Chase is offering 80,000 bonus points after you spend $4,000 on purchases in the first 3 months from account opening for their Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card. Annual fee is $95.
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Chase is offering 80,000 bonus points after you spend $4,000 on purchases in the first 3 months from account opening for their Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card. Annual fee is $95.
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Earn 80,000 bonus points after you spend $4,000 on purchases in the first 3 months from account opening. That's $1,000 when you redeem through Chase Ultimate Rewards®.
Enjoy benefits such as 5x on travel purchased through Chase Ultimate Rewards®, 3x on dining, and 2x on all other travel purchases, and $50 annual Ultimate Rewards Hotel Credit, plus more.
Get 25% more value when you redeem for airfare, hotels, car rentals and cruises through Chase Ultimate Rewards®. For example, 80,000 points are worth $1,000 toward travel.
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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Nice deal, Pity I still have the Ink Business Preferred active and just applied for Freedom Unlimited... A word of caution with their UR Travel service. I had very negative experience with them lately.
On one occasion, I planned my conference and booked the hotel with UR Travel instead of using the conference link. The price was similar, so I decided to earn a few points... That was bad choice because:
They charged the full amount immediately instead of placing a hold.
When I wanted to shorten my stay, it took me almost 2 hour on the phone to change it. And even then, their portal still shows the old travel dates and it took them 2 weeks to refund the difference, so that I had to pay the balance first.
On the other occasion, I tried to book a cruise with them - even worse headache. They do have some cruises online but not all of them. And definitely they don't have any of the optional packages the cruise lines now have to sweeten the deal. My cruise was not available on the portal so I ended up spending 2-3 hours on the phone with very ignorant UR rewards employee who wanted nothing more than to end the call.
And most importantly... The Ultimate Rewards Travel has been outsorurced abroad, to multiple call centers in at least 2 multiple locations (I heard 2 different type of accents, both equally bad). The UR Travel call center used to be 100% English speaking, very knowledgeable, very nice and attentive representatives. Not anymore. Upon your call you are getting to the badly accented employee who is clueless as to what you are asking such that you have to repeat yourself 2-3 times. Mid you, English is my second language too, so I don't mind repeating, knowing that my accent is also bad. But I also know that it is not that bad so I have to repeat myself so much so it gets tiring. There is also bad lag between you talking and call center responding. This is confirmed on every occasion I had to interact with them. The only way to solve this is to immediately request the US Representative. At least for now this works, but who knows for how long.
Thanks for the heads up. Refer my wife to sign up. That's 15k for referral and 80,000 once the spending requirements are met.
That's what OP said. 80k + 10k in branch.
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Are there any websites you can recommend to give some guidance in using points on the airlines with the best award travel to different areas? Any sites that would give a rundown of how many points to go to a certain spot and compare different airlines and what the charge in points/miles? Like Expedia or Kayak does for prices, but using points instead. Or do I have to go to each airline, sign up for their rewards program and check miles needed on each individual one? Trying to go from US to Australia with Chase points, and not sure which airline will give me the best deal so I can transfer points to it.
The best blog for information on how to use the points and get the most is at d an s dea l s .co m The previous domain is broken up to avoid any blocks. Just type it in fully with no spaces. When you get to the site search for chase trifecta or quinfecta and it will find articles he has posted about how to use the points to the fullest. Trust me it is a treasure trove of information.
Okay has this happened to anyone here and is there a way to check when you last had the 'CSP' card for the 48 month rule?
It's 48 months from last time you received a sign up bonus--- not when you last held the card.
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Are there any websites you can recommend to give some guidance in using points on the airlines with the best award travel to different areas? Any sites that would give a rundown of how many points to go to a certain spot and compare different airlines and what the charge in points/miles? Like Expedia or Kayak does for prices, but using points instead. Or do I have to go to each airline, sign up for their rewards program and check miles needed on each individual one? Trying to go from US to Australia with Chase points, and not sure which airline will give me the best deal so I can transfer points to it.
Google "best use of chase points to X" where X is where you want to go and you'll find the usual suspects with articles on it (TPG, upgraded miles, million mile secrets, etc...)
You can also use this website to get some ideas but bear in mind it's sort of an "ideally CAN be as cheap as X" not a "click here to book this route right now for X" thing
It's 48 months from last time you received a sign up bonus--- not when you last held the card.
Google "best use of chase points to X" where X is where you want to go and you'll find the usual suspects with articles on it (TPG, upgraded miles, million mile secrets, etc...)
You can also use this website to get some ideas but bear in mind it's sort of an "ideally CAN be as cheap as X" not a "click here to book this route right now for X" thing
When I go to the branch, can I confirm from the banker if I am getting 80k points before applying for the card? Just want to be sure if promotion is still active.
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On one occasion, I planned my conference and booked the hotel with UR Travel instead of using the conference link. The price was similar, so I decided to earn a few points... That was bad choice because:
They charged the full amount immediately instead of placing a hold.
When I wanted to shorten my stay, it took me almost 2 hour on the phone to change it. And even then, their portal still shows the old travel dates and it took them 2 weeks to refund the difference, so that I had to pay the balance first.
On the other occasion, I tried to book a cruise with them - even worse headache. They do have some cruises online but not all of them. And definitely they don't have any of the optional packages the cruise lines now have to sweeten the deal. My cruise was not available on the portal so I ended up spending 2-3 hours on the phone with very ignorant UR rewards employee who wanted nothing more than to end the call.
And most importantly... The Ultimate Rewards Travel has been outsorurced abroad, to multiple call centers in at least 2 multiple locations (I heard 2 different type of accents, both equally bad). The UR Travel call center used to be 100% English speaking, very knowledgeable, very nice and attentive representatives. Not anymore. Upon your call you are getting to the badly accented employee who is clueless as to what you are asking such that you have to repeat yourself 2-3 times. Mid you, English is my second language too, so I don't mind repeating, knowing that my accent is also bad. But I also know that it is not that bad so I have to repeat myself so much so it gets tiring. There is also bad lag between you talking and call center responding. This is confirmed on every occasion I had to interact with them. The only way to solve this is to immediately request the US Representative. At least for now this works, but who knows for how long.
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do you get your card info immediately to use on online purchase or do you need to wait for the actual card?
Thanks
You can also use this website to get some ideas but bear in mind it's sort of an "ideally CAN be as cheap as X" not a "click here to book this route right now for X" thing
https://www.awardhacker
See above- paid biz UR cards allow transfers too
Google "best use of chase points to X" where X is where you want to go and you'll find the usual suspects with articles on it (TPG, upgraded miles, million mile secrets, etc...)
You can also use this website to get some ideas but bear in mind it's sort of an "ideally CAN be as cheap as X" not a "click here to book this route right now for X" thing
https://www.awardhacker
You need a paid chase card that uses UR (CSP, CSR, and Ink Preferred being examples) to transfer to partners.
See above- paid biz UR cards allow transfers too
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Eddie
Good point
Note that it's recommended to use them asap.
I haven't had issues with them myself over the years.
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