The Edit by Chase Travel℠ has suddenly become interesting. The Edit is Chase’s answer to Amex’s Fine Hotels + Resorts® (FHR). Just like FHR, The Edit offers elite-like hotel perks for a curated selection of hotels and resorts when you book through their program. The reason The Edit has suddenly become interesting is because the newly redesigned Sapphire Reserve card makes The Edit bookings more rewarding than ever: it offers $250 back every 6 months, 8x earnings on paid stays, and 2 cents per point value when redeeming points for stays (via Point Boosts). When you add in the fact that The Edit lets you earn hotel points and elite benefits for most stays booked through the program, it all becomes extremely intriguing.
But what if you have to pay a lot more to book hotels through The Edit? If that’s the case, all of that potential goodness I just mentioned would be for naught. So, I dug in to see for myself how The Edit rates compared to booking direct, booking through Fine Hotels + Resorts, and booking with hotel points. The results were encouraging…
The Edit by Chase Travel: Overview
Benefits
- Daily breakfast for 2
- $100 property credit
- Room upgrade at check-in if available
- Early check-in/late check-out if available
- Free Wifi
- Earn hotel points and elite benefits at many participating hotels (Chase Travel search results clearly show if the stay is eligible for hotel points)
Benefits compared to Fine Hotels + Resorts
Both programs list nearly identical benefits, but Fine Hotels + Resorts has one big advantage: guaranteed 4pm late checkout. If late checkout is important to you, Fine Hotels + Resorts is the way to go.
On Chase’s side, one big advantage of The Edit is that Chase clearly shows when a hotel booked through The Edit will earn hotel points for the stay. In most cases, FHR stays qualify for hotel points too, but Amex doesn’t do anything to show when that’s available.
What about the rebates? Amex Platinum consumer cards offer $200 per year back on Fine Hotel + Resort stays while the consumer Sapphire Reserve card offers $250 per 6 months back on The Edit stays. On the surface, it looks like Chase wins here, but there’s one huge difference: Amex lets people earn the rebate on single-night stays, whereas Chase requires 2-night stays. So, for those who are hoping to get free or nearly free stays from these “coupons”, Amex is the clear winner. For those who would have booked two-night or longer stays anyway, Chase has the advantage. Currently, both the Sapphire Reserve’s $300 annual credit and The Edit credit are being triggered on the same booking, effectively allowing for a double-dip. We’re unsure whether or not that’s by design or by accident, so we wouldn’t plan on that being the case in the future.
What about the value of booking with points? If you book with points with your Amex Platinum card, you’ll get only 1 cent per point value. So, a $800 stay will cost 80,000 points. With Chase, you should get 2 cents per point value. So, a $800 stay will cost only 40,000 points. Chase is the clear winner here.
Eligibility
The Edit is available to cardholders of the following cards:
- Sapphire Reserve
- Sapphire Reserve for Business
- J.P. Morgan Reserve Card.
Sapphire Reserve Perks
Beginning June 23rd, 2025:
- Redeem points for The Edit stays at a value of 2 cents per point
- Earn 8 points per dollar through Chase Travel. For people who had their card before June 23rd, this benefit doesn’t start until October 26th, 2025.
- Consumer cards only: $250 rebate every six months (Jan-June, Jul-Dec) on prepaid bookings of at least 2 nights. For people who had their card before June 23rd, this benefit doesn’t start until October 26th, 2025.
My Experiment
The new Sapphire Reserve perks for The Edit sound awesome, but only if the prices are okay and if there are a good number of hotels available. Here’s what I did to find out…
Methodology
I picked a random weekend in the fall (October 3 to 5) to look at The Edit hotel prices. I then picked 10 of the most visited cities around the world: London, Istanbul, Paris, Bangkok, Hong Kong, Mexico City, Buenos Aires, New York, Miami, and Los Angeles. With each city, I checked how many hotels were available via The Edit and also recorded the number available through Fine Hotels + Resorts. I then picked a single hotel that was available through both programs, and through a major hotel chain, and recorded the cash and point rates. As much as possible, I tried to match cash rates based on the refund policy. For example, hotels booked through The Edit were often cancellable up to the day before the stay, so I tried to find similar flexibility when compared to booking direct.
