Chase is offering
80,000 Bonus Points ($1,000 towards travel)
w/ $4,000 Spent in the First 3 Months of Account Opening for their
Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card with $95 Annual Fee.
Card Details:
- Earn 60,000 bonus points after you spend $4,000 on purchases in the first 3 months from account opening. That's $750 when you redeem through Chase Ultimate Rewards®.
- Enjoy benefits such as a $50 annual Ultimate Rewards Hotel Credit, 5x on travel purchased through Chase Ultimate Rewards®, 3x on dining and 2x on all other travel purchases, plus more.
- Get 25% more value when you redeem for airfare, hotels, car rentals and cruises through Chase Ultimate Rewards®. For example, 60,000 points are worth $750 toward travel.
- With Pay Yourself BackSM, your points are worth 25% more during the current offer when you redeem them for statement credits against existing purchases in select, rotating categories
- Count on Trip Cancellation/Interruption Insurance, Auto Rental Collision Damage Waiver, Lost Luggage Insurance and more.
- Get complimentary access to DashPass which unlocks $0 delivery fees and lower service fees for a minimum of one year when you activate by December 31, 2024.
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Part of the motivator is I will be traveling for work once a month now. My work pays for the airfare. They book the rental car (National) and hotel (IGH/Holiday Inn) as well, but I pay and am reimbursed. From what I can tell it seems like CSR/CSP travel rewards will work better for that arrangement since I can't book them myself. So I'm sort of leaning towards one off those, but still not sure which is the better option.
Curious what other people's takes on this are and which of these 3 they would suggest? I'm also curious if there's any option to upgrade to CSR if you sign up for CSP?
No. I applied the day it went live. Annual fee was never waived, and at the time the bonus eligibility was ever 24 months. However, before the 24 months hit, Chase extended it to 48 months and introduced the one Sapphire product rule. You used to be able to get the Preferred and Reserve bonuses without affecting eligibility for the other.
Part of the motivator is I will be traveling for work once a month now. My work pays for the airfare. They book the rental car (National) and hotel (IGH/Holiday Inn) as well, but I pay and am reimbursed. From what I can tell it seems like CSR/CSP travel rewards will work better for that arrangement since I can't book them myself. So I'm sort of leaning towards one off those, but still not sure which is the better option.
Curious what other people's takes on this are and which of these 3 they would suggest? I'm also curious if there's any option to upgrade to CSR if you sign up for CSP?
Grocery stores
Home improvement stores
Dining establishments, including take-out and delivery services
$300 travel credit can be used on gas and groceries until EOY so you should be able to take advantage of that full credit.
If you plan to do any travel then the 1.5 thru the travel portal would probably push me over the edge to go with CSR. Amex is a good offer but is only once per lifetime where the CSR can be churned every 4 years. So I would go with CSR first and then you could double dip on the Amex, but based on Chase 5/24 rule and not knowing where you are I would go with CSR first. When annual fee comes up next year I would cancel though and move points to freedom or other UR card until you or the wife gets the CSP or CSR again.
JMO
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Part of the motivator is I will be traveling for work once a month now. My work pays for the airfare. They book the rental car (National) and hotel (IGH/Holiday Inn) as well, but I pay and am reimbursed. From what I can tell it seems like CSR/CSP travel rewards will work better for that arrangement since I can't book them myself. So I'm sort of leaning towards one off those, but still not sure which is the better option.
Curious what other people's takes on this are and which of these 3 they would suggest? I'm also curious if there's any option to upgrade to CSR if you sign up for CSP?