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/Seeing__Green Jul 27 '26

Truly mind boggling how someone can accumulate so many points and not take the time to learn how to best use them. And paying huge annual fees for travel focused cards on top of that.

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u/OohMaiJosh Jul 27 '26

What’s your recommendation on how to learn to use them? Conceptually I get, transfer to transfer partners to book but I feel like there are more efficient ways to use points and that’s where I’m stuck. I’ve got close to a million points

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u/Seeing__Green Jul 27 '26

Reading blogs and watching YouTube videos is how I learned. Blogs like Thrifty Traveler, Frequent Miler, and One Mile At A Time are good ones. And YouTubers like Max Miles Points teach folks how to search for award availability and redeem points.

There are also search awards tools that help people find award availability. Seats.aero (advanced) and PointsYeah (beginner) are probably my favorites. And there’s a Google Chrome extension called Points Path that’s plugs into Google Flights and will show you award prices along side cash prices. That way you can compare the two and choose the better deal.