Made Award Bookings a Lot Harder to Find

Partner Award Space Drying Up

Japan Airlines has quietly tightened award availability through its Mileage Bank loyalty program - and it's bad news for anyone who's been planning a redemption on JAL or its oneworld partners. Reports indicate that partner award space has become significantly more restricted, with far fewer seats being released to outside programs.

This matters beyond JAL loyalists. Programs like American AAdvantage and British Airways Executive Club have historically offered access to JAL's premium cabin space on transpacific routes. That inventory is now harder to find, and some routes that previously had solid availability are showing next to nothing.

If You Had JAL Redemptions on Your Radar

Use Award Travel Finder to check current award space across programs before it disappears entirely.

✈️ JetBlue Mint Just Added a New Domestic Route

JetBlue has confirmed a new domestic Mint route alongside a menu refresh for its premium cabin product. The expansion continues JetBlue's strategy of bringing lie-flat business class to more domestic city pairs - a move that genuinely pressures legacy carriers on routes where Mint competes.

Mint seats on domestic routes are often some of the best-value redemptions in JetBlue's TrueBlue program, especially when saver availability opens up. If you're sitting on TrueBlue points and want lie-flat domestic travel, this new route is worth checking out.

Not sure what your JetBlue points are worth? The TrueBlue program uses a dynamic pricing model, so redemption value varies. Check the JetBlue points calculator to see what your balance can get you before you book.

🚨 Deal Alert: IHG Premier Card at Its Highest-Ever Offer

The IHG One Rewards Premier card is sitting at its highest-ever welcome bonus right now - and it's one of the more underrated hotel card offers in the market. The elevated offer is still live, but IHG's most generous bonus windows don't tend to stick around indefinitely.

We covered the IHG Premier's bonus in detail last week - if you missed it, the short version is that the points value on this offer pushes past $1,000 in IHG redemptions when used strategically at premium properties. Given that IHG has over 6,000 hotels across brands like InterContinental, Kimpton, and Hotel Indigo, there's no shortage of ways to use them.

This card also comes with a free night reward each year and the 4th night free on award stays - which stacks meaningfully on longer trips. Worth a look if IHG properties are in your travel rotation.

⏰ Transfer Bonuses Running Out in 9 Days

A cluster of the best active transfer bonuses all share the same expiry: June 30. That's 9 days from today, and it's worth taking stock of what you have before the window closes.

Here's what's still live and worth acting on before June 30:

• Chase Ultimate Rewards to Marriott Bonvoy: +55% bonus (best available rate - pair with the buy points offer below)

• Amex Membership Rewards to Flying Blue: +25% bonus (solid for Air France/KLM redemptions)

• Amex Membership Rewards to Marriott Bonvoy: +20% bonus

• Citi ThankYou to Qatar Privilege Club Avios: +30% bonus

• Marriott Bonvoy to United MileagePlus: +25% bonus

• Rove Miles to Turkish Airlines Miles & Smiles: +50% bonus

For the full picture on every active transfer bonus, the transfer bonuses tracker at Miles & Points Daily has everything in one place.

Buy Marriott Points Before Tuesday - Then Transfer at +55%

Here's a move worth considering: Marriott is selling Bonvoy points at a 40% bonus right now, priced at 0.89 cents per point. That offer expires this Tuesday (June 23 - in 2 days). Then you can pair purchased Marriott points with the Chase +55% transfer bonus running through June 30. Buy points at a discount, transfer into Marriott at a bonus - it's a solid double-stack if Bonvoy points fit your strategy.

United MileagePlus is also selling miles at a 100% bonus right now at 1.88 cents per mile - but that one closes even sooner, this Wednesday (June 24, in 3 days). If United miles are useful to you, check the buy points promotions page before it's gone.

🌎 Trivia Reveal

The answer is Marriott Bonvoy. Chase Ultimate Rewards currently transfers to Marriott at a +55% bonus through June 30 - meaning 100,000 Chase points becomes 155,000 Marriott Bonvoy points. That's one of the largest active transfer bonuses in the market right now, and it expires in 9 days. If you've been thinking about moving Chase points to Marriott, the math gets significantly better before June 30 than after.

💬 Quick Question

Have you ever had a credit card credit clawed back after cancelling a booking? The Chase hotel credit situation reminded me how quickly these things can change. Hit reply and tell me your experience - I read every single response and genuinely enjoy hearing what you're all dealing with out there.

And if you want to stay on top of the best award flight sweet spots as they open up, Award Travel Finder sends a daily digest of the best redemptions across every major program - worth subscribing if you haven't already.

That's it from me today. The Chase hotel credit clawback is the kind of quiet change that catches people off guard - but now you know. And those June 30 transfer bonus deadlines are real: nine days goes fast.

- Jack

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💳 Best Card Signup Offers Right Now

These are the top credit card welcome bonuses we're tracking. Offers change frequently - see all cards.

1. The Platinum Card: 175,000 points after spending $12,000 in 6 months ($6.95/yr)

2. Hilton Honors American Express Aspire Card: Earn 150,000 Hilton Honors Bonus Points after you spend $4,000 on purchases in y... ($5.5/yr)

3. Chase Sapphire Reserve: 150,000 points after spending $6,000 in 3 months ($7.95/yr)

🎯 Award Redemptions Worth Booking

Here's what we're seeing in award availability right now (via Award Travel Finder):

Hotels:

• Mauna Kea Beach Hotel, Autograph Collection - Kohala Coast, HI, US | 1.9cpp value | 97,000 pts/night

• The St. Regis New York - New York, NY, US | 2.3cpp value | 128,000 pts/night

• Calala Island, an SLH Hotel - NiCaribbean, NI | 3.0cpp value | 150,000 pts/night

• Waldorf Astoria Seychelles Platte Island - Platte Island, SC | 1.7cpp value | 130,000 pts/night

• Six Senses Shaharut - Negev Desert, IL | 3.0cpp value | 500,000 pts/night

Status Matches & Challenges:

• Flying Blue Status Match - Air France / KLM | SkyTeam

• Flying Blue UK (BA Status Holders) - Air France / KLM | SkyTeam

• Flying Blue (Iberia) - Air France / KLM | SkyTeam

Live Transfer Bonuses:

• Amex Membership Rewards → Air France KLM Flying Blue: +25% bonus - ends June 30, 2026

• Amex Membership Rewards → Avianca LifeMiles: +15% bonus - ends July 15, 2026

• Amex Membership Rewards → Marriott Bonvoy: +20% bonus - ends June 30, 2026

• Amex Membership Rewards → Marriott Bonvoy: +20% bonus - ends June 30, 2026

• Chase Ultimate Rewards → Marriott Bonvoy: +55% bonus - ends June 30, 2026

• Chase Ultimate Rewards → Virgin Atlantic Flying Club: +30% bonus - ends July 14, 2026

Buy Points & Miles Deals:

• United Airlines (MileagePlus): 100% bonus at 1.88¢ (ends June 24, 2026)

• Marriott (Bonvoy): 40% bonus at 0.89¢ (ends June 23, 2026)

Full live tracker → milesandpointsdaily.com/buy-points-promotions

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