I closed my CSP Visa about a year ago, then recently applied for the MC and go the bonus no problem.

What's the spending requirement for the sapphire preferred mastercard? I applied it through creditcards.com when the offer was still 40k, but it lowered to 10k after $500 spending. I can't remember if the original offer was for $3,000 or $5,000, does anyone know? Thanks.

3K in 3 months

My spouse got the CSP MC 40k. Spend was 3k in 3 months
Closed her CSP Visa about 8 months ago.

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Since this thread is here, I'll throw this in:

Applied for the CSP MC in 10/12 and immediately converted to Visa upon receipt of the card. If I want to receive a second bonus, do I apply for a MC or Visa next time? I've never technically applied for a Visa version. By the time I finished the spend, the MC was cancelled.

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I don't know the answer to your question but why did you apply and then immediately convert?

You generally can't have both MC and Visa at the same time, so you'll have to do something with your existing Visa before applying, such as converting it to a Freedom card. Since you've never received a bonus for a Visa app, that may be the one to apply for, though I am really just guessing. Your conversion may have knocked you out of a Visa bonus altogether.

What's the shortest time anyone has waited between canceling Visa CSP and applying for MC CSP? My annual fee is due this month, so I was thinking of downgrading to Freedom, waiting a month, and then applying for MC CSP. The timing is important because I have an upcoming international trip and I'd really like to use the CSP, but I also don't want to pay the fee on my current card. If a month is too short, I could just use another card overseas and try for the MC CSP later.

Does anyone know about the Purchase Protection on the CSP MC? On the MC page: http://worldcard.mastercard.com/cont...rotection.html it says World MCs get $3000 max/claim. If you have Visa Siggy then its $500 max/claim. Anyone have datapoints on this? Then in theory I would want to keep the MC version, yeah?

I applied for the MC and immediately realized I should have applied for the Visa because of better benefits. At that time, I intended to keep the card for a while. This was before I had heard of churning. I guess I can experiment for the good of the community...

Which better benefits? Certainly not the Purchase protection..

Hah - you're hounding me on all the forums.

I don't recall what the benefits were and I'm guessing I've never used them. But, that was my thought process at the time.

On a side note, MC has better coverage per incident, but Visa has a higher annual limit for purchase protection.

lol, i'm your personal stalker.

IME, the MC would benefit me much more because if I break anything expensive, it's usually >$500 and it only really happens every 1-3 years. Visa Siggy's $500 per claim seems so little when MC's has a $3000 per claim. Also, each of Chase's United cards are $10,000 per claim but are Visa Siggy's, don't know how that works.

I went back and looked at the benefits booklet -

It's $500 per claim for purchase protection, but $10,000 per claim under the extended warranty section. Maybe that's the difference.

Thanks. Is your's a Visa? Does the booklet have a Visa logo on it?