Chase Points Boost is a Chase Travel feature that makes your Ultimate Rewards points worth more than 1 cent each on a rotating set of hotels and flights. As of September 2026, Chase's pages say Sapphire Reserve points are worth up to 2 cents on boosted bookings and Sapphire Preferred points up to 1.5 cents. Anything without a Points Boost offer redeems at 1 cent per point through Chase Travel, unless you hold older "legacy" points, which we cover below.
That makes Points Boost a real option, but not an automatic one. The rate is "up to," the offers change, and a transfer to an airline or hotel partner can still get you more. This guide covers what each card gets, how to find a boosted booking, and the one calculation that tells you whether to book it or transfer instead.
The Short Answer
Book with Points Boost when the boosted fare or room has a reasonable cash price and award space through transfer partners is thin or poor value. Transfer when a partner prices the same trip for noticeably fewer points than Chase Travel does. To tell which case you're in, divide the cash price by the points price, then run the same check on the transfer option.
How Points Boost Works
Instead of every Chase Travel booking getting the same rate, specific hotels and flights carry an offer, and only those bookings get the higher value. Chase calls these "top-booked" hotels and flights with select airlines.
The offers rotate. Chase's Sapphire Preferred page says it plainly: "Offers are available on a rotating basis, so be sure to check back often." A hotel that's boosted this week may redeem at 1 cent next week, so the value you saw while planning isn't guaranteed at checkout.
You also don't have to go all in. Chase's guide says a booking can use "all, some or none" of your points, so you can cover part of a trip with points and pay the rest with your card.
What Each Card Gets
Here's how Chase's own pages describe the rates, as read on September 23, 2026:
- Sapphire Reserve: up to 2x on hotels in The Edit and up to 2x on other top-booked hotels and on flights with select airlines. The Reserve page also mentions "premium cabin tickets on select airlines."
- Sapphire Reserve for Business: Chase's offers page groups "Sapphire Reserve & Business cardmembers" together at up to 2x on top-booked hotels, including The Edit, and flights with select airlines.
- Sapphire Preferred, Ink Business Preferred and Ink Plus: up to 1.5x on top-booked hotels and flights with select airlines.
- J.P. Morgan Reserve: listed as eligible in Chase's Points Boost guide.
In this case "2x" means each point is worth up to 2 cents, and "1.5x" means up to 1.5 cents. The baseline everywhere else in Chase Travel is 1 cent.
You may see other outlets report up to 1.75x for the Sapphire Preferred on select premium-cabin flights. Chase's own pages, as of September 23, 2026, list "up to 1.5x" for the Preferred, so that's the number we use here. If you spot a higher rate in the portal on a specific booking, the rocket tag and the price on screen are what count.
Legacy Points on Older Sapphire Accounts
Some cardmembers have a better floor than 1 cent on part of their balance. Chase's June 23, 2025 announcement says: "Points earned prior to October 26, 2025, by Sapphire Reserve cardmembers who applied prior to June 23, 2025, can be redeemed at 1.5x on Chase Travel until October 26, 2027."
Those Reserve cardmembers "will automatically receive the best offer available, whether it's Points Boost or 1.5x on Chase Travel." You don't need to choose. If a booking has a 2x boost, you get the boost, and if it has no boost, those older points still redeem at 1.5 cents until October 26, 2027.
The Sapphire Preferred has a similar arrangement, as reported by NerdWallet and others: 1.25x on points earned before October 26, 2025, for cardmembers who applied before June 23, 2025, through October 26, 2027. We didn't find that on a chase.com page, so check your own account's redemption values before you count on it. On both cards, the legacy rate covers only points earned before October 26, 2025.
How to Find and Book a Points Boost Offer
The process takes a few minutes once you know where to look.
Step 1: Sign in to Chase Travel
Go to chasetravel.com and sign in with the Chase account that holds your Sapphire or Ink card. The rates you see depend on which card the account holds, so a Reserve account and a Preferred account can show different points prices for the same booking.
