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Old Sep 19, 2012, 5:07 pm
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taliesin
 
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: San Francisco
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Originally Posted by Stubtify
#2 Apply for 1x Chase MP explorer-55K after $1k spend
Apply for 1x Chase Sapphire Preferred 40k after $3k in spending.
You will have 98k United Miles, and will take 40 weeks to pay yourself back.
I just wanted to point out that though you can apply for both of these cards, if you apply for more than one Chase card within 30 days they will auto-deny the second one. I have done this, and I was able to get approved for the second by calling the reconsideration line, but if there's no rush it's probably better to space out your Chase applications.

I just saw that FTG had a post yesterday that gives an overview of the various CC issuers and guidelines for dealing with each:
http://www.frugaltravelguy.com/2012/...lications.html
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