Results
City Comparison
In most cities, The Edit had fewer hotels available than Amex’s Fine Hotels + Resorts (FHR). And I didn’t include Amex’s The Hotel Collection in these numbers. If I had, Amex would have been waaaaay ahead in the number of available hotels. Note that I only counted hotels that had rooms available for my search, so numbers may vary for other dates.
| City | # The Edit Hotels | # FHR Hotels |
|---|---|---|
| London | 27 | 42 |
| Istanbul | 4 | 12 |
| Paris | 16 | 24 |
| Bangkok | 6 | 14 |
| Hong Kong | 3 | 13 |
| Mexico City | 8 | 8 |
| Buenos Aires | 0 | 2 |
| New York | 40 | 36 |
| Miami | 18 | 17 |
| Los Angeles | 21 | 31 |
Price Comparison
With each city, I picked a single hotel to drill down on. In almost every case I picked a hotel from a major hotel brand (Marriott, IHG, Hyatt) where The Edit specified that the stay was eligible for earning hotel points. I didn’t find any Hilton hotels on The Edit (probably because Hilton is closely aligned with Amex). The hotel in Hong Kong was the only exception because I couldn’t find a hotel that was in both programs (The Edit and FHR) that participates in a major hotel loyalty program. Buenos Aires was dropped from this second chart because there were no The Edit hotels available there.
| City | Hotel | Direct Total Price | The Edit Price | % Above Direct Price | FHR Price | % Above Direct Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| London | The London EDITION | $1,730 | $1,782 | 3% | $1,762 | 2% |
| Istanbul | The Ritz-Carlton | $1,234 | $1,192 | -3% | $1,182 | -4% |
| Paris | Park Hyatt Paris | $4,906 | $5,091 | 4% | $5,120 | 4% |
| Bangkok | Kimpton Maa-Lai Bangkok by IHG | $729 | $773 | 6% | $772 | 6% |
| Hong Kong | Island Shangri-La, Hong Kong | $1,328 | $1,209 | -9% | $1,209 | -9% |
| Mexico City | The St Regis Mexico City | $1,567 | $1,599 | 2% | $1,598 | 2% |
| New York | The Beekman | $1,480 | $1,591 | 8% | $1,439 | -3% |
| Miami | W South Beach | $1,958 | $2,052 | 5% | $2,053 | 5% |
| Los Angeles | Regent Santa Monica | $2,627 | $2,788 | 6% | $2,750 | 5% |
Prices shown above were the total for two days, after taxes. In most cases, prices at The Edit and FHR were extremely close. One major exception was with The Beekman in New York where FHR was $152 less.
As expected, I found that it usually costs more to book through The Edit (or FHR) than to book direct. That said, the premium was usually small: between 2% and 8%. And, in two cases I found that it was cheaper to book through The Edit. One was 3% cheaper and the other was 9% cheaper. I expected The Edit to be significantly more expensive so I was pleasantly surprised by these results.
Point Comparison
We have been told that all of The Edit hotels will be available to book for a value of 2 cents per point through Chase Travel. Assuming that’s true (we’ll find out on Monday 6/23), I estimated the number of Chase points required to book each of the hotels shown above. Then I also searched each hotel chain for the point price for the same weekend and listed that below as well…
| City | Hotel | The Edit Price Per Night | Chase Points Per Night | Hotel Reward Program | Hotel Points Per Night | Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| London | The London EDITION | $891 | 44,550 | Marriott | 116,500 | 2.6 |
| Istanbul | The Ritz-Carlton | $596 | 29,800 | Marriott | 70000 | 2.3 |
| Paris | Park Hyatt Paris | $2,546 | 127,275 | Hyatt | 66000 | 0.5 |
| Bangkok | Kimpton Maa-Lai Bangkok by IHG | $387 | 19,325 | IHG | 54000 | 2.8 |
| Mexico City | The St Regis Mexico City | $800 | 39,975 | Marriott | 86000 | 2.2 |
| New York | The Beekman | $796 | 39,775 | Hyatt | 29000 | 0.7 |
| Miami | W South Beach | $1,026 | 51,300 | Marriott | 84000 | 1.6 |
| Los Angeles | Regent Santa Monica | $1,394 | 69,700 | IHG | 179000 | 2.6 |
An interesting, but not surprising, finding was that the Hyatt hotels in this round-up were much cheaper to book with Hyatt points than with Chase points. That’s consistent with what we’ve long known about how valuable Hyatt points can be. With Marriott and IHG, though, it was always much cheaper to book with Chase points than with Marriott or IHG points. Usually, the number of Marriott or IHG points required was around 2.5 as many as the Chase points required. In one case, W South Beach, you would only need 1.6 times as many Marriott points to book the hotel.
