EditMaxxer: Chase Edit Hotels

The Edit is one of those Chase perks that sounds amazing—luxury hotels, free breakfast, late checkout, and up to $500 back each year. The catch? It’s really hard/difficult to use. The site is buried inside Chase Travel, there’s no master list of hotels, and most of the ones you do find are painfully expensive. It’s a great idea with a lot of potential, but terrible usability… until now?

If you have a Chase Sapphire Reserve®, Sapphire Reserve for Business℠, or J.P. Morgan Reserve card, you have an annual credit for stays with The Edit. Prior to the recent Sapphire changes, I had barely heard of The Edit and had little to no reason to use it.

What Is The Edit?

The Edit is essentially Chase’s version of American Express’s Fine Hotels and Resorts program.

It’s essentially a collection of “luxury hotel” bookings that include a bunch of perks like daily breakfast for two, a property credit, and late checkout when available. In theory, it’s a nice benefit. However, the prices of Edit hotels tends to lean somewhat astronomical.

How Do I Find Qualifying Edit Hotels?

To find qualifying Edit hotels, you need to do the following:

1. Login into Chase Travel (https://www.chase.com/travel)
2. Search for a “Stay” (hotel stay); note: for the credit to apply, the stay must be at least 2 nights long
3. Look for “The Edit” badge in the top left of the hotel

To help narrow the number of hotels, you could also toggle the “Points Boost” button to only show eligible Points Boost hotels. However, while all Edit Hotels are eligible for Points Boost, not all Points Boost hotels are Edit hotels. See the example below:

Is There A Way To See All Edit Hotels through Chase?

No. This is where the problem/pain point arises.

There are roughly ~1,400 Edit hotels worldwide, but:

• Chase doesn’t publish a searchable list
• The booking portal is hidden behind Chase Travel’s login
• AI-generated estimates are wildly inaccurate since pricing is seasonal

If you’ve poked through Edit hotels, you’ll notice that many of them are pretty expensive. That means it’s hard to answer a basic question: Where can I actually get a good deal with my $500 Edit credit?

Our Solution: The Edit Hotel Map - "EditMaxxer"

Here’s how it works:

1. You can view the hotels on the map freely, including pricing for the next 14 days
2. If you want to access pricing for the rest of the year, you’ll need to create a free account
3. Once you're logged in, you can access the full year of pricing data, including filters like Points Boost

What Are The Average Prices Of Edit Hotels?

From aggregating amongst Edit hotels at the cheapest rooms available at each hotel, we’re seeing average cost per nights float around $495/night from crowdsourced data, including taxes.

What Are The Cheapest Edit Hotels?

Based on the data we’ve gathered so far, the more affordable Edit hotels on a per night basis are in:

• Washington DC
• Sydney
• Las Vegas

While Vegas comes at no surprise (there are several combos where you can get 2 nights covered entirely by the credit), we found it very interesting that Washington DC and Sydney have pretty reasonable rates.

What’s The Best Way To Use The Edit Credit?

Even if you’re staying at Edit hotels in the cities where they’re cheaper, you’ll typically find yourself paying a bit out of pocket (whilst earning 8x on Chase Travel using your Chase Sapphire Reserve®. There’s a pretty nice “trick” you can do to maximize your credit whilst also leveraging points boost.

All Edit Hotels are eligible for the maximum end of Points Boost, meaning when redeeming points at Edit Hotels through the portal, you get 2 cents per point.

What you need to do is select the “Use Points” and adjust the “Points to Redeem” such that you leave exactly $250 to be charged to your card. If you do that, then $250 will be charged to your card, and the Edit Credit will be eligible for that portion.

With this method, you can score some pretty valuable bookings!