142. Chase Ultimate Rewards®: Key Updates & Our Favorite Earning Cards

Points Talk®: Your Travel Dreams, Made Possible by Points

Alex, Pam and Jess

Places & Travel, Education, Society & Culture, How To

4.9 • 734 Ratings

🗓️ 19 August 2025

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Are Chase Ultimate Rewards® still the best points for travel? The Travel Mom Squad certainly thinks so. These points offer unmatched flexibility and value, making them a cornerstone of any serious travel rewards strategy. With recent changes to Chase’s offerings, this episode is your guide to the essential updates in 2025.

In this episode, the Squad dives into why Chase Ultimate Rewards® remain their top choice and breaks down all the cards that earn them. From the revamped Chase Sapphire Reserve® to the no-annual-fee Freedom cards, they explain how each card fits into a comprehensive strategy to maximize points. Whether you’re planning a luxury hotel stay or flights for your whole family, they’ll share the strategies that turn everyday spending into unforgettable travel experiences.

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0:00.0	Want to know what our favorite points are and the many cards we have that help us earn even more of
0:04.6	these points. Keep listening to find out. Welcome to Points Talk with the Travel Mom Squad. We are three
0:11.0	moms who've discovered how to leverage credit card welcome offers to get hundreds of thousands of
0:16.1	dollars of travel expenses for nearly free. We've used credit card points of miles to take vacations to places like
0:22.2	Hawaii, Paris, Greece, Maldives, Japan, and so much more. And the best part, we each still have 800 plus
0:29.9	credit scores. Imagine being able to take the vacation of your dreams for nearly free. It's totally
0:35.4	possible and we're here to show you how. Hey, I'm Alex. And I'm Pam,
0:41.2	Alex's mom. And I'm Jess. Let's Talk Points. If you follow us on Instagram or read our blog,
0:47.9	then it is probably no surprise to you that our very favorite points are Chase Ultimate Rewards.
0:54.9	Recently, they made some changes to some of their cards.
0:58.4	They revamped one of them.
1:00.1	They added a brand new business card.
1:02.9	And so we thought that it was worth, you know, redoing our episode on Chase Ultimate
1:08.5	Rewards and their cards because so much has changed with Chase just
1:12.6	this year alone. So Pam is going to kick it off with why Chase Ultimate Rewards are our
1:19.8	favorite points to begin with. Yeah, if I could earn just one type of points, these are the type
1:25.9	of points that I would want to earn. Love, love, love,
1:28.8	love them. One of the things that's really nice about them is that it's easy to earn a lot of
1:33.7	Chase Ultimate Rewards because there are so many cards that you can get that earn them.
1:38.9	The other thing that I really like, that we all really like about them, is that you can
1:43.1	combine your points with your
1:45.2	household members. So any points that my husband earns, he transfers over to me. If I had adult
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