Key takeaways
- The annual fee is $795. Authorized users cost $195 each and share the primary cardholder’s credits.
- The big four: $500 in Edit hotel credits (two $250, usable any time in 2026), the $300 travel credit, $300 for dining at Exclusive Tables and $300 on StubHub and viagogo.
- The one-off 2026 select-hotel credit adds $250 and expires on December 31, 2026. At 177 hotels it stacks with an Edit credit for $500 off one stay.
- StubHub, DoorDash, Apple and Peloton need activating, and Lyft needs the card saved in its app. The travel, Edit, select-hotel and dining credits are automatic.
- Dining and StubHub still reset every six months: use each $150 by June 30 and by December 31.
- Points earn 8x on Chase Travel and 3x on dining, and are worth 1 cent each in Chase Travel, up to 2 cents with Points Boost, or transfer 1:1 to 14 airline and hotel programs.
On this page
- The credits at a glance
- The Edit hotel credits: $500 a year
- The 2026 select-hotel credit: another $250
- The $300 travel credit
- Dining and StubHub: the two half-year credits
- The lifestyle credits
- Points: earning and redeeming
- Lounges and elite status
- Travel and purchase protection
- Which credits need activation
- Dates to know
- Is the $795 fee worth it?
- Questions
The credits at a glance
The refreshed Sapphire Reserve costs $795 a year, and each authorized user adds $195. In return it carries about $2,500 a year in credits on paper in 2026, but they are spread across a dozen programs with different reset dates, and several do nothing until you switch them on. This is the whole list:
| Credit | Worth | Resets | Activation |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Edit hotel credits | $500 ($250 × 2) | Calendar year, any time | Automatic |
| Travel credit | $300 | Cardmember year | Automatic |
| Dining, Exclusive Tables | $300 ($150 × 2) | January–June, July–December | Automatic |
| StubHub and viagogo | $300 ($150 × 2) | January–June, July–December | Required |
| DoorDash promos | $300 ($25 a month) | Monthly | Required |
| Apple TV+ and Apple Music | $288 a year in subscriptions | Ongoing | Required, each |
| Select-hotel credit, 2026 only | $250 | Ends December 31, 2026 | Automatic |
| Lyft | $120 ($10 a month) | Monthly | Add the card in Lyft |
| Peloton | $120 ($10 a month) | Monthly | Required |
| Global Entry, TSA PreCheck or NEXUS | Up to $120 | Every 4 years | Automatic |
Face value is not the same as value to you. The travel, Edit and dining credits are easy to use in full if you travel at all; the lifestyle credits are only worth something if you already pay for those services.
The Edit hotel credits: $500 a year
The largest credit on the card is two separate $250 statement credits each calendar year for prepaid stays of two nights or more at hotels in The Edit, Chase’s luxury hotel collection, booked through Chase Travel. Since January 1, 2026, both credits can be used at any point in the year; the old rule that tied one to each half of the year is gone. You cannot put both credits on a single booking, but two separate stays, even back to back, each take one.
The credit arrives as a statement credit after the prepaid charge posts, usually within a few days, though Chase allows a billing cycle or two. Cancel or change the booking and Chase can take the credit back. The credit refunds the card charge, so a stay paid only with points does not get it; put at least $250 on the card and pay the rest with points.
The Sapphire Reserve for Business carries an Edit credit and the 2026 select-hotel credit as well. Chase has announced that from January 1, 2027 the business card’s Edit credit doubles to $1,000 a year, paid as four $250 credits for stays of two nights or more. No such change has been announced for the personal card.
Every Edit booking also comes with on-property benefits: daily breakfast for two, a $100 property credit per booking, free Wi-Fi, a welcome amenity, a room upgrade when available, and early check-in and late checkout when available. On our two nights at the Kimpton Canary in Santa Barbara, the upgrade, early check-in and late checkout all came through, and the property credit went on valet parking.
On a two-night stay, the $250 credit and the $100 property credit alone are worth $350, before the breakfasts. If you also carry the Amex Platinum, see how The Edit compares with Amex Fine Hotels + Resorts.
The benefits are set hotel by hotel, though, so read the list on each hotel’s Chase Travel page. Most MGM hotels in Las Vegas, for example, give a $100 dining credit and no breakfast; see The Edit in Las Vegas.
Chase does not publish a count of Edit hotels. Our Edit hotel list tracks 1,536 on its latest check, each with a typical nightly Chase Travel rate, and every hotel has its own page with the month-by-month pattern. The Edit Maximizer ranks them by how much of a stay the credit covers.
