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Will Chase match the Sapphire Preferred 60K offer to 80K?: Chase has recently increased the welcome bonus for the Sapphire Preferred card to 80,000 points after $4K spend. The previous offer was for 60K points. Read more about the new offer here: Chase Sapphire Preferred 80K Offer – Should you go for it?
Now, many people have asked two questions related to Chase’s new offer:
- I signed up recently for the 60K offer. Will Chase match me to the 80K offer?
- If someone refers me to the Sapphire Preferred, is there any way for me to get the 80K offer? The reason for this question is that people playing in two-player mode would like to earn the referral bonus (15K) and the full welcome bonus (80K), but the refer-a-friend offer is currently still only 60K.
If Chase will readily match people to the 80K offer, then that would answer both questions at once. So, will they?
Will Chase match the new offer? Here’s their usual pattern.
Chase will usually match you to a new public offer as long as you signed up within the past 90 days. That said, sometimes when a new offer hits the scene, it takes some time before they start allowing matches (I don’t remember how long… maybe a few days or a week?).
But here’s the current status…
So far, most reports (but not all) from people who have asked Chase for a match were negative. They were told no.
My guess is that Chase will open the floodgates soon to status matches, but they haven’t yet. If you try it, please report your results in the comments below. Let us know whether you contacted Chase via phone or secure message and of course let us know what the answer was.
Referral recommendations
If you’re in two player mode and would like to earn both a referral bonus and the 80K bonus, I recommend waiting a week or two to see how things shake out:
- It’s possible that Chase will update the referral offer to 80K. If so, you’ll obviously be happy that you waited.
- It’s likely (in my opinion) that we’ll start hearing lots of 80K match success stories in a week or two. If so, you can confidently sign up for the 60K referral offer and then contact Chase for the match.
- If neither of the above happen, then you’re better off applying directly (Our application link can be found here. Thanks!)
If you signed up earlier for the 60K offer…
Wait a week or two before contacting Chase for a match. Also, if you were previously told no, there is no harm in later trying again. Just make sure that you make your requests before the 90 day window is over. The only hope of getting matched to the better offer is if you make the request within 90 days of your application.
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I applied when the bonus was 80k points, but only the offer of 60k is showing up on my account. Would Chase match the 80k offer if I signed up within the time frame?
Did the landing page show the 80K offer when you applied?
If so, they should definitely give you the 80K. If not, there’s no harm in asking.
Any updated data points on whether Chase is matching the sign-up bonus? We tried a month ago but were denied. Planning to ask again later this month and would love to know if anyone has had success with subsequent requests.
Haven’t heard any positive data points. I don’t think it’s going to work, but it can’t hurt to try again.
Been waiting for the referral link to reflect the 80,000 points, and it finally worked today! So 80,000 points + an extra 15,000 for referring.
I called customer service today, and the lady who was helping me out filed a report to the marketing team to review my application so they could verify that I had applied directly through the Chase website (and no other referral links) and that I had applied and been approved between the September 13 – November 8 time frame. She said that once those conditions are verified, they would most likely approve the match. So it seems like they are willing to match the offer if the account was opened directly through them (directly on their website & not through any referral links) and between the dates September 13 – November 8.
Keep us posted!
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I called and sent message for matching and both were “no”.
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Same story as everyone else, unfortunately. My wife was approved for CSP on 8/17. Sent a SM on 9/15, asking for a match. Denied. We’ll try again in a month.
Just got my card a couple weeks ago. Asked via phone yesterday for the 80K and was told no even after asking them to make an exception. I’ll try again in a couple weeks per your advice.
Applied and approved 6.29. MSR already met already got bonus. Sent SM for match 9.15. Negative. Will definitely try again by SM again in the next week or so.
Applied 9/14. Phone call today: card was mailed out yesterday, representative said she could not see 80k offer. Denied
Had CSP less than 3 mo.and already received SUB for 60,000 points DM denied today
You just answered every question I had on the subject. Thanks so much.
got it about 2.5 month ago, DM denied today.
I finally got under 5/24, for the first time since they implemented it (thanks in part to the pandemic). Applied for the CSP September 8 and was approved. Found out about 80k on September 14. Called, and was told I would receive a decision by mail. Tried secure message, was turned down flat (and I’m a Chase Private Client). Had not even received the card when I called. I was about to refer my wife for the 80k, thanks for the heads up that it’s only 60k on a referral. I’ll wait a bit and see if anything shakes out before trying again for a match.