Is signing up for Amazon Chase card a bad idea?
Nov 20, 2011, 10:49 pm
#1
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Is signing up for Amazon Chase card a bad idea?
Hi.
I was about to make a purchase via Amazon, and they are offering 30 dollars off the purchase price if I sign up for an Amazon Chase card.
If I take advantage of this, would it make it difficult to get a Chase airline mileage card in the forseeable future because of recent application issues? If so, it would not be worth the thirty bucks I would save.
I have excellent credit.
Thanks.
I was about to make a purchase via Amazon, and they are offering 30 dollars off the purchase price if I sign up for an Amazon Chase card.
If I take advantage of this, would it make it difficult to get a Chase airline mileage card in the forseeable future because of recent application issues? If so, it would not be worth the thirty bucks I would save.
I have excellent credit.
Thanks.
Nov 20, 2011, 11:09 pm
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Hi.
I was about to make a purchase via Amazon, and they are offering 30 dollars off the purchase price if I sign up for an Amazon Chase card.
If I take advantage of this, would it make it difficult to get a Chase airline mileage card in the forseeable future because of recent application issues? If so, it would not be worth the thirty bucks I would save.
I have excellent credit.
Thanks.
I was about to make a purchase via Amazon, and they are offering 30 dollars off the purchase price if I sign up for an Amazon Chase card.
If I take advantage of this, would it make it difficult to get a Chase airline mileage card in the forseeable future because of recent application issues? If so, it would not be worth the thirty bucks I would save.
I have excellent credit.
Thanks.
Nov 20, 2011, 11:37 pm
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Does anyone know if the 3x points you get on the Chase Amazon can be applied towards their rewards program? This is assuming you have a saphire card as well...
If so, this would be an OKAY deal if you shop frequently at Amazon.
If so, this would be an OKAY deal if you shop frequently at Amazon.
Nov 21, 2011, 10:14 am
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Chase does seem to care a lot about the total amount of credit limits is gives a consumer but less so about the total number of cards. The consensus seems to be that amazon purchases are best made on a CITI card that offers thank you points but the problem with CITI is 1) most limits on the forward card are very low and 2) TY points are subject to devaluation.
Nov 21, 2011, 11:15 am
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We switched our Amazon spending to Citi Forward.
Last edited by mia; Nov 21, 2011 at 5:23 pm
Nov 21, 2011, 12:23 pm
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In so many ways, the citi Forward is an excellent card. For some reason, some of us have been un-de-valued (revalued? plusvalued?) by citi recently - suddenly my ThankYou Points are worth 1:1 toward student loans again. I can't wait to unload the rest of this student loan debt.