What 100K Chase UR actually books in 2026

Chase Ultimate Rewards is the most-flexible US transferable currency, but the math has shifted in the last year. Chase ended the Emirates Skywards partnership at 12 a.m. EDT on October 16, 2025 (One Mile at a Time on the announcement), Aeroplan announced a partner award chart change effective June 1, 2026 that raises business class on several distance bands (Frequent Miler, 2026-04-27), and World of Hyatt is restructuring its entire award chart on May 20, 2026 (Frequent Miler "Mayday" piece). Most of the "best ways to use 100K UR" lists ranking in search were written before any of these changes.

This is the post-deval edition. Twelve transfer partners, the two live UR transfer bonuses worth a look this month plus the Hyatt cutover, and a sorted list of specific redemptions 100K Chase UR actually unlocks in May 2026.

The 12 partners (all 1:1, no fees)

Chase UR transfers to 12 loyalty programs at a flat 1:1 ratio with no transfer fees and no minimums above 1,000 points (Chase's own transfer partner list; cross-checked our own tracked partner list, last audited 2026-04-23).

Airlines (9): United MileagePlus, Air Canada Aeroplan, Singapore KrisFlyer, Air France/KLM Flying Blue, British Airways Avios, Iberia Plus, Aer Lingus AerClub, Virgin Atlantic Flying Club, Southwest Rapid Rewards.

Hotels (3): World of Hyatt, IHG One Rewards, Marriott Bonvoy.

The most recent change: Chase ended Emirates Skywards transfers on October 16, 2025. If you transferred Chase UR to Emirates before that date and never booked, those miles are stranded at Emirates with no way back. The only transferable currencies that still reach Emirates are Amex MR (5:4), Citi ThankYou (5:4), Capital One (2:1.5), and Bilt (1:1) (our partner audit, 2026-04-23).

Three deadlines hitting in May 2026

If you're going to act on any of these, the windows do not overlap much.

Chase UR → Marriott Bonvoy +65% (expires May 15)

This is the headline-grabbing bonus of the month (Frequent Miler, 2026-05-01; cross-checked The Points Guy's tracker, checked 2026-05-10). I would still skip it for the structural reason covered below in the "Why I'd skip Marriott even at +65%" section.

Park Hyatt Maldives Hadahaa pricing changes at 9 AM EDT on May 20

Hyatt's full chart restructure takes effect 9 a.m. EDT (8 a.m. CT) on May 20, 2026 (The Points Guy, 2026-04-25; Frequent Miler's "Mayday" breakdown). Park Hyatt Maldives Hadahaa currently prices at 25K off-peak / 30K standard / 35K peak per night, the standard Category 7 rates on Hyatt's existing 3-tier chart (verified against our own sweet-spot audit, last reviewed 2026-05-10). On Points With Kids' updated breakdown places Hadahaa in the post-restructure Category 8 (OPWK April 24 update), which prices 35K Lowest / 45K Low / 55K Moderate / 65K Upper / 75K Top. OPWK is the only outlet that explicitly names Hadahaa in their post-change category list, and OMAAT's named-property Cat 8 list does not include it (OMAAT's category changes piece), so the specific category placement is less certain than the chart restructure itself. The price floor rises to at least 35K either way.

The booking-date-locks-pricing rule applies: a reservation made before the May 20 cutover keeps the property's current category and rate even if the stay itself is later in 2026 (The Points Guy on the booking strategy). If you have ever wanted this property on points, the window closes May 19. We did the full deal-alert with cpp math and booking steps in a separate post on locking the 25K rate before May 20.

Chase UR → Flying Blue +20% (expires May 27)

This is the bonus I would actually use (Frequent Miler, 2026-05-01; AwardWallet's tracker, checked 2026-05-10). 1,000 Chase UR becomes 1,200 Flying Blue miles. The win is stacking the bonus with Flying Blue's monthly Promo Award cycle, which discounts select US-Europe routes to roughly 45-55K Flying Blue miles in business and 18.75-25K in economy each way (Flying Blue's Promo Rewards page; Frequent Miler's monthly Promo coverage). At the lower end of the Promo range with the +20% applied, a one-way business class award to Europe is 37.5K Chase UR.

What 100K UR actually books, sorted by value per point

Specific redemptions our radar surfaces for someone with a 100K UR balance. CPP is cash value ÷ points × 100, the r/awardtravel measuring stick. Numbers below reflect today's chart and today's live bonuses.