Step 2: Search the Way You Normally Would
Enter your dates and destination for a hotel or flight. Chase's guide says to search as usual, and boosted options appear among the regular results.
Step 3: Look for the Blue Rocket
Results with an offer carry a Points Boost tag with a blue rocket icon. There's also a filter that shows only Points Boost results, which is the fastest way to see what's boosted for your dates. No rocket means the booking redeems at the standard rate.
Step 4: Work Out Your Cents Per Point
Take the cash price and divide it by the points price. That gives you the value in dollars per point, and moving the decimal two places gives you cents. Do this every time, because "up to 2x" means some boosted bookings will come in below 2 cents.
Step 5: Compare With a Transfer, Then Decide How Many Points to Use
Check what the same flight or hotel would cost through a transfer partner (more on that below). If Points Boost wins, book it, and choose whether to use all of your points, some of them or none.
Worked Examples
These use invented round numbers to show the method. They aren't current offers.
A business-class fare. Say a business-class ticket costs $1,200 in Chase Travel and it carries a Points Boost offer at the full rate.
On the Sapphire Reserve at 2 cents per point, that's $1,200 ÷ $0.02 = 60,000 points. On the Sapphire Preferred at 1.5 cents, it's $1,200 ÷ $0.015 = 80,000 points. Without a boost, at 1 cent, it's $1,200 ÷ $0.01 = 120,000 points.
Same seat, same cash price, and the points cost depends entirely on the card and whether the tag is there.
Checking a boosted hotel. Suppose a two-night hotel stay shows $900 in cash or 45,000 points with the rocket tag. $900 ÷ 45,000 = $0.02, or 2 cents per point. If a different boosted hotel on the same trip shows $900 or 60,000 points, that's 1.5 cents per point, so the second offer is weaker even though both carry the tag.
Comparing with a transfer. Now suppose that same business-class seat is available through an airline partner for 70,000 miles plus $150 in fees. On the Reserve, the boosted booking at 60,000 points is the better deal. On the Preferred at 80,000 points, the transfer wins by 10,000 points, as long as $150 in fees is worth it to you. Same seat, different answer, depending on which card you hold.
Do Points Boost Bookings Still Earn Hotel Points and Miles?
Yes, at participating hotel brands and airlines. Chase's Loyalty Plus guide, published July 31, 2026, says eligible cardmembers "earn loyalty rewards on flights, cruises and stays with select hotel brands plus Ultimate Rewards points when they book through Chase Travel." For hotels, the same guide says even Points Boost bookings, and all points redemptions, are eligible to earn hotel loyalty points.
The hotel side covers select properties from IHG (including InterContinental, Regent and Kimpton), Montage, Pendry, Omni, Virgin Hotels, Minor Hotel Group (including NH Collection and Anantara) and Pan Pacific. Not every property at those brands qualifies, so look for the "Eligible for Loyalty Plus" banner in your search results and add your loyalty number when you book. On flights, Chase says every airline in Chase Travel with a loyalty program is included, and you still earn miles when you pay partly or entirely with points. Fare class and route exclusions can apply, as they would if you booked with the airline directly.
Points Boost vs. Transferring: How to Decide
Transfer partners are the other main way to use Ultimate Rewards points. As of September 2026, Chase's Sapphire Preferred benefits page lists these partners.
Airlines: Aer Lingus AerClub, Air Canada Aeroplan, Air France KLM Flying Blue, British Airways Executive Club, Iberia Plus, JetBlue TrueBlue, Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer, Southwest Rapid Rewards, United MileagePlus and Virgin Atlantic Flying Club.
Hotels: IHG One Rewards, Marriott Bonvoy, World of Hyatt and Wyndham Rewards.
The same page says "Chase Ultimate Rewards® points transfer to most travel partners at a rate of 1:1." Transfers can go further than Points Boost when a partner has good award space. When a route has little or no award availability, or the partner's price is high, Points Boost is often the simpler booking. For a side-by-side look at how Chase and Amex points stack up on a real trip, see our Chase vs. Amex points comparison for a summer in Europe.
