AwardWallet receives compensation from advertising partners for links on the blog. Terms Apply to the offers listed on this page. The opinions expressed here are our own and have not been reviewed, provided, or approved by any bank advertiser. Here's our complete list of Advertisers.
In August 2021, Chase made some big improvements to its Sapphire cards' benefits and earning structures. Among those changes is the ability of Chase Sapphire Reserve® cardholders to earn 10X Ultimate Rewards points for every dollar spent on takeout and prepaid reservations made with Chase Dining.
A few months prior, Chase ran a targeted promo, offering increased earning via Chase Dining for both the Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card and the Sapphire Reserve. As of August 17, 2021, 10X earning on Chase Dining purchases became a permanent feature of the Sapphire Reserve.
So let's take a closer look at how to use this benefit and how it affects the value of holding the Sapphire Reserve card.
- Earn 60,000 bonus points after you spend $4,000 on purchases in the first 3 months from account opening. That's $900 toward travel when you redeem through Chase Ultimate Rewards®
- $300 Annual Travel Credit as reimbursement for travel purchases charged to your card each account anniversary year.
- Earn 5x total points on flights and 10x total points on hotels and car rentals when you purchase travel through Chase Ultimate Rewards® immediately after the first $300 is spent on travel purchases annually. Earn 3x points on other travel and dining & 1 point per $1 spent on all other purchases
- Get 50% more value when you redeem your points for travel through Chase Ultimate Rewards®. For example, 60,000 points are worth $900 toward travel
- 1:1 point transfer to leading airline and hotel loyalty programs
- Access to 1,300+ airport lounges worldwide after an easy, one-time enrollment in Priority Pass™ Select and up to $100 application fee credit every four years for Global Entry, NEXUS, or TSA PreCheck®
- Count on Trip Cancellation/Interruption Insurance, Auto Rental Collision Damage Waiver, Lost Luggage Insurance and more
- Member FDIC
- 10X points on Lyft rides through March 2025
- 10X points on hotels and car rentals purchased through Chase
- 10X points on Chase Dining (including prepaid reservations and prepaid takeout purchased through Chase)
- 5X points on airfare purchased through Chase
- 3X points on all other travel
- 3X points on dining at restaurants
- 1X points on all other purchases
How To Earn 10X Ultimate Rewards Points on Dining
The most important thing to know is that this benefit only applies to purchases made with the Sapphire Reserve through the Chase Dining website. If you swipe your card at a restaurant, you'll earn just 3X Ultimate Rewards points—which is now the same rate you get with the less expensive Sapphire Preferred card.
The Tock-powered Chase Dining was launched in late 2020 to provide cardholders with “access to connect with more than 4,000 restaurants and culinary experiences, including ordering takeout, with the exclusive ability to redeem points towards purchases.”
You can order takeout, delivery, and make prepaid reservations with participating restaurants through the dining hub. At the time of publication, there were just shy of 100 cities and regions covered by the Chase Dining website. There is no need to activate the 10X earning benefit; just make your purchase and watch the points stack up.
What About Non-Prepaid Reservations?
The Chase website states that “prepaid (emphasis added) restaurant reservations” will qualify for the 10X earning rate. This is a major limitation since not all restaurants have an option for paying in advance for in-person dining.
AwardWallet reached out to the Chase Sapphire team to find out if it's possible to earn 10X points at restaurants that don’t allow prepaid reservations. Unfortunately, the answer is no; only prepaid purchases qualify.
It's worth noting that some of Chase's front-line customer service representatives are (incorrectly) telling cardholders that non-prepaid reservations are eligible as long as they are booked in advance through Chase Dining. We made several phone calls and got a variety of explanations. But the official answer is that the 10x won't apply unless you prepay through the Chase Dining site.
For now, it looks like the 10x earning rate won’t be very useful for in-person dining—at least if you don’t live in a major city with a large selection of restaurants offering a prepaid option. Pre-paid takeout orders can still deliver big value, but the lack of options for dining out makes this benefit a lot less exciting than we first thought.
How Does this Impact Sapphire Reserve‘s Value?
Since you can't just walk up to your favorite neighborhood restaurant and use your Sapphire Reserve card to earn 10X points, the value of this benefit will depend on whether you live in an area covered by the Chase Dining portal and whether you're willing to take the extra time to book through Chase.
For frequent diners in the right location, 10X points is a huge return on restaurant spending. At the very minimum, Sapphire Reserve cardholders can redeem points through the Chase Travel Portal at 1.50 cents per point—which gives you a guaranteed 15% return on dining. And if you leverage one of the excellent Chase transfer partners, you may be able to get 2.50 cents per point (a whopping 25% return) or more based on AwardWallet's mile valuations.
On the other hand, 10X earning via Chase Dining won't add much value if there aren't enough participating restaurants in your area (or you just can't be bothered with making preemptive reservations through Chase). If you find yourself in this situation, check out our post on the best credit cards for dining to find a card that earns a bonus at restaurants based on the merchant category.
