{"id":22987,"date":"2018-04-24T03:05:31","date_gmt":"2018-04-24T07:05:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/?p=22987"},"modified":"2026-04-08T13:17:38","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T13:17:38","slug":"chase-eliminating-price-return-protection-on-credit-cards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/news\/credit-cards\/chase-eliminating-price-return-protection-on-credit-cards\/","title":{"rendered":"Chase Eliminating Price and Return Protection on Credit Cards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When we reviewed <a href=\"\/credit-cards\/price-protection\/\">the best credit cards for price protection<\/a>, Chase cards came out on top. Sadly this will no longer be the case. Chase has quietly eliminated price protection and return protection from nearly all of its cards. When you visit the landing page of most Chase cards and click on Service & protection or Travel & purchase coverage, you will no longer see either benefit listed as a card feature.<\/p>\n<p><img data-aspectratio=\"1024\/221\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-22988 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Travel-Purchase-Coverage-Banner-1024x221.jpg\" alt=\"Travel & Purchase Coverage Banner\" width=\"1024\" height=\"221\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Travel-Purchase-Coverage-Banner-1024x221.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Travel-Purchase-Coverage-Banner-300x65.jpg 300w, https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Travel-Purchase-Coverage-Banner.jpg 1552w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><span id=\"What_Changed\">What Changed?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The loss of Price Protection and Return Protection means you will no longer be able to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Claim back the difference if you make a purchase and see a lower advertised price within 90 days. The coverage was limited to $500 per item, and $2,500 per year<\/li>\n<li>Claim back $500 per item and a maximum of $1,000 per year on items the store won\u2019t take back<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span id=\"Cards_Losing_Price_and_Return_Protection\">Cards Losing Price and Return Protection<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The following cards no longer offer Price Protection or Return Protection:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a data-ccid=\"340034\" href=\"\/blog\/link\/ChaseFreedom?var2=ccid~340034\" rel=\"noopener nofollow sponsored\">Chase Freedom<sup>\u00ae<\/sup><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a data-ccid=\"3006090\" href=\"\/blog\/link\/ChaseFreedomUnlimited\" rel=\"noopener nofollow sponsored\">Chase Freedom Unlimited<sup>\u00ae<\/sup><\/a>  (<a data-ccid=\"3006090\" href=\"https:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/click?id=g3lR0xvjyAU&offerid=1993744.10005134&type=3&subid=0a34768f8a45da41c845314e5f3f49497&subid=639396\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rates & Fees<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><a data-ccid=\"2061159\" href=\"\/blog\/link\/ChaseSapphirePreferredCard\" rel=\"noopener nofollow sponsored\">Chase Sapphire Preferred<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> Card<\/a>  (<a data-ccid=\"2061159\" href=\"https:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/click?id=g3lR0xvjyAU&offerid=1753725.10005147&type=3&subid=04eb6b483224b93379d725ad9d5bd15e3&subid=639396\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rates & Fees<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><a data-ccid=\"3006145\" href=\"\/blog\/link\/InkBusinessPreferredCard\" rel=\"noopener nofollow sponsored\">Ink Business Preferred<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> Credit Card<\/a>  (<a data-ccid=\"3006145\" href=\"https:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/click?id=g3lR0xvjyAU&offerid=1753725.10005142&type=3&u1=d7e2847cd3bf0d0fc95d206cd8a2a0b4&subid=639396\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rates & Fees<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><a data-ccid=\"4048117\" href=\"\/blog\/link\/UnitedExplorerCard\" rel=\"noopener nofollow sponsored\">United\u2120 Explorer Card<\/a>  (<a data-ccid=\"4048117\" href=\"https:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/click?id=g3lR0xvjyAU&offerid=1753725.10005119&type=3&u1=ed2a2753ec797cd0909abbed9be0c96c&subid=639396\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rates & Fees<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><strong><b>The Hyatt Credit Card<\/b><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>United MileagePlus<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> Club Card\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Chase Slate<sup>\u00ae<\/sup><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>United\u2120 Explorer Business Card\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span id=\"Cards_that_Still_Have_Return_Protection\">Cards that Still Have Return Protection<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a data-ccid=\"4048084\" href=\"\/blog\/link\/ChaseSapphireReserve\" rel=\"noopener nofollow sponsored\">Chase Sapphire Reserve<sup>\u00ae<\/sup><\/a>  (<a data-ccid=\"4048084\" href=\"https:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/click?id=g3lR0xvjyAU&offerid=1975477.10005148&type=3&subid=033fc1e3c4bf7a979b33a163a51b38ab2&subid=639396\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rates & Fees<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><a data-ccid=\"4048196\" href=\"\/blog\/link\/UnitedClubInfinite\" rel=\"noopener nofollow sponsored\">United Club\u2120 Card<\/a>  (<a data-ccid=\"4048196\" href=\"https:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/click?id=g3lR0xvjyAU&offerid=1753725.10005115&type=3&u1=74f85e5c3459e02c3f6dd95d3f3a994e&subid=639396\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rates & Fees<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><strong>The Ritz-Carlton\u2122 Credit Card<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span id=\"When_Did_the_Change_Take_Place\">When Did the Change Take Place?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Changes to price- and return protection took effect for most cards on June 1, 2018.<\/p>\n<h2><span id=\"Our_Take\">Our Take<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Although it's nice to have coverage in case you need it, this isn't the type of benefit that should have a big impact on which cards you use for everyday purchases in most situations. Over the long term, you'll gain more value by using a card that earns valuable rewards that you'll be able to turn into cheap travel in the future.<\/p>\n<div id=\"ftoc\"><div id=\"toc_container\" class=\"toc_light_blue no_bullets\"><p class=\"toc_title\">Page Contents<\/p><ul class=\"toc_list\"><li><a href=\"#What_Changed\">What Changed?<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#Cards_Losing_Price_and_Return_Protection\">Cards Losing Price and Return Protection<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#Cards_that_Still_Have_Return_Protection\">Cards that Still Have Return Protection<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#When_Did_the_Change_Take_Place\">When Did the Change Take Place?<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#Our_Take\">Our Take<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When we reviewed the best credit cards for Price Protection, Chase cards came out on top. Sadly this will no longer be the case. Chase has quietly eliminated Price Protection and Return Protection from nearly all of its cards. When you visit the landing page of most Chase cards and click on Service &amp; protection or Travel &amp; purchase coverage, you will no longer see either benefit listed as a card feature.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":20366,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_wpscppro_dont_share_socialmedia":false,"_wpscppro_custom_social_share_image":0,"_facebook_share_type":"","_twitter_share_type":"","_linkedin_share_type":"","_pinterest_share_type":"","_linkedin_share_type_page":"","_instagram_share_type":"","_medium_share_type":"","_threads_share_type":"","_google_business_share_type":"","_selected_social_profile":[],"_wpsp_enable_custom_social_template":false,"_wpsp_social_scheduling":{"enabled":false,"datetime":null,"platforms":[],"status":"template_only","dateOption":"today","timeOption":"now","customDays":"","customHours":"","customDate":"","customTime":"","schedulingType":"absolute"},"_wpsp_active_default_template":true},"categories":[12055],"tags":[12520,12786],"coauthors":[36383],"class_list":["post-22987","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-credit-cards","tag-card-benefits","tag-chase"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22987","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22987"}],"version-history":[{"count":26,"href":"https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22987\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":255139,"href":"https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22987\/revisions\/255139"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20366"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22987"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22987"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22987"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=22987"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}