Applied for the Priority Club card last night. Upon calling the recon line was asked to fax a copy of my driver's license which i did. Now they said, it will take 5-7 business days for it be uploaded into their system. If i do get approved after all this, i fear, i wont be able to get the 80k points before the devaluation on 18th March.

Any tips?

Unfortunately for me, when I applied for it, I SOMEHOW [rookie mistake; my first AoR] applied for the WN Plus card, not Premier. So mine gives 3K miles and has a $69 annual fee, which does not exactly equate.

I'm based out of LA, though, and may find myself making a few flights to Phoenix this year, so WN miles might come in handy. I'm feeling like the $20 difference between the annual fee and the value of the WN miles makes up for keeping the bargaining chip for when I next want a Chase card.

It was actually a mistake on my part to apply for the United Explorer card. I am still a rookie and realized the importance of owning a Sapphire Preferred and Freedom only after I had applied for the United Explorer. Thankfully it worked out for me in the end.

Which is what I heard too before this happened to me.

I was fully expecting that the United Explorer would eventually get rejected. I never even mentioned it during my recon call.

I have a personal Chase card now but I'm thinking of canceling and getting another Chase card (or two). Should I cancel first or after?

What's good on the mileage earning front, aside from the BA card? I see the CSP, United, and Ink Bold cards, although it seems the latter are business-only. Can I move personal credit to an Ink card?

It appears that all you can get now is the 30K + 5K for adding an additional authorized user. Apparently the higher mileage bonuses were pulled a couple of weeks ago.

See this post (#1419) in that thread:

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/20110555-post1419.html

I can still see the 50k+5k and $50 statement credit by following what this post says.

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/20196156-post1478.html

Just picked up my 5th Chase card since beginning of January. Had to move business CL from SW to get the Ink Plus. I think I reached my limit with Chase.

Southwest plus pers- 50k points - $5k CL
SW plus bus - 50K points - $5k CL
CSP - 40k UR points - $17k CL
UA MP Expl - 55k miles - $5k CL
Ink Plus - 50k UR points - $15k CL

Companion pass status a few days ago.

Thanks you Chase!!

Wow. 5 Chase cards in less than 2 months. Do you a long credit history with Chase by having one of their no annual fee cards?

Unfortunately I don't have an invite link that has a URL that I can change as that post indicates (the first URL). That poster talks about seeing the invite when he logs on to his MP account, I don't have anything like that.

no history at all with Chase

A data point: Applied for Ink Bold and CSP on the same day, made a newbie mistake by using 2BM and clicking the applications at almost the same time (should probably have waited until one of them went through). Neither received instant approval, but both were approved after calling the recon lines. Credit Sesame showed one inquiry from Chase, but unclear if they pulled another report from other bureaus.

I have two other Chase cards for ~7 years, the new CSP account showed up on my online account after my recon call.

Newbie question: can the Ink Bold card be managed under the same online account with other personal cards?

Yes, somewhat. You'll need to create a business login, and then you can contact Chase and merge your personal cards into that account. You can not do the reverse. This seems to cause some loss of functionality with checking and bill pay other, so I use separate log ins.

See this thread for more info:

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/credi...s-card-14.html

Thanks!

Applying for BA Visa Signature... close Sapphire Preferred account first?
 

Guys,

I do a fair amount of US <-> LHR traffic and the 100K Avios points on offer with the BA Visa Signature card could make those journeys a little cheaper or more comfortable.

The BA card is operated by Chase, and I already have a Chase Sapphire Preferred card. Do I improve my chances of getting approved for the BA card by closing my existing Chase card, or can I have two active at the same time?

Thanks,

Niall

Don't cancel. If you don't get approved for BA, you're left with nothing. If you have to call for reconsideration, you can offer to close it then and look like a reasonable consumer. If you've only got that one chase card, chances are decent it won't have any impact on this new app anyway.