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With the new year comes a variety of credit resets, removals, and additions. The Chase Sapphire Reserve® quietly added a new $250 credit just for 2026 that many cardholders will find genuinely useful. The stacking opportunity with existing benefits makes it even better.
TL;DR
This is a special credit for the Chase Sapphire Reserve® and Sapphire Reserve for Business℠ only available for 2026: earn a one-time $250 statement credit for eligible prepaid hotel stays booked through Chase Travel through December 31, 2026.
There are a few important terms & conditions to note:
Just to be clear: this is totally different from the Edit credit & could be considered a supplement to it altogether.
This new benefit for 2026 lets you get up to $250 in statement credits for prepaid stays (2 night minimum) booked through Chase Travel at the following hotel chains:
If you login to your Chase account and view your benefits, you'll see this new tracker:
No activation/enrollment is required to use this credit. As noted above, there is also a 2-night minimum and you must book a prepaid reservation. Prepaid reservations are where you "Pay Now" for the entire reservation at booking.
It is totally different. This "$250 select hotels credit" (as we'll call it) is a special 2026 benefit for Sapphire Reserve cardholders. In fact, you can see it explicitly separated from the Edit Credit:
| $250 Edit Credit | $250 Select Hotels Credit | |
|---|---|---|
| Eligible hotels | The Edit collection (~200+ properties) | IHG, Montage, Pendry, Omni, Virgin, Minor, Pan Pacific |
| 2026 only? | No (ongoing benefit) | Yes (expires 12/31/2026) |
| Annual value | Up to $500 (two $250 credits) | Up to $250 |
| Prepaid booking required | Yes | Yes |
| 2-night minimum | Yes | Yes |
| Enrollment required | No | No |
| Stackable with each other | Yes | Yes |
Outside of the 2 night minimum + brand restriction + prepaid requirement, this question arises in the context of the type of hotels within a brand. For example, can you book 2 nights at a Holiday Inn (IHG) with this credit?
As far as we know, yes. It meets all of the requirements listed, so it should work, even though it's not a fancyseque "Edit" style hotel.
Booking is straightforward, but a few details matter. Here's how to do it:
The beauty of this credit is that it can be combined with The Edit credit. Again, they are separate credits, but there are overlaps.
As an example, using the nextcard "EditMaxxer" tool, I applied a custom filter to view hotels eligible for both credits. You can see there are about 170 hotels worldwide eligible for both credits (nice).
Now that I had a list of hotels, I then went through a few cities that I know have historically low pricing (thanks to user submitted datapoint) and checked for some dates/prices that would be relevant for me.
Take the Kimpton Marlowe in Cambridge for instance. 2 nights on a random weekend in February costs a total of $567. Yet, this booking is eligible for two credits:
This makes the stay effectively $67, if you count credits as face value. Notably, this property's redeemable points are worth 2 cents each, meaning this is an extremely high value stay:
I found several IHG properties that also provided similar value:
Basically any IHG that has decent rates (check here for pricing data) will be an incredible use of the credit.
If you're lucky, your Sapphire Reserve might also have this offer in your Chase Offers: Get $100 back when you spend $600+ through Chase Travel in a single transaction.
Once you activate this offer, you now have a "triple stack" opportunity at hand for a single 2 night, prepaid booking made via Chase Travel:
Essentially, if you find a $600+ booking for an Edit hotel that is also part of the "select brands," you're about to make off pretty well. Example booking below:
Chase's decision to drop this additional $250 credit helps bolster the positioning of the Reserve. While (in my opinion) it still falls short of the American Express Platinum Card® in several aspects, for hotel bookings that work, the Reserve can deliver incredible value.
If you're able to use this new credit alongside at least one Edit credit, you'll pretty much well on your way to making good on the annual fee.
Yes. This credit is a 2026-only benefit and expires on 12/31/2026. If you don't use it before the end of the year, it goes away; there is no rollover.
No enrollment or activation is required. Book a qualifying prepaid stay of 2+ nights through Chase Travel at one of the seven eligible brands, pay with your Chase Sapphire Reserve®, and the up to $250 credit will post automatically as a statement credit after your stay.
Yes, as far as we know. Any IHG property meets the brand requirement, regardless of tier. So a 2-night prepaid stay at a Holiday Inn booked through Chase Travel should qualify, not just upscale Kimptons or InterContinentals.
Yes! This is the best way to maximize both. Roughly 170 hotels qualify for both credits at the same time (primarily IHG properties that are also part of The Edit collection, like certain Kimptons). On a single qualifying booking, you could offset up to $500 in credits combined (awesome)
A prepaid booking is one where you pay the full cost at the time of reservation. Look for the "Pay Now" option on Chase Travel. Rates that let you pay at the hotel will not qualify for this credit.
The credit is per account, so you get one up to $250 Select Hotel credit for 2026 regardless of how many authorized users are on the account.
