As would be expected, the welcome offers for the revamped Chase Sapphire Reserve card and the new Sapphire Reserve for Business card got all the attention yesterday despite being somewhat disappointing versus what many of us were hoping for.
Those weren’t the only Chase cards that saw increased welcome offers though. In addition to the United Quest card getting a higher offer, the Sapphire Preferred welcome offer got bumped back up to 75,000 bonus points when spending $5,000 in the first three months from account opening.
The Offer & Key Card Details
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 ⓘ $985 1st Yr Value Estimate$50 prepaid hotel credit valued at $35 Click to learn about first year value estimates 75K Points ⓘAffiliateThis is an affiliate offer. Frequent Miler may earn a commission if you are approved for this offer Earn 75,000 bonus points after spending $5,000 within the first three months from account opening.$95 Annual Fee Recent better offer: Expired 5/14/25: 100K after $5K spend FM Mini Review: Great welcome offer. Unlocks ability to transfer points to hotel & airline partners. Solid option to pair with no annual fee Ultimate Rewards cards such as the Freedom cards, Ink Business Cash, and Ink Business Unlimited. Earning rate: 5X Travel booked through Chase Travel℠ (2X all other travel) ✦ 5X Lyft through 9/30/27 ✦3X Dining ✦ 3X Select streaming services ✦ 3X Online grocery ✦ 10% annual point bonus Card Info: Visa Signature issued by Chase. This card has no foreign currency conversion fees. Noteworthy perks: Primary auto rental collision damage waiver ✦ Free DoorDash DashPass (min. one year, must activate by 12/31/27)✦ $10 off each month on one non-restaurant orders from DoorDash ✦ Transfer points to airline & hotel partners ✦ $50 back for hotel stays booked through Chase per cardmember year in the form of a statement credit ✦ Each account anniversary earn bonus points equal to 10% of total purchases made the previous year. |
Quick Thoughts
A few months ago, you could earn 100,000 bonus points as the welcome offer on the Sapphire Preferred card. This new 75,000 point offer is clearly not as good as that, but it is an improvement on the 60,000 points available over the past few weeks since the 100K offer ended.
There are probably quite a few people who’d gotten themselves under 5/24 and were holding off on applying for any new personal cards until they had a chance to see what the updated Sapphire Reserve card would look like and – just as importantly – what kind of welcome offer would come with it. If the thought of having to pay a $795 annual fee for a card that awards “only” 100K points as the welcome offer as we found out yesterday, earning 75K points for a $95 annual fee card might be more appealing, especially if you don’t think you’ll be able to get good value from the myriad of coupons on the Sapphire Reserve nowadays.
If you have a Sapphire Preferred already and want to refer your partner, you’ll earn 15,000 bonus points as the referrer, taking the household earnings to a total of 90,000 bonus points before accounting for points earned through making the minimum spend requirement.
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The CSP keeping its 2x on travel is a big win for me. The CSP strikes me as absolutely the better card; you could have an Amex Platinum + CSP for less than just the CSR at this point.
A friend missed the 100K offer, glad to see this come back. 75K is a small enough bump that I wonder if Chase is going to keep that as the standard bonus for a while, now that the 1.25 cpp redemption option is gone?
I currently have a CSR but don’t want to keep after the new AF increase. My wife currently has a CSP. Can she refer me to the CSP so we get a combined 90k points with referral, I can transfer my CSR points to my CSP account, then close out my CSR? Not sure if Chase will allow me to have both types of Sapphire at the same time.
Got approved for CSP about 2 weeks ago @ 60k UR, will they match to the current bonus?
It’s worth messaging Chase to ask as the worst they can do is say no.
They sent someone to my house to kick my dog, but I was over 5/24.
Now, wouldn’t it be funny if after all of this CSR hoopla dies down that Chase announces a CSP refresh and it goes to 3/3/3 earnings with no coupons?