Redemption	Points needed	Cash comparable	CPP	Notes
ANA First to Tokyo via Virgin Atlantic	85K (72.5K from SFO / ORD)	~$14,000	16.5	Virgin Atlantic releases ANA First in burst windows. Phone-book when space shows.
Flying Blue business Promo Award to Europe	45K (37.5K UR with +20%)	~$3,500	7.8	Monthly Promo cycle. Destinations rotate. Check early each month.
Singapore Suites or First to Asia	155K	~$12,000	7.7	Above 100K. Suites partner space functionally waitlist for non-elites.
ANA Business to Tokyo via United	110K	~$7,500	6.82	Reliable space, no partner-release lottery. Slightly above 100K.
Park Hyatt Maldives Hadahaa	25K/night today (Cat 7 off-peak); 35K+ after May 20	~$1,500	6.0	Book by May 19 to lock the current rate. Hyatt honors booking-date category.
Aeroplan business one-way to Europe (band 1)	60K	~$3,500	5.8	LHR, FRA, BRU, DUB, CDG, AMS. 100K UR covers one one-way with 40K left over. Band 2 cities (MUC, VIE, PRG) are 70K each way today and 75K from June 1.
Hyatt Category 1 off-peak	3K/night today; 3K-9K range after May 20	~$100	3.3	Hyatt's Cat 1 list is the volume play for domestic and SE Asia.
Flying Blue Promo economy	18.75K (15.6K UR with +20%)	~$600	3.2	Same monthly cycle as the biz Promo, lower-cost option.

ANA First via Virgin Atlantic is the unicorn: great when you find it, frustrating when you do not. Flying Blue business is the workhorse, and the +20% bonus through May 27 makes the workhorse 7.5K UR cheaper per one-way business award than its baseline.

What I would do with exactly 100K UR right now

Transfer 75K UR to Flying Blue this month. With the +20% bonus that becomes 90K Flying Blue miles, which covers two business class one-ways to Europe at 45K each via the Promo Award cycle (or one round-trip with miles to spare for taxes). The bonus expires May 27. Holding the UR past then means paying ~7.5K more UR per one-way business award until the next UR → Flying Blue bonus drops. Looking at 2025, Chase ran Flying Blue bonuses in February, May, August, and November, so 3-4 times a year is the recent cadence (Frequent Miler's transfer-bonus archive).

If next month's Promo destinations do not fit your dates, the Aeroplan band-1 round-trip to Europe is the fallback: 120K Aeroplan total covers London, Frankfurt, Brussels, Dublin, Paris, or Amsterdam round-trip in business at 60K each way on Star Alliance partners (AwardWallet's Aeroplan guide). There is no UR → Aeroplan bonus right now (the +20% that ran through April 30 is the one we covered last month), so it is a straight 1:1 transfer. Band 2 cities (Munich, Vienna, Prague) are 70K each way today and rise to 75K from June 1, 2026 (Frequent Miler's Aeroplan June 1 chart change coverage).

If you are hotel-leaning, Park Hyatt Maldives Hadahaa at 25K/night during shoulder months is the headliner, but the booking window to lock that rate ends May 19. Hyatt Category 1 is the volume play for repeat domestic travel or the SE Asia trip you have been putting off.

Why I would skip Marriott even at +65%

The +65% bonus through May 15 turns 100K UR into 165K Marriott Bonvoy points. The math: Marriott points run roughly 0.77 cpp per Frequent Miler's most-recent reasonable-redemption-values update (Frequent Miler 2025-2026 valuation set) and ~0.8 cpp per The Points Guy (TPG Marriott valuation, 2026). 165K Marriott points work out to roughly $1,270 at Frequent Miler's number, $1,320 at TPG's. The same 100K UR transferred to Flying Blue or Aeroplan and booked into business class to Europe is worth $5,000-$7,000.

The +65% narrows the gap. It does not close it.

The bonus is useful in one specific case: you have a Marriott stay already planned, the cash rate is high, and your Chase UR is the closest currency to fund it. Then yes, transferring saves you points on a stay you would have paid for anyway. As a general "should I shovel UR into Marriott" move, no. Both One Mile at a Time and Frequent Miler reached the same conclusion in their coverage of the May bonus (OMAAT's "pass" take, 2026-05-01; Frequent Miler's 1.3cpp math).

Watch-outs

Transfers are one-way and non-reversible. Once Chase UR becomes Marriott points or Flying Blue miles, you cannot get them back. Find real award space, then transfer.

Aeroplan does not pass fuel surcharges on partner awards (Travel-Dealz fuel surcharge list, checked 2026-05-10). There is a CA$39 partner booking fee but no YQ on partner metal. Air Canada's own metal does pass surcharges and uses dynamic pricing, so the fixed-chart partner approach wins on both axes.

Virgin Atlantic Flying Club has a zone chart, not a single rate. ANA First from SFO or ORD is 72.5K Virgin Atlantic miles one-way; from JFK it is 85K; from London it is 95K. The table above lists the JFK number because it is the most-common origin for the audience reading this. West Coast users pay less (Upgraded Points' ANA First guide).

Hadahaa's specific category placement is the soft claim in this post. Only On Points With Kids explicitly names the property in their Cat 8 list; OMAAT's named-property Cat 8 list does not include it (OMAAT's category changes piece). The price floor change (today 25K min, post-May-20 35K min) is the verified part. If anyone has a Hyatt official property-by-property list, point us at it.

Where to start

Drop your Chase UR balance into the radar and see exactly which sweet spots your number unlocks, with the current bonuses already factored into the math: points-radar.com/radar?chase_ur=100000. The Flying Blue +20% and Marriott +65% are priced in automatically through their respective expiry dates.

Or browse the full transfer-partner breakdown on the Chase Ultimate Rewards currency page. If you also hold Amex MR, the parallel breakdown for 100K Amex Membership Rewards covers a different partner mix and the June 30 Etihad-ending deadline.