WalletHub, Financial Company
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There are 11 airlines and three major airline alliances that you can use with Chase Sapphire, all of which are listed below:
Airline Partners
- Aer Lingus
- Air Canada Aeroplan
- British Airways
- Emirates
- Flying Blue AIR FRANCE KLM
- Iberia Plus
- JetBlue
- Singapore Airlines
- Southwest
- United Airlines
- Virgin Atlantic
Major airline alliances:
- Oneworld airlines
- SkyTeam airlines
- Star Alliance airlines
Here’s how to redeem points for airfare:
There are four ways to use a Chase Sapphire card to purchase airfare. That's true for all three Sapphire cards: The Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card, the Chase Sapphire Reserve® card and the original Chase Sapphire® Card (no longer available to new applicants).
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Redeem Points Through Ultimate Rewards.
You can book flights on pretty much any major airline directly through the Ultimate Rewards website. This option allows you to charge part of the flight to your card if you don't have enough points to cover the full fare.
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Transfer Points to a Travel Partner.
A majority of Chase's travel rewards partners are airlines. So, if you belong to one of their loyalty programs, you can transfer your Ultimate Rewards points to that program and combine them with the miles/points already in that account for redemption. Transfers are done at a 1:1 ratio.
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Get Cash Back.
You can always redeem your Chase Sapphire points for a statement credit and use the savings to pay for your plane ticket, wherever you book it. Bear in mind that you need at least 2,000 points to redeem for cash. Plus, your points are worth 25%-50% more, depending on the card, when redeemed for travel through Chase Ultimate Rewards.
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Simply Pay with Your Sapphire Card.
The most obvious of your options doesn't really involve rewards, but it's nevertheless worth noting that all Chase Sapphire cards can be used to purchase airfare directly from airlines, travel-comparison sites, etc. Besides, paying for a plane ticket could help you reach either of the Sapphire cards' initial spending requirements, thereby earning you a lucrative initial bonus.
Keep in mind that how much you get for transferred points depends on how much the particular travel partner’s points or miles are worth. This offers a certain amount of boom-or-bust potential. Your Chase Sapphire credit card points could wind up being worth a lot more than normal or a lot less.

Mark Farms, Member
@mark_farms
Almost all airlines can be used: United, Southwest, British Airways, to name just a few.
witchwoodd4, Member
@witchwoodd4
United,British Airlines etc
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