Ugh yes! Definitely try with customer service.
That is the same as JAL--BA is about 5 days later so that's awesome. Well done for your booker! Sounds like it was a good experience? I've always thought about using one of those guys, but never pulled the trigger.
I booked National via UR previously and did not have a second driver issue. I do require a second driver here because I want it under my acct/CSR, but dh will be driving.
I think the 2nd driver became an issue after UR changed the contract to Expedia from Connexions.
I don't know if I'm reading this wrong, but it looks like a "trip" is defined per person and "occurrence" is the sum of the individual "trips" in the traveling family group. From the summary of travel benefits for cancellation/interruption https://www.chase.com/card-benefits/sapphirereserve/travel :
I do not use UR's to book if we need two drivers. It's impossible to do that now with a UR booking it seems.
Just a shout-out to you and some others here over time who've mentioned Tickets at Work. I was able to get my company set up with them despite us being a small business with only a few employees. No idea if we'll find any deals for our travels but it's always nice to have another avenue of discounts.
so that plan is off. Instead of changing a direct deposit, I just funded it with a couple of pushes from Discover. DPs on Doc look like that should work, if not, I'm only out the interest for the 90 days this has to be open. Also, they charge to transfer out of their bank (which I had forgotten) but the account comes with free checks. The check company put my order through 2x, then charged me for the second order. I chatted with them and they reversed the charge, but it seemed kinda scammy to me. Glad we aren't actually going to keep this account.
Good points! Honestly I'm not sure. I will call Chase later and ask for clarification. Since I'm an "outlier" by age I don't take any chances with vacations -- I always have trip insurance just in case I have to cancel for medical reasons (I don't have any, but you never knowI don't know if I'm reading this wrong, but it looks like a "trip" is defined per person and "occurrence" is the sum of the individual "trips" in the traveling family group. From the summary of travel benefits for cancellation/interruption https://www.chase.com/card-benefits/sapphirereserve/travel :
Coverage Amount/Period
So at trip cost of $7000 pp, I wouldn't need to purchase additional cancellation/interruption insurance if I use my CSR (and then there are the other benefits like baggage delay, lost luggage, and evacuation insurance).
- Up to $10,000 per covered trip and a maximum limit of $20,000 per occurrence and a maximum benefit amount per 12-month period of $40,000
Examples:
- A family of four charges a covered trip to their Chase card or pays with rewards earned on a Chase card for a covered trip that costs $6,000/person. If the family experiences a loss of $24,000 for the entire trip, the reimbursement would be $20,000, as that is the maximum limit per occurrence.
- A Cardholder charges a covered trip to their Chase card or pays with rewards earned on a Chase card for a covered trip that costs $8,000. If the Cardholder experiences a loss of $8,000 for the trip, the reimbursement would be $8,000, as that is less than the maximum limit of $10,000 per covered trip.
I now need to look at our health insurance to see what is covered.
Appreciate you helping me clarify my thoughts
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Thank you! That’s super helpful. I’m not sure if we’re going to get APs to universal or not. I’m leaning towards no right now only because we don’t have any immediate plans to go.I think UCT vs URs via Chase will just come down to if you want to use points or cash (unless you have a travel eraser type card like Cap One with lots of points, I think you got one for Japan?).
I actually just ran all of the numbers on UCT tickets for upgrading. I was just comparing to Seasonal APs, but it would be the same pretty much for any level. I was just looking for whatever was the least OOP. The best savings on OOP costs from UCT is the 5 day 3 Park to Park ticket... about $46. On the other hand, buying from Chase with URs... you'd probably want the most expensive ticket no matter what so your cash OOP on upgrading is the least possible. That would also be the 5 day 3 P2P ticket.
You can upgrade a 3 park ticket to a 2 park AP as long as you haven't used your ticket at Volcano Bay, if you aren't interested in VB. You want to go in to the park with your ticket and then upgrade at guest services.
Either option here would give you a ticket valued at $436. If getting a 3 park Seasonal Pass, those come to $430ish so last year when we did that we got a refund on a Universal gift card for the difference. If you'd want a 2 park Seasonal Pass, you could get either the 2 days + 1 day free from UCT or a 3 day 2 Park to Park ticket from URs, both are the same cost as a 2 park seasonal pass, so no worrying about paying a difference or refunds.
I'm not familiar with the higher tier AP pricing, so it would just be the difference from the ticket you buy to the AP price. Don't forget tax when you figure it out!
A thought too, you could do one higher level for the discounts and one lower level, depending on what you think will work for you dates for when you'd go. DH and I have talked about that if we would move to FL, maybe doing a Seasonal or Power Pass for one person and the Preferred for the other for the discounts and free parking. I believe if you do say, the seasonal AP and then decide you want to go during a blackout you can upgrade in person, you just pay the full difference between the pass types - no pro rating, expiration will not change. I did find out that when you get to renewal time, you can switch between tiers and also if you want a 2 park or 3 park pass.
ETA: We are going to do Seasonal Passes again... I think I am just going to let ours expire and then get tickets and upgrade again, so I can buy the tickets with URs instead of paying OOP or cashing out URs at 1cpp for the renewal price.
Look into Hotel Indigo near the Garden. Not too far to walk to Faneuil Hall. And yes the Aquarium is close to Faneuil Hall as well. That whole area is super walkable or a quick Uber ride
See @amalone1013 but we did the 5 day 3 park tix using our CSR with URs. Upgrade for $30 each and charge the upgrade to our room and used arrival plus points to wipe out. We also did this in February and they extended the AP for 15 months so it was quite a deal.
Yes, most are 60-90 minutes. Rarely do we fly longer than that.
