After spending $4,000 within 3 months, Chase awarded us 100,000 Chase Sapphire points to either book travel through their website or transfer it mileage rewards program partner.
If you use the points on their website, Chase
provides a 50% point bonus. This means Chase will remove $1,500 from whatever travel related purchase booked on their website.
We booked 4 plane tickets on Aeromexico to Cancun for
$1,736.00, or $434.00 each. After spending the $4000 to meet the mileage bonus requirement (any amount you spend on the card translates into more points),
the amount charged to my Chase card was $126.00.
Adding
the $150 annual fee, the total cost for the tickets is $276.00. (I reduced the
annual fee by $300 as you also receive a $300 travel credit with the card.)
To
sum up, the total cost to stay in Cancun for 8 nights, all breakfasts, food at
the Ziva for four days, and airfare was: $198+198+$150+$126 = $672.
If
anyone has suggestions on places to go and things to do, please post in the
comments section.
Finally,
as stated in the first Cancun post, please check with all the credit cards
mentioned regarding their latest signup bonuses, fees and fine print as
they change all the time.
Cancun, here we come!
Well done!!
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