Did Chase Just RUIN the Sapphire Reserve? 

With a family of four and having my wife as an Authorized user we would routinely clear $112 worth of food and drinks from the pp restaurants. It's a big disappointment to see this perk go away.

The reserve has been a joke since they raised the annual fee. Priority pass lounges are really bad and other cards offer the same, or more, for less.

Outdated card, needs a big update.

If Chase wanted to make the Sapphire Reserve more interesting they should add a 100X multiplier for flights or groceries.

The Venture X let’s you bring an unlimited number of guests in PP lounges - or however many the lounge will allow.

"For people who fly economy." Not the best description of a "premium travel card". That may cause Chase some emotional damage.

It would be great if the CSR offered 4X on dining or a multiplier for streaming services like little brother CSP does. Or if they added a grocery multiplier that would be great also.

When I travel I like to use the lounge and spend points on free hotels. I feel the two biggest benefits of the CSR are the lounge access and the points with the Hyatt relationship. The $300 reimbursement brings the out of pocket annual fee down to $250. I very easily get $250 worth of value out of the card by 1) Not paying for lounge access 2) eating/snacking in the lounge and 3) using points for things such as free hotels. I travel a lot internationally. Intenational travel (longer flights combined with layovers) makes the lounge much more valuable, and I find that as a rule the lounges overseas are a little nicer and offer a better selection of food, etc. So...losing the restaurant $28 credit is disappointing, but not a deal breaker.

Heaven had a chance to experience a priority pass restaurant. Make give it a go before the opportunity disappears. Plan to keep my CSR.

This is a big negative. My wife has the sapphire reserve and we would always stop at PP restaurants, especially out of our home airport in Seattle. We probably won't be keeping the card due to this change...

One of the airports I frequent has no lounge, so the $28 PP restaurant benefit was an incentive for me to switch to CSR if I drop my Amex Platinum at renewal. Now I'll have to reconsider my options.

Notice the CSR primary CDW limit is up to $75k but on the CSP or United Explorer there is no dollar limit on the reimbursement

I have the BOA elite card but can’t figure out hire to get my priority pass. The bank has no idea there’s even a feature to help out

I dumped this card when they increased the annual fee. No longer the benefits justify the fees.

Priority restaurants seem to be a first-few-years on the market benefit. I can only assume WF or Citi will have restaurant access when they launch Beyond or Strata or whatever card they roll out in the luxury travel segment

Good video Sir! 👍

I used to use the restaurant benefit regularly, 1-2 times a day at different restaurants inside an airport while waiting for work or a flight. Sad to see this benefit go, truly was the best deal amongst other credit cards

My card that I got this year only gave us 60 some odd thousand in points. And at a cost of $550 a year plus we paid 150 more for two family members to have the priority pass benefits.

Works for me as a card that I use on business trips. Put all my travel expenses on it and the pay it off with the reimburesment.

The travel also includes using the card as the automatic refill on toll roads. If I spend $200/month on tolls (not unusual where I live), that's 600 points per month, 7200 points per year. At 1.5x on travel, that's over $100 worth just on my tolls I'd usually pay.