Analysis
Chase’s The Edit has a large selection of hotels available in certain major cities, but they don’t yet have nearly the coverage that Amex does with Fine Hotels + Resorts. Additionally, if you’re a fan of Hilton Hotels, I think you’ll have to look elsewhere.
While the cost to book hotels through The Edit is usually higher than booking directly, the difference is often very small. In a couple of cases, I found prices were actually cheaper through The Edit when I compared them to booking direct with the same cancellation rules. If you don’t mind getting locked into the price paid, I often found (not shown) that booking non-refundable rates directly was much cheaper.
When considering a stay at a Hyatt hotel, it’s a great idea to check the number of points that Hyatt itself would charge for the stay. Often that will be the best deal. And you can transfer your Chase points to Hyatt 1 to 1 to book your stay.
With chains other than Hyatt, though, booking with Chase points could be a very good deal since you should get 2 cents per point value that way.
Conclusion
I’m excited about the opportunities that will soon be available through The Edit. As things stand right now, The Edit is not as good as Fine Hotels + Resorts since it has fewer properties and lacks guaranteed 4pm late checkout, but it offers very nice opportunities for Sapphire Reserve cardholders. While I found that prices through The Edit were sometimes extreme, they were usually very close to the cost to book direct (with flexible cancellation rules).
There are a number of advantages of booking hotels through The Edit rather than with hotel points:
- The Edit offers perks like free breakfast and $100 property credit
- You can redeem your Chase points for 2 cents per point value
- You can earn hotel points and elite benefits during your stay
- I believe you will be able to pay $250 of your stay with your card and the rest with points in order to earn the consumer Sapphire Reserve card’s $250 rebate every six months.
- When booking through The Edit, you can pick from any available room type rather than the (usually) more limited selection available when booking with hotel points.
On the other hand, there are times it doesn’t make sense to book through The Edit:
- With Hyatt in particular, you’re likely to do much better by booking the hotel with Hyatt points
- In most destinations, you can book a nicer (or just as nice) independent hotel for much less than the cost of booking a major chain hotel like those found on The Edit.
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what about flights though? are those marked up on the chase travel site?
No, for most flights the price is the same as what you’ll find elsewhere
has anyone seen that all travel booked (flight hotel rental cars) via chase travel aka The Edit is 8x? or only hotels with the specific The Edit designation?
ALL travel booked through Chase Travel with the Sapphire Reserve gets 8x but if you have a pre June 23 card, you won’t get that until Oct 26
What happens if I need 2 rooms at an Edit hotel? In Singapore it makes sense for 1 room because breakfasts are about $35 pp.
So uh what happens if your plans “change” and you cancel your (refundable) prepaid stay, are they going to yank the credit (obviously no one knows, but they haven’t for the regular $300 travel credit in the past nor the $50 chase sapphire preferred hotel credit)
Greg you can only find the list of Edit hotels if you have the Reserve card right? I’m trying to evaluate whether to get the card
it’s not perfect but here’s a list https://www.awardtravel.co/blog/the-edit-by-chase-list
Just a quick note, like Josh says, this is a veeeerrrry inaccurate list. I was trying to use it myself the other day and ~50% of the properties that I looked at were no longer (or never had been) part of The Edit.
Can we earn night credits towards status (in addition to points) for hotel stays through the Edit?
Yes
Is this true for Capital One Premier Collection as well? Thanks!
I think so
If an edit hotel purchase is made today June 23 2025 will it count for the Jan-June $250 credit if the stay is after June 30 2025??
Yes. As a reminder, only prepaid bookings work so any 2+ night booking where the charge hits your credit card on or before June 30 will count for the first half of the year credit.
I happened to be interested in an edit property (I don’t usually stay at this caliber of hotels). Originally I thought existing customers got new benefits starting June 23rd but later learned most everything starts in October. The hotel was offering a 4th night free that was not available through Chase travel so the original benefits of free breakfast and 100 resort credit did not offset the online price. Then I discovered that the boost started June 23rd for existing customers, so just booked the resort and only needed half the points of the normal cost. I’m still on the fence on whether to cancel the card, keep for a year to see the benefits but $795 is way too much for the new card.
Great analysis, Greg. Thank you.
One important thing to note, that should be taken into consideration when booking cash stays via the Edit is this:
“Any purchases that qualify for the $500 Credit for stays with The Edit will not earn points.”
