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Chase offers the Ink Business Cash℠ Credit Card with $500 Bonus Cash Back after making $3,000 in purchases during the first 3 months from account opening. Thanks Cappy123

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  • Earn $500 bonus cash back after you spend $3,000 on purchases in the first 3 months from account opening
  • Earn 5% cash back on the first $25,000 spent in combined purchases at office supply stores and on internet, cable and phone services each account anniversary year
  • Earn 2% cash back on the first $25,000 spent in combined purchases at gas stations and restaurants each account anniversary year
  • Earn 1% cash back on all other card purchases with no limit to the amount you can earn
  • 0% introductory APR for 12 months on purchases
  • Employee cards at no additional cost
  • No Annual Fee

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You did it wrong. And applying with your SSN had nothing to do with your decline. Don't pretend to have an elaborate business that you can't back up - even if you can stretch it to seem kinda plausible.

What you should have done (and could do in 30 days if you wish to reapply) is to simply apply as a "Sole Proprietor". From that point, pick a category/subcategory that makes sense for you, put minimal levels of income and years in business. I have gotten 3 Chase business cards doing exactly that (2 using my SSN, the 3rd with an EIN), as have a large number of other people - oddly enough, it is easier to get approved following those steps than for legitimate small business owners applying for their businesses.
That one has an annual fee and requires $5k spending from what I can see, but the CB and bonus amount are indeed better.
When I signed up years ago, basic Ebay sellers were viewed as a business. Today YMMV but I still have the card.

One thing to know, the buyer protections granted to customers of non-business VISA cards may not come with the business card. You may want to check carefully before using this card for higher risk purchases.

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Knightshade
06-22-2018 at 07:45 PM.
06-22-2018 at 07:45 PM.
Quote from ncsujen :
Yes, you get more money to use toward traveling, but sometimes it's not always a better deal.
It generally is though.

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I have over $700 in UR that is worth a little over $900 through the travel portal
It's worth around $1100 through the portal (depending how over 700 in points) if you have a CSR...which if you travel significantly and use chase cards, you should.

It's likely worth significantly more than $1100 if you transfer it to most airlines where you can often get nearer 2 cents a point- so near $1500....(or 2-3 times THAT if booking business class)... or Hyatt where you can get 2-3 cents a point decently often with transfers (the other hotel chain transfers kind of suck in comparison)


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, but i can get a much better package deal through bundling on a site like Travelocity or Priceline. It's also limited on what airlines it offers, or so I remember.
Not really, no.

Well- transfers are sort of limited... but given airline alliances there's relatively few you can't still book with...

The travel portal can book pretty much any airline to my knowledge, though for a couple (Southwest for example) you need to do it via telephone.

Transfers usually beat the portal though, and usually by a decent amount... (southwest is the most likely exception- since the transferred points are typically worth 1.4-1.6 cents each... while using the portal you get 1.5 cents a point with a CSR card AND it counts as a revenue fare so you get SW points for it too.).
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AgainstFooIs
06-23-2018 at 12:57 PM.
06-23-2018 at 12:57 PM.
Just received my card. I applied as a sole proprietor. Have 3 credit cards with chase already (total).

I was able to activate it by calling a number automatically without a human, but, to set up an online account I couldn't.

I had to call them and go through fraud department in order to get my account set up. Weird. All good though.


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MzSuperStar
06-23-2018 at 01:01 PM.
06-23-2018 at 01:01 PM.
Quote from bloomnit :
Will purchase of a visa or mastercard gift card count towards the 3000 purchase limit?
Quote from nicemann :
Yes it will.

Does this need to be a Visa/Mastercard Gift Card, or will it also work with a Visa/Mastercard Prepaid card?


Anyone with experience please post.
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ncsujen
06-23-2018 at 06:44 PM.
06-23-2018 at 06:44 PM.
Quote from Knightshade :
It generally is though.



It's worth around $1100 through the portal (depending how over 700 in points) if you have a CSR...which if you travel significantly and use chase cards, you should.

It's likely worth significantly more than $1100 if you transfer it to most airlines where you can often get nearer 2 cents a point- so near $1500....(or 2-3 times THAT if booking business class)... or Hyatt where you can get 2-3 cents a point decently often with transfers (the other hotel chain transfers kind of suck in comparison)




Not really, no.

Well- transfers are sort of limited... but given airline alliances there's relatively few you can't still book with...

The travel portal can book pretty much any airline to my knowledge, though for a couple (Southwest for example) you need to do it via telephone.

Transfers usually beat the portal though, and usually by a decent amount... (southwest is the most likely exception- since the transferred points are typically worth 1.4-1.6 cents each... while using the portal you get 1.5 cents a point with a CSR card AND it counts as a revenue fare so you get SW points for it too.).

