When I save the model for this controller, I'm trying to use the promise's resolution to transition back from the editUser route to the User route. All of the examples have some version of this.transitionTo (if the action is in the route) or this.transitionToRoute (if in the controller), but no matter where I place the action, the scope of "this…

edit_user_controller.js

Seanchai.EditUserController = Ember.ObjectController.extend({

  actions: {
    cancel: function() {
      log.info("cancelling user edit");
      this.transitionToRoute('user', this);
    },
    save: function() {
      log.info("submitting user update...");
      this.get("model").save().then(function(answer) {
        return this.transitionToRoute('user', answer);
      });
    }
  }

});

Per Yehuda Katz (and thank you for the help, Yehuda!):

You need to save of this (var route = this) and then use the saved off name inside