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Is the Chase to Marriott Transfer Bonus Worth It?

Jake Redman June 4, 2026

If you’re asking whether the Chase to Marriott transfer bonus worth it question has a clean answer, it does, and last summer at the Geneva Marriott Hotel, I thought I’d found it. It was a corporate-owned property, which usually means the standards are high and the quirks are few. I managed to snag a suite for 60,000 points per night, a redemption that included full club lounge access and free breakfast. At the time, the cash rate was $522 per night. The math was simple, clean, and satisfying, the kind of “win” that keeps us all in the points and […]

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Is the Chase Sapphire Reserve Worth It If You Only Fly 6 Times a Year? The “Stack Tax” Math for 2026.

Jake Redman June 3, 2026

Is the Chase Sapphire Reserve worth it if you only fly six (or so) times a year? The verdict depends on your zip code more than your flight count. If you live in a mega-metro like New York, the Chase Sapphire Reserve can still work at six trips a year because the credits are easier to use in real life. If you live in a mid-sized city, the card starts charging what I call Stack Tax: the chunk of that $795 annual fee that survives after you strip out the credits you will not realistically use. That is the whole […]

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