What is the best redemption of chase reserve points? The travel tickets are already priced 30% more than directly from airline website

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I transfer mine to United to book flights. It takes patience and time to check reward flights, but it’s saved a me ton of money. This is my last trip’s value and cost.

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For United it works for me. Chase Sapphire Preferred points to United, so I’m still ok with the 1.21 valuation.

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If you're redeeming points in the Chase travel portal, that's your mistake. Never do that.

The best redemptions will always be moving points to transfer partners. Hyatt has always been a 2-3x redemption for me. Business class flights are even higher, but also much more difficult to get (and one way flights are inflated so the "real" redemption is less than what people may claim).

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Hyatt

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I usually use mine for hotels & resorts, especially for properties outside of my normal loyalty programs.

What airline?

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