Final Thoughts
It's always nice to see card issuers announce new perks without a corresponding devaluation or increase in annual fees. In the case of Chase Dining, a lot depends on how Chase handles the rollout.
- Will Chase increase the number of restaurants that accept prepaid reservations?
- Will Chase invest in expanding the Dining network to cover cardholders that live far from major urban areas?
It will likely take some time to get answers on both fronts. Right now, Chase Dining has solid potential, but the 10X earning rate isn't likely to be decisive in whether the Sapphire Reserve is a good fit.
- Earn 60,000 bonus points after you spend $4,000 on purchases in the first 3 months from account opening. That's $900 toward travel when you redeem through Chase Ultimate Rewards®
- $300 Annual Travel Credit as reimbursement for travel purchases charged to your card each account anniversary year.
- Earn 5x total points on flights and 10x total points on hotels and car rentals when you purchase travel through Chase Ultimate Rewards® immediately after the first $300 is spent on travel purchases annually. Earn 3x points on other travel and dining & 1 point per $1 spent on all other purchases
- Get 50% more value when you redeem your points for travel through Chase Ultimate Rewards®. For example, 60,000 points are worth $900 toward travel
- 1:1 point transfer to leading airline and hotel loyalty programs
- Access to 1,300+ airport lounges worldwide after an easy, one-time enrollment in Priority Pass™ Select and up to $100 application fee credit every four years for Global Entry, NEXUS, or TSA PreCheck®
- Count on Trip Cancellation/Interruption Insurance, Auto Rental Collision Damage Waiver, Lost Luggage Insurance and more
- Member FDIC
- 10X points on Lyft rides through March 2025
- 10X points on hotels and car rentals purchased through Chase
- 10X points on Chase Dining (including prepaid reservations and prepaid takeout purchased through Chase)
- 5X points on airfare purchased through Chase
- 3X points on all other travel
- 3X points on dining at restaurants
- 1X points on all other purchases
Have you used Chase Dining yet? Will this offer motivate you to check out the dining hub platform?
The comments on this page are not provided, reviewed, or otherwise approved by the bank advertiser. It is not the bank advertiser's responsibility to ensure all posts and/or questions are answered.
Would you explain how to use the10x chase dinning reward my zip code is 3322.
Are you located overseas or is there a missing digit in that ZIP code? 🙂
Has anyone been able to get Chase dining to credit any in-person dines?
This is such a joke. The prepaid rule is not clearly stated and 10x is extremely misleading. I had a $150 dine – going to follow up with Chase CSR and at least get a one time gesture and never waste my time with it again.
I wasn’t even aware of Chase Dining. I’ll look in to it, but it doesn’t sound very convenient.
It’s only invonvenient, approaching useless, if you live far from a mjor city. Otherwise, the overall program is straightforward and easy to accumulate points, especially if you’re open to trying new restaurants. Even the 10x offer here is simple for takeout and delivery at least.
Closest restaurant is 30 miles away from my home. Could only use this when I’m on vacation.
The Prepaid Reservations requirement eliminates every restaurant that I would normally eat at. If you prepay, how do you know what the total will be, I don’t know what will be ordered until I get there.
Another great reason to open a CSP for the 100k bonus!
It’s more complicated than just using the card at a restaurant which makes it less user friendly.
I will definetely consider getting a Sapphire card now. I love dining and getting miles so this is a no brainer!
Just a nearly worthless “benefit” to most people. Really dumb idea from Chase rather than just giving you a straight bonus on regular dining spend. Having to go through a certain platform really negates much of the benefit and likely costs restaurants more – a lose lose for nearly everyone.
I like the fact that takeout and prepaid delivery are included.
There aren’t going to be many options to use this benefit for a lot of people. It doesn’t really enhance the value of CSR.
I agree. Very limited selection of restaurants and too many hoops to jump through to get to them.
They sure did a lot to enhance the CSP and then threw a bone or two to the CSR. And which card was it again they raised the AF on??
Nice in theory but having to go through a platform before eating generally isn’t going to happen. They should just make it 10X points at restaurants!
If you already have the Chase Sapphire Reserve and can patronize one or more of the restaurants in the Chase dining program, 10x points for a dine is an insanely good deal….but until 10x points is more mainstream, this will likely generate a collective yawn from most folks….they need to do better than 3x for the other dines. No fee cards like the Wells Fargo Propel card already have 3x points on dining and gas….cards with outrageous annual fees of around $500 need to do better to justify folks using them for every day spend.
10x points is awesome but the whole prepaid thing severely limits how much you can earn. As do most of these eye popping bonuses, when you boil it down, its only a few extra dollars and not worth going out of your way for.
I still don’t understand what Chase is doing with the Reserve. Dining is now 3x on the CSP which effectively makes it 3.3x on dining which surpasses the CSR. I’m torn in which ecosystem to continue with.
Esta muy buena la aclaración y es una gran limitación , no todos los restaurantes tienen la opción de pagar por adelantado la cena presencial.
Todas las aclaraciones vienen muy bien .