The Shops at Chase
Today, Chase announced The Shops at Chase, a new online shopping experience designed exclusively for Chase cardmembers. This new platform allows cardmembers to “transform their wish lists into reality by using Ultimate Rewards points, their card, or both, to shop top brands like Ray-Ban, Tory Burch, Breitling, Callaway, TUMI, and more – building on the success of the existing Apple Ultimate Rewards store.”
If this new shopping experience sounds familiar, it is because it was mentioned as one of the benefits for the revamped Chase Sapphire Reserve card. Cardholders will get a $250 The Shops credit after spending $75,000. But judging from the list of eligible brands and pricing, that credit might not be very useful. A Samsonite Ascella 3.0 Large Expandable Spinner Luggage for example is priced at $240, while you can find it for $150 on Amazon. A Sony Bravia 75″ TV is priced at $2,410 or about $410 more than Amazon. Other items are similarly overpriced.
The Shops at Chase promises a curated selection of top-quality brands across travel, home, electronics, retail, fitness, and more. Brands currently featured include: Baccarat, Bang & Olufsen, Breitling, Callaway, CALPAK, Cuisinart, Dyson, Ray-Ban, Samsonite, SMEG, Solo Stove, SONY, Therabody, Tory Burch, and TUMI.
In celebration of the launch of The Shops at Chase, now through July 11 cardmembers can receive 15% savings on all CALPAK, Dyson and Solo Stove products and select Therabody products.
The Shops at Chase is now available for cardmembers via Chase.com and the Chase Mobile App. Log in and then go to Benefits & travel > Shopping > The Shops at Chase. You can also try this direct link. Eligible cards include Chase Freedom, Sapphire, and Ink. It looks like you will only get a value of 1 cent per point, in case you were thinking of redeeming points this way.