The 2026 select-hotel credit: another $250
For 2026 only, the card adds up to $250 toward prepaid Chase Travel stays of two nights or more at seven hotel groups: IHG, Montage, Pendry, Omni, Virgin Hotels, Minor Hotels and Pan Pacific. It covers purchases made from January 1 to December 31, 2026, and it expires with the year, so an unused select-hotel credit is gone on January 1.
The useful part is the overlap. 177 hotels on our list belong to both programs, and at those the select-hotel credit stacks with an Edit credit on the same booking: up to $500 off one two-night stay, plus the Edit benefits. The double credit hotels page lists every one. Chase’s terms describe the $250 as a maximum total for the year, which suggests it can be split across bookings, but some sources call it one-time, so plan on using it in one stay.
The $300 travel credit
The travel credit is the easiest $300 on the card. It applies automatically to almost anything coded as travel: airlines, hotels and motels, timeshares, car rentals, cruise lines, travel agencies and discount travel sites, campgrounds, trains, buses, taxis, limousines, ferries, tolls and parking. Everyday rides and parking eat through it without any planning.
It resets on your account anniversary, not on January 1. If your card anniversary falls in, say, March, the credit runs March to March, so check your own cycle before counting on it twice in the same calendar year.
Dining and StubHub: the two half-year credits
Two credits still run on a January–June and July–December schedule, $150 each half, and unused money in either half is lost:
- Dining, up to $300 a year, at Sapphire Reserve Exclusive Tables restaurants on OpenTable. It applies automatically when you pay with the card at a participating restaurant; you do not have to book through OpenTable. The collection is roughly 400 restaurants across the US; our tracked copy has 436. How the dining credit works.
- StubHub and viagogo, up to $300 a year, for tickets bought directly on either site or app, fees included. It needs a one-time activation and runs through December 31, 2027. How the StubHub credit works.
The lifestyle credits
Four credits pay for services rather than travel. They are worth their face value only if you would pay for the service anyway:
- DoorDash, up to $300 a year. Each month brings $25 in promos: $5 off a restaurant order and two $10 promos for non-restaurant orders such as groceries or retail. You also get a complimentary DashPass membership, a $120 value, if you activate it by December 31, 2027. The promos run through the end of 2027.
- Lyft, up to $120 a year. A $10 in-app credit each month through September 30, 2027. It is a discount in the Lyft app rather than a statement credit, it only works once the Sapphire Reserve is saved as a payment method in Lyft, and unused credit expires at the end of each month.
- Peloton, up to $120 a year. $10 a month toward a Peloton membership through December 31, 2027. It needs activation, despite what some lists say.
- Apple TV+ and Apple Music. Complimentary subscriptions that Chase values at $288 a year. Each service is activated separately, by June 22, 2027.
Points: earning and redeeming
The Reserve earns Ultimate Rewards points at these rates:
| Where you spend | Points per dollar |
|---|---|
| Chase Travel, including The Edit | 8x |
| Flights and hotels booked directly | 4x |
| Dining worldwide | 3x |
| Lyft, through September 30, 2027 | 5x |
| Peloton equipment and accessories over $150, through 2027 | 10x |
| Everything else | 1x |
Redemption changed with the 2025 refresh. Points are now worth 1 cent each toward Chase Travel bookings, and rotating Points Boost offers push select flights and hotels up to 2 cents. The old flat 1.5 cents survives only for accounts opened before June 23, 2025, on points earned before October 26, 2025, and only until October 26, 2027.
The other route is transferring points 1:1 to Chase’s partners: ten airline programs (Aer Lingus, Air Canada Aeroplan, British Airways, Air France–KLM Flying Blue, Iberia, JetBlue, Singapore Airlines, Southwest, United and Virgin Atlantic) and four hotel programs (World of Hyatt, IHG, Marriott and Wyndham, added in February 2026).
Lounges and elite status
Airport lounge access comes in three parts. Priority Pass Select opens its network of independent lounges, and Chase’s own Sapphire Lounges are open to you on top of that. Since August 15, 2026, Sapphire Lounges are no longer part of the Priority Pass network, but Sapphire Reserve cardholders keep unlimited access; on a connecting trip you can now enter up to five hours before the onward flight.
You can bring two guests free at both, then $27 per extra guest, with children under two free. When you fly Star Alliance, Air Canada’s Maple Leaf Lounges also let you in with one guest.
Until September 30, 2026, cardholders can also register for three months of Marriott Bonvoy Gold status, which has led to a targeted two-free-nights offer for some members; see Marriott Gold and two free nights.
