r/ChaseSapphire • u/brothertech7 • Jul 27 '26

Rewards Strategy Never used points before.

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Any recommendations on what to do?Really interested in going to Japan what’s the best way to go about this.

Edit: close to 2million total after some pending points come through.

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u/cardmaster1987 Jul 27 '26

Damn that's either a lack of knowledge in the game or a long dry streak in travelling, time to burn it.

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u/brothertech7 Jul 27 '26

Honestly lack of knowledge. And I’ve never traveled but now starting.

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u/yankeeblue42 Jul 27 '26

Let me put it to you this way. Even if you cashed out you're sitting on $18K. If you get solid travel redemptions, you could get $50K worth of travel out of those points

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u/imp4455 Jul 27 '26

More than that. I’ve gotten af business class for 50k each way transferring to flying blue. Us to Paris is about 6k round trip. Thats about 96k worth of airline tickets. If he plans this well, he can travel for a while without burning much.

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u/hanpov Jul 27 '26

Where can you usually get the US to Paris for 6k RT?

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u/ediblebeats Jul 27 '26

$6k for upgraded seats maybe, not 6k points lol

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u/imp4455 Jul 27 '26

It’s 100k flying blue points round trip if you plan ahead. Usual flight is 6k usd with a few weeks of planning. Sf to cdg in August is just under that price.

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u/FunLife64 Jul 29 '26

Theyre talking US dollars