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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]After doing a lot of research on the Chase Sapphire, I am still trying to understand if it's more beneficial than just getting a United credit card if that is the airline we use most often. Also we usually stay in Marriott properties and it seems Chase Sapphire is only worth it when booking/transferring points to Hyatt. [/quote]

Its not an either/or. Its a "get both and many others."[/quote]

PP here with the numbered response.  Agreed, but a lot of people don't want to get and manage multiple cards. In my experience most people might be okay with 2 regular use cards. [/quote]
Correct we do not want multiple cards.  Everyone says you get points from the sign up bonus.  But those points are not enough to cover miles or hotel for a family of four.  So I get that you might save some money but I still don’t get how people are going on all these trips for much cheaper.  At least with the miles CC, you get perks like early boarding. [/quote]

There is so much wrong with your post but it sounds like you are not really interested. But in short, sign up bonuses literally are the game. It’s all about the sign up bonuses. I’ll leave it there - there is tons of info online. [/quote]
What is wrong with my post? I’m trying to understand the “game.”  Even with the sign up bonus-how much of that would cover a trip for a family? [/quote]

Here's how: I signed up for two cards  - a Sapphire Preferred for a sign up bonus of 60,000 points and United Explorer for 50,000 points. Last week, I referred DH and signed him up for Sapphire.  He got 80,000 points for signing up and I got 15,000 points for referring him. I also signed him up for United Explorer and he got 50,000 points and I got 15,000 for referring him. So, in total we got 270,000 points.  We already had 50,000 United points so, with the 320,000 points I booked 4 return flights to Australia which otherwise would have costed about $6,400 or a little more.

Note, we do not use the United Explorer cards except to pay for United flights as they only pay 1x on points.  If you charge a $2,000 travel cost to your Explorer card, you only get 2,000 points.  If you charge it to Sapphire Preferred, you get 4,000 points and can choose to transfer those to your United rewards account.
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Ok thank you, that makes a lot more sense. [/quote]

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