The card also carries IHG One Rewards Platinum Elite status through 2027, once you link your IHG account on chase.com. Spend $75,000 on the card in a calendar year and a second tier unlocks, for the rest of that year and the next:
- IHG One Rewards Diamond Elite
- World of Hyatt Explorist
- Southwest A-List, plus a $500 credit for Southwest flights booked through Chase Travel
- A $250 credit for The Shops at Chase
Travel and purchase protection
The protections are easy to forget until you need one. The main ones, per Chase’s benefits pages:
| Coverage | Limit |
|---|---|
| Primary rental car coverage | Up to $75,000 |
| Trip cancellation and interruption | $10,000 per traveler, $20,000 per trip |
| Trip delay, after 6 hours or an overnight stay | Up to $500 per ticket |
| Baggage delay, after 6 hours | $100 a day for up to 5 days |
| Lost luggage | Up to $3,000 per traveler |
| Emergency evacuation | Up to $100,000 |
| Emergency medical and dental, 100+ miles from home | Up to $2,500, $50 deductible |
| Purchase protection, 120 days | $10,000 per item, $50,000 per account |
| Return protection, 90 days | $500 per item, $1,000 a year |
| Extended warranty | Adds a year to warranties of 3 years or less |
Coverage only applies when you pay with the card. The full details and exclusions are in the Guide to Benefits in your Chase account, so please give it a read before counting on any of these for a claim.
Which credits need activation
Half the credits do nothing until you turn them on, which is the most common way cardholders lose money on this card. Spend five minutes on this list in the Chase app when the card arrives:
Activate, or it does nothing
Automatic
- The $300 travel credit
- The Edit hotel credits
- The 2026 select-hotel credit
- Dining at Exclusive Tables
- Global Entry, TSA PreCheck or NEXUS
Dates to know
| Date | What happens |
|---|---|
| June 30 and December 31, every year | The half-year dining and StubHub credits reset; unused money is lost |
| December 31, 2026 | The select-hotel credit expires, and the year’s two Edit credits with it |
| June 22, 2027 | Last day to activate the Apple TV+ and Apple Music subscriptions |
| September 30, 2027 | The Lyft credit and 5x on Lyft end |
| October 26, 2027 | The grandfathered 1.5-cent redemption ends for older points |
| December 31, 2027 | The StubHub, DoorDash and Peloton credits and IHG Platinum are scheduled to end; last day to activate DashPass |
Is the $795 fee worth it?
Count only what you would have spent anyway. Most travelers use the $300 travel credit without thinking about it, which takes the effective fee to $495. Two Edit stays a year, each two nights or more, use the $500 in Edit credits and bring breakfast and a property credit along with them; that alone clears the rest of the fee. One Exclusive Tables dinner and one StubHub order in each half of the year add up to $600 more.
The card punishes neglect and rewards planning: miss the activations and the half-year deadlines and it becomes an expensive card with lounge access. Plan a trip or two around the credits and it pays for itself several times over. That is what the trip planner and the Edit Maximizer are for.
Questions
Do the Edit credits still reset every six months?
No. Since January 1, 2026, the two $250 Edit credits can be used at any time during the calendar year, on two separate prepaid stays of two nights or more.
Can I combine both Edit credits on one booking?
No. Each Edit credit applies to a separate stay. What you can stack on one stay is an Edit credit and the 2026 select-hotel credit, at the 177 hotels that belong to both programs.
Which Sapphire Reserve credits need activation?
StubHub, DoorDash (and DashPass), Apple TV+ and Apple Music, and Peloton all need activating in your Chase account, and the Lyft credit needs the card saved in the Lyft app. The travel, Edit, select-hotel, dining and Global Entry credits are automatic.
Do authorized users get their own credits?
No. Authorized users cost $195 each and share the primary account’s credits, though their purchases can trigger them. They do get their own Priority Pass and Sapphire Lounge access.
When does the $300 travel credit reset?
On your account anniversary each year, not on January 1.
Is the Sapphire Reserve still worth it at $795?
If you use the travel credit and take two Edit stays of two nights or more a year, the credits alone cover the fee. The rest of the value depends on using the half-year dining and StubHub credits and on whether you already pay for the lifestyle services.
Sources
- Chase: Sapphire Reserve benefits and terms
- Chase: the Lyft credit
- Chase: Apple TV+ and Apple Music with the Sapphire Reserve
- Chase: Sapphire travel insurance guide
- The Points Guy: new and enhanced hotel credits for 2026 (January 2026)
- The Points Guy: Sapphire Lounge access changes (July 2026)
- The Points Guy: the 2025 Sapphire Reserve refresh
- Upgraded Points: Chase transfer partners
- Upgraded Points: Southwest status and credits at $75,000
- One Mile at a Time: Sapphire Reserve authorized users
We routinely check and double-check these terms against Chase’s own pages, especially when they change. If you notice something that needs to be updated, please let us know! The Guide to Benefits in your Chase account should always be treated as the main source of truth.