The Hyatt Change on the Preferred and Ink Business Preferred
Chase's June 15, 2026 Sapphire Preferred announcement changed the Hyatt ratio for two cards. "Sapphire Preferred and Ink Business Preferred cardmembers' Ultimate Rewards points will transfer to World of Hyatt at a rate of 4:3." In Chase's words, "Cardmembers who transfer 1,000 Ultimate Rewards points will receive 750 points with World of Hyatt."
The timing depends on when you got the card. The new ratio applied immediately to Sapphire Preferred applicants from June 15, 2026. It takes effect October 1, 2026 for Preferred cardmembers who applied before then, for Ink Business Preferred cardmembers (new and existing) and for existing Ink Plus and Corporate Flex cardmembers.
That shifts the math for Preferred holders looking at Hyatt stays. Say a Hyatt room costs 15,000 World of Hyatt points a night. At 4:3, you'd transfer 20,000 Ultimate Rewards points to cover it. If a boosted hotel in Chase Travel costs fewer points than that for a comparable stay, Points Boost is now the better use. Our guide on how to transfer points to World of Hyatt walks through the transfer itself.
The Edit and the Reserve's Hotel Credit
Sapphire Reserve cardmembers get up to 2x on hotels in The Edit, and they also get a separate credit for those stays. Chase's Reserve page describes it as "up to $500 in automatic statement credits annually with a maximum of $250 per transaction. Two-night minimum."
If you're a Reserve holder planning a stay of two nights or more at an Edit property, run the cents-per-point check on the boosted price as usual. Then read the credit's terms in your account to see how it applies before you decide how many points to put toward the booking.
Common Mistakes
- Assuming every booking is boosted. Only results with the rocket tag get the higher rate. An untagged booking redeems at 1 cent.
- Reading "up to" as a guarantee. Two boosted results can land at different values. The cash price divided by the points price is the only number that tells you what you're getting.
- Skipping the transfer check. A partner may price the same seat or room for fewer points, especially where award space is good. A two-minute search can save thousands of points.
- Planning around an offer weeks ahead. Offers rotate. If a boost you're counting on disappears, you're back at 1 cent (or your legacy rate), so book when the number works.
Which Card Makes Points Boost Worth It
The Sapphire Reserve carries a $795 annual fee and gets up to 2x on boosted bookings, plus The Edit credit and, for older accounts, legacy points at 1.5x through October 26, 2027. If you book premium flights or Edit hotels through Chase Travel often, those rates add up.
The Sapphire Preferred keeps its $95 annual fee, per Chase's June 2026 announcement, and gets up to 1.5x. It also earns 5x on Chase Travel and added a $100 Chase Travel hotel credit in that refresh. Chase says Ultimate Rewards points "do not expire as long as accounts are open, and there are no blackout dates or travel restrictions when booking through Chase Travel."
What to Do Next
If you hold a Sapphire Reserve, search your next trip in Chase Travel with the Points Boost filter on, and book when a tagged result comes in near 2 cents and beats the transfer price. If you applied before June 23, 2025, your older points get the better of 1.5x or the boost until October 26, 2027, so use them before that date.
If you hold a Sapphire Preferred, the rocket tag is worth checking for flights and hotels with thin award space. For Hyatt stays after the 4:3 change, price both options before you move any points.
Updated 2026-09-23: rewritten as a full guide to Points Boost. Rates were checked against Chase's own pages on 2026-09-23, which list the Sapphire Preferred at up to 1.5x rather than the 1.75x this article gave before, and a section on earning hotel points and miles through Loyalty Plus was added from Chase's guide.
Sources
- Chase Travel: How Points Boost works
- Chase Travel: Points Boost offers
- Chase Travel: Everything you need to know about Loyalty Plus (July 31, 2026)
- Chase Sapphire Reserve benefits
- Chase Sapphire Preferred benefits
- Chase Sapphire Preferred cardmember benefits and transfer partners
- Chase press release: the new Sapphire Reserve (June 23, 2025)
- Chase press release: the new Sapphire Preferred (June 15, 2026)
- Chase Sapphire Reserve card page