I guess my comment is geared more toward international travel. I've found much better deals bundling those. For domestic travel, I could see it beneficial to using the portal or transfer especially when paired with hotel points from other cards.
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Knightshade
06-23-2018 at 08:18 PM.
06-23-2018 at 08:18 PM.
Quote from ncsujen :
I guess my comment is geared more toward international travel. I've found much better deals bundling those. For domestic travel, I could see it beneficial to using the portal or transfer especially when paired with hotel points from other cards.
Really depends on what international you're looking at... for longer overseas flights business class is really worth it to us, if nothing else getting a real lay-flat bed each way lets you arrive in the morning and get right to enjoying the trip instead of getting there exhausted...and points transfers can easily get you 4-6 cents per point that way.

You're not going to get anywhere near that kind of value taking the points as cash at 1 cent a point and buying a flight/hotel bundle.


For economy fares, I guess I'd have to see what kind of bundles you're talking about...

These days it's not that tough to find 200-300 bucks round trip to much of Europe for example, though often you don't get to take any real luggage along... so using the chase portal at 1.5 cents a point you'd get your flight for 13,000-20,000 points... or the equivalent of $130-200 if you took those points as cash instead... how much is the flight in your package deal?

For "real" economy flights with checked bags using point transfers will run you at least 32,000 points round trip... so you'd be "paying" $320 worth of points (versus taking those points as cash) on the low end....roughly double using the portal so probably only worth it if you have a decent amount of luggage to take along...


Hotels vary way too widely to judge... Chase transfers offer fantastic value at Hyatt properties, 2-3 cents per point isn't hard to find... but if you want to stay at $50/nt hostels or something even the best Hyatt deal is gonna be insanely overpriced compared to that...so for cheaper properties you'd be back to the 1.5 cents a point at the portal.... meaning $100 "worth" of points if taken as cash would book you $150 worth of hotel room.
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ICE1874193
06-23-2018 at 09:05 PM.
06-23-2018 at 09:05 PM.
After applying do they always say they will review and snail mail you whether accepted or not?
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tonyGR8
06-24-2018 at 04:53 AM.
06-24-2018 at 04:53 AM.
Applied over a week ago and received the wait thirty days and haven't heard anything yet. Is there a phone number I can call to speed this process up?
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Knightshade
06-24-2018 at 06:08 AM.
06-24-2018 at 06:08 AM.
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lldarkdank2l
06-24-2018 at 10:14 PM.
06-24-2018 at 10:14 PM.
Did you get instantly approved or did it go to pending and then received card later? Thanks!!
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khalid7412002
06-24-2018 at 11:50 PM.
06-24-2018 at 11:50 PM.
My GF and I each opened a chase business checking for the $300 signup bonus and during the account creation, we also were approved for this card with the $500 bonus after $3K spend in 3 months.

We don't buy a lot but I was thinking to use either plastiq or Venmo to make payments to each other.

Both plastiq and Venmo have 2.5%-3% fees, which amounts to ~$75, but has anyone actually used either to meet these sign up bonus requirements?

Do both plastiq/Venmo show up as credit purchases on the card?

Any other method where the fees are lower?
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nc3780
06-25-2018 at 10:20 AM.
06-25-2018 at 10:20 AM.
Quote from MzSuperStar :
Does this need to be a Visa/Mastercard Gift Card, or will it also work with a Visa/Mastercard Prepaid card?


Anyone with experience please post.
Any purchase you make counts towards the spend.
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nc3780
06-25-2018 at 10:25 AM.
06-25-2018 at 10:25 AM.
Quote from khalid7412002 :
My GF and I each opened a chase business checking for the $300 signup bonus and during the account creation, we also were approved for this card with the $500 bonus after $3K spend in 3 months.

We don't buy a lot but I was thinking to use either plastiq or Venmo to make payments to each other.

Both plastiq and Venmo have 2.5%-3% fees, which amounts to ~$75, but has anyone actually used either to meet these sign up bonus requirements?

Do both plastiq/Venmo show up as credit purchases on the card?

Any other method where the fees are lower?
Depending on where you shop/eat, you can take advantage of the 5% office supplies cb and stock up on gift cards.
This way you don't have to pay any fees.

I'm unsure about Venmo but I have seen youtube vids where plastiq is treated as a standard purchase so you should be fine with this route.
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lenser
06-26-2018 at 05:01 PM.
06-26-2018 at 05:01 PM.
Are there any risks applying for a CC before applying for a mortgage?
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Knightshade
06-27-2018 at 10:22 AM.
06-27-2018 at 10:22 AM.
Quote from lenser :
Are there any risks applying for a CC before applying for a mortgage?

One? Not really, as long as you have any sort of decent credit history/score.

Probably don't want to spam 20 of em on there shortly before applying though.
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supaflyz
06-27-2018 at 12:05 PM.
06-27-2018 at 12:05 PM.
To those who is waiting and got the wait to review in 30 days. Same thing happen to me. I didn't call or anything. Received the card in the mail within 2 weeks after I apply
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