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The 50,000-point offer is still available, and I'd be glad to churn it several times if I can, which is why I ask. Seems to me the fact Chase awards the points, not the free night certificate, to those who have had the card in the past suggests you can churn the card for the points.
If you'd been reading the linked MilesBuzz! thread all along, and reading posts about re-applying carefully, you'd see that people who succeeded were ones who'd gotten their previous card
years ago,
not months ago.
Chase cards are in genearl not churnable "quickly", the way that some Citi cards are -- the
Citi HHonors Visa card can be applied for twice every 65 days if you can meet the spend threshold that quickly. But you can't do anything remotely like that with Chase).
So "churn several times" in the Chase world tends to mean "over many years" (not "this year" like it can in Citi world).
(Note: Note all Citi cards can be churned that fast. AA, in particular, is a major exception where a couple years wait between pairs of successful applications are typically necessary.)
Also, I recall Chase being the bank that is rumored (per some thread I saw on FT a while back but can't find at this moment) to be looking out for people who spend only to get the bonus and then never use the card again. It's also the bank known to take back bonuses if you cancel "too quickly" after getting the bonus.