Chase Sapphire Reserve credit card and Priotity Pass card

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wheelsup

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Anyone using one of these? I feel like a rich businessman traveling now. Lounge access and free meals at airport restaurants. Have been enjoying $25 salmon with key lime pie this week as I go in and out of MIA. I throw out the crew meals, they now pale in comparison.

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wheelsup said:
Anyone using one of these? I feel like a rich businessman traveling now. Lounge access and free meals at airport restaurants. Have been enjoying $25 salmon with key lime pie this week as I go in and out of MIA. I throw out the crew meals, they now pale in comparison.

GET IT
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Wait... what????

I thought the only priority pass lounge in MIA was in Concourse H??

I want Salmon and Key Lime Pie :(


Also, this credit card is amazing.
 
The Centurion is the place to be at MIA. Access with the Amex Platinum (Also comes with a PP card). CSR was a good choice when it came with 100k in sign up bonus. PM for a great referral for the Plat.
 
CSR is great. I have had it coming up on a year. The $300 annual travel credit keeps the total cost of the card a very manageable $150/year. The lounge benefits are easily worth that alone then add in primary car rental coverage and points earning potential and it's a clear winner.
 
Most credit cards give you rental coverage. This card seems to give 3x points on travel and dining, but just 1% everywhere else. No foreign transaction fees (which Capital One cards already offer). $450 annual fee. But you get $300 in statement credits for travel-related costs (flights, hotels, cars). Still paying $150/year. Doesn't really seem that worth it considering other cards out there, maybe unless you travel a LOT as a non-airline pilot.

Btw, how do you score free food at airport restaurants? Was that salmon in an airline lounge, or are you able to get free food somehow at other restaurants? If so, how does that work?
 
Got it last year with $1500 in travel credits. Hard for me to use international lounges. Canceled before renewal. Got another Chase card with perks. 8)


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Nark said:
$450 annual fee, 12-23% APR

NOT WORTH IT.
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APR is irrelevant as you pay it off

+ $1,000 for signing up.
+ $300 travel credit which paid for commuter hotels and some of our vacations
+ $300 additional travel credit as it’s based on through Dec so I can get another credit before canceling (if I even cancel).
+ $100 global entry fee paid for my wife, now we both have it
+ lounge access or ~$30 per person free food at airport venders accepting it (this month alone I have spent around $85 at airports for nice healthy food)
- $450 fee

Net for me not including the lounge perks or food is + $1250 just for signing up and spending money I would spend anyway.

Yep definitely WORTH IT.
 
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Cherokee_Cruiser said:
Most credit cards give you rental coverage. This card seems to give 3x points on travel and dining, but just 1% everywhere else. No foreign transaction fees (which Capital One cards already offer). $450 annual fee. But you get $300 in statement credits for travel-related costs (flights, hotels, cars). Still paying $150/year. Doesn't really seem that worth it considering other cards out there, maybe unless you travel a LOT as a non-airline pilot.

Btw, how do you score free food at airport restaurants? Was that salmon in an airline lounge, or are you able to get free food somehow at other restaurants? If so, how does that work?
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Well I would think most of us travel a lot as airline pilots hence why i posted here and not iflyonceayear.com :).

@RORO

https://www.prioritypass.com/en/loungesearch?entity=9362472a-9997-4685-9a05-a1537b70eaab

Click on Corona Beach House, read under conditions. Went through MIA on Sunday and Monday and used it both times for take out. 8 oz blackened salmon, brown rice and steamed broccoli plus key lime pie is like $28 after tax.
 
typhoonpilot said:
CSR is great. I have had it coming up on a year. The $300 annual travel credit keeps the total cost of the card a very manageable $150/year. The lounge benefits are easily worth that alone then add in primary car rental coverage and points earning potential and it's a clear winner.
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Yeah the $150 fee is manageable since most of us will be using the lounges and food a LOT. I was also thinking about getting the AA Citi card that gives me Admirals Club acess as some of our guys do it and really like it. That is $450 a year and can put my wife on it since she travels about once a month, would be nice to have, not totally sold on it yet.
 
Been looking at either the Amex Platinum or Chase Sapphire, both have pros/cons. As a commuter and frequent non-rev the lounge access will be worth the annual fee alone.

@NickH are you in the 121 world? I've heard mixed results getting into Centurions with a standby pass.
 
wheelsup said:
APR is irrelevant as you pay it off

+ $1,000 for signing up.
+ $300 travel credit which paid for commuter hotels and some of our vacations
+ $300 additional travel credit as it’s based on through Dec so I can get another credit before canceling (if I even cancel).
+ $100 global entry fee paid for my wife, now we both have it
+ lounge access or ~$30 per person free food at airport venders accepting it (this month alone I have spent around $85 at airports for nice healthy food)
- $450 fee

Net for me not including the lounge perks or food is + $1250 just for signing up and spending money I would spend anyway.

Yep definitely WORTH IT.
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Ding ding ding
 
bike21 said:
Been looking at either the Amex Platinum or Chase Sapphire, both have pros/cons. As a commuter and frequent non-rev the lounge access will be worth the annual fee alone.

@NickH are you in the 121 world? I've heard mixed results getting into Centurions with a standby pass.
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I am not. Theoretically both Centurions and PP lounges can require a boarding pass. YMMV, I've only tried with a standby once and my GF and I were admitted to a Centurion without any questions.

I have been denied entry to a PP lounge due to occupancy, and that's something I've heard is common. Centurions do get pretty crowded too, during busy times, although AMEX is taking steps to reduce that.
 
wheelsup said:
APR is irrelevant as you pay it off

+ $1,000 for signing up.
+ $300 travel credit which paid for commuter hotels and some of our vacations
+ $300 additional travel credit as it’s based on through Dec so I can get another credit before canceling (if I even cancel).
+ $100 global entry fee paid for my wife, now we both have it
+ lounge access or ~$30 per person free food at airport venders accepting it (this month alone I have spent around $85 at airports for nice healthy food)
- $450 fee

Net for me not including the lounge perks or food is + $1250 just for signing up and spending money I would spend anyway.

Yep definitely WORTH IT.
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Plus the Amex Platinum isn't an actual credit card. It's technically a charge card and must be paid off each month.
 
NickH said:
I am not. Theoretically both Centurions and PP lounges can require a boarding pass. YMMV, I've only tried with a standby once and my GF and I were admitted to a Centurion without any questions.

I have been denied entry to a PP lounge due to occupancy, and that's something I've heard is common. Centurions do get pretty crowded too, during busy times, although AMEX is taking steps to reduce that.
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Gotcha, can't hurt to try I guess :)
 
bike21 said:
Been looking at either the Amex Platinum or Chase Sapphire, both have pros/cons. As a commuter and frequent non-rev the lounge access will be worth the annual fee alone.

@NickH are you in the 121 world? I've heard mixed results getting into Centurions with a standby pass.
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I printed a standby boarding pass in DFW and didn’t have issues and they even scanned it.
 
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