I really wish there was a definitive answer on this. I'm less than 500 PQP from making 1K and can't see a pattern for billing cycle/payment PQP awards posted. I had some large purchases in Aug/Sep and the remaining spend this year isn't expected to be another $12k. I've already bought up some flights and an accelerator and don't want to have to do more if I don't have to.

My billing cycle closes the 17th.

I have autopay (from my bank) setup for a fixed amount but often go adjust that before it's sent, and also frequently just (additionally) pay down the full balance instead of only the statement balance, often in 2 payments (I pay from the chase web/app when checking the balance).

So here's a recent breakdown of awards and payments since May/June. I haven't seen anything post yet on the Oct payments, so it almost seems it's awarded when you hit the spend threshold, not when you pay the balances, which doesn't seem plausible unless they claw back an unpaid balance.

YTD payments just under $60K

Date PQP Award
6/30/2022 500
8/11/2022 500
9/27/2022 500
9/29/2022 500


Date Payment
6/21/2022 5,000.00
7/15/2022 5,000.00
8/12/2022 8,634.92
9/16/2022 6,004.26
9/19/2022 6,004.26
10/14/2022 6,156.04
10/18/2022 6,162.93