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Via an inside source, I’ve learned that Chase plans to offer increased signup bonuses for the Sapphire Preferred and Freedom cards. The expected go-live date is November 16, but sometimes deals like these appear a bit sooner in some channels, such as through Chase’s refer-a-friend program.
Both cards earn Chase Ultimate Rewards points. With a premium card like the Sapphire Preferred card, points are transferable to a number of airline and hotel programs. For more details, please see: Quick guide toransferable points programs.
Here are the (expected) details of the new offers:
Chase Sapphire Preferred
Total bonus: 55K
Details: Earn 50,000 bonus points (usual offer is for 40,000) after $4K spend in 3 months. Earn an additional 5,000 bonus points for adding an authorized user.
Annual fee: First year waived, then $95
10K more for Chase Private Client members
Total bonus: 65K
Chase has a program called Chase Private Client for their high value customers. If you’ve been invited to join, do it! Private Client bankers often have better signup bonuses that they can offer to their customers. With the upcoming promotion, we’re expecting to see the Sapphire Preferred at 65K (60K + 5K for adding an authorized user) for Private Client members!
Chase Freedom
Total bonus: 17.5K
Details: Earn 15,000 bonus points (usual offer is for 10,000, but we occasionally see 20,000) after $500 spend in 3 months. Earn an additional 2,500 bonus points for adding an authorized user.
Annual fee: None
Note: Points earned on the Freedom card are not directly transferable to airline and hotel programs, but you can move points to your (or your spouse’s or business partner’s) Sapphire Preferred or Ink Plus account and then transfer to an airline or hotel program. See: How to share Chase Ultimate Rewards with friends.
Getting approved
Lately, Chase has been denying many/most applications for the Sapphire Preferred, Freedom, and Ink cards when the applicant has applied for more than 5 cards in the past two years. If you haven’t applied for many cards in the last two years and you have a decent credit history, you should be fine. If you have applied for a lot of cards, consider applying in-branch. Those with Chase bank accounts who apply for cards through their local banker seem to have a better success rate (anecdotally). Sometimes the banker is able to advocate on the applicants behalf to push approvals through.
Getting the bonus
Remember that you cannot get a signup bonus for a Chase card if you received a signup bonus for the same card within the past 24 months. So, if you signed up for the Sapphire Preferred card in the past, make sure you received the bonus more than 24 months ago. You also must not have the card anymore, but it is OK if you cancelled or downgraded the card less than 24 months ago.
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Anyone seen the Chase 55k offer that FM said is going live today? How to get it?
https://creditcards.chase.com/a1/sapphire/apply50
Thanks!
When exactly should we expect to see these links?
it is available now. I just went in
Today, a personal banker from chase confirmed to me that the increase will indeed go live the 15th. They are actually being product trained on this to notify potential customers. So good news!
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Any tips on making it to their chase private client? Or anyway to make it quicker?
I don’t know how they select for this
The freedom 20k offer will return on november 30th.
are you sure about this?
I have 5 accounts in past two years(one of them is authorized user), got declined last month by applying online for CSP. Recon, special consideration, and secure message didn’t work either. If I want to try it again, what kind of banker would you recommend that may “be able to advocate on the applicants”? Thanks a lot!!!
Best would be if you could get into the Private Client program. Otherwise, just go to your local bank and ask about credit cards.
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Adding AU may not be a good idea, as there are reports that AU counts towards the 5 cards in two years to Chase. Just a thought.
I can confirm this, although after protesting, the rep accepted that those are AU and SO was eventually approved.
Do you think this Freedom bonus is worth applying for? When (If ever) do you think the 20K offer will return?
Yes. At most we’ve seen 20K in the past. We don’t know if/when that will happen again.
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