That’s true but it’s only the part that is rebated that doesn’t earn points. For example a $750 stay less the $250 rebate would earn points on $500
Is that confirmed? If yes, then that’s great.
Because on the new CSR benefits page it just says “Any purchases that qualify for the $500 Credit for stays with The Edit will not earn points.”
So, I read it as the whole purchase will not qualify. I know that for the $300 travel credit just the $300 portion does not earn points.
Hopefully, it works the same for the Edit $250 credit.
I have the same question and listened to the Podcast.
Greg, any idea if the $250 can be stacked with the $500 SUB credit?
I did some comparing the other day looking at the EDIT and booking direct. One consistent thing I did find as far as rates when looking at Marriott properties specifically is that EDIT rates matched dollar for dollar the direct booking rate when picking a stay that could be cancelled with Marriott’s Non-Member Flexible rate.(so room type and cancellation policy were identical) If Edit works the same as FHR you should be able to prepay a hotel that has a rate that can be cancelled and still get the credit. Of course the Non-member flexible rate is more expensive than the member rate but it was an interesting data point to see how EDIT sets their prices. (FWIW this held true for a 2 night stay in November in LA, San Fran, NYC, Austin, and Las Vegas. I didn’t look at any international locations)
If anyone tries this, please let me know how it goes.
Book a 2-night stay, then at checkout pay $300 and remainder w/ points. In theory, I could get back the $300 travel credit and the $250 Edit credit while getting 2cpp.
This makes zero sense. You can’t pay with Chase points at checkout. Only available for pre-paying via the Chase portal
You can use Ultimate Rewards points (or a combination of points and cash) to book these stays, as has long been the case for Chase Travel bookings. Greg discusses this briefly at several points in the article above.
When andrew wrote “at checkout pay $300 and remainder w/ points” he meant “when checking out online during the booking process.” So, it does make sense and should work. I can understand that you thought he meant paying at the hotel checkout.
You mention that FHR doesn’t clearly show if you’ll earn hotel points for the stay which is true in most cases but for Marriott hotels it shows on the FHR page for the specific hotel that you will earn both Marriott points and Amex MR for the stay. This statement isn’t present for any other brand even though I’ve earned points at other brands via FHR.
Great summary, we’ve used FHR either at places where there are hotels around 200/night (Cartagena and Madrid come to mind) or at an expensive destination where we just need one night to combine with a points stay or we’re staying at a fancy hotel anyway due to a wedding or something like that. While two nights minimum isn’t ideal it’s great that the Edit is comparable to FHR and the possibility of using UR here is very interesting.
Good to know!
Two things I’d like your take on:
1. I thought daily breakfast for two was a universal benefit of The Edit, but some properties in Vegas don’t list it. What do you make of that?
2. Resort fees seem to be getting folded into prepaid prices (at least in Vegas, I haven’t checked elsewhere). For example, a two-night stay at MGM Grand with a nightly rate of $100 ends up totaling well over $300, which is roughly the cost of booking direct inclusive of resort fees. However, The Edit price details just specify the additional charge as “taxes” with no mention of resort fees. How likely do you think it is these bookings would end up getting charged resort fees a second time at checkout?
1) No idea. I don’t know if they don’t offer that benefit or if they forgot to list it.
2) Again, I don’t know. I’m hoping someone else reading this has experience with booking those Vegas hotels through programs like this and can chime in.
Do you get elite credit and benefits when booking though FHR/The Edit? For the Edit, in Chase travel, the list of hotels includes working saying hotel points eligible for some properties. Not sure about FHR.
For some reason the SGS isn’t in either program, so looking at The Edit in Bangkok, it has several hotels included that I’d probably never stay at (St Regis, Siam, Kempinski, etc) but the SGS is nowhere to be found. Athenee is there, (not points eligible), Park Hyatt is there (not points eligible).
To me, these programs never work out due to my favorite hotel of choice not being included, rates may or may not be points and EQN earning. So unless you don’t care about earning hotel status, the Edit is a bust.
Is there anyway at all to waive resort fees this route if I have status with the hotel brand? For example, I’m looking at Vegas and have MGM status and Marriott, and Hilton.
Sorry, I don’t know
It’s possible but I had to call MGM when I had MGM status to waive the resort fee on a FHR stay. Technically you have to book directly to get them waived but it never hurts to ask.