Nov 18, 2013, 5:01 pm
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What is the best current offer?
What is the best current offer?
A. Beginning April 14, 2022, the public offer has been increased to 80,000 Bonus Points After You Spend $4,000 On Purchases In The First 3 Months From Account Opening. Annual fee [$95] is not waived. This offer is now publicly available. Based on some datapoints, it may be possible to get this offer at your local Chase branch with a one year waiver of the annual fee.
For any CSP offer, be sure to check the pricing details before applying. Normally, the annual fee for the CSP for year 2 and later is $95; however, in mid-2014 and then again more recently, Chase began randomly changing the pricing for some visits to the pages above, with AF as high as $150. If you get a page with that higher pricing, try reloading the page.
For any CSP offer, be sure to check the pricing details before applying. Normally, the annual fee for the CSP for year 2 and later is $95; however, in mid-2014 and then again more recently, Chase began randomly changing the pricing for some visits to the pages above, with AF as high as $150. If you get a page with that higher pricing, try reloading the page.
Q. Can I apply for this card and earn the bonus after doing so previously?
A. This card is subject to the Chase 5/24 policy. For details, see the wiki and related discussion in Applying for Chase Credit Cards, 2017 onward.
As of August 2018, all Chase Sapphire cards are subject to an additional restriction:
The product is not available to either (i) current cardmembers of any Sapphire credit card, or (ii) previous cardmembers of any Sapphire credit card who received a new cardmember bonus within the last 48 months.
Q. I'm an authorized user for a card issued to my spouse/parent. Does that prevent me from signing up for the same card and earning a bonus?
A. No, being an authorized user does not prevent you from obtaining your own card / bonus.
Q. I just met the spend requirement. When will I receive my signup bonus points?
A. In most cases, your bonus will be credited after the close of the monthly billing cycle in which you meet the spend requirement. (Chase never posts signup bonuses mid-cycle.)
However, owing to a quirk in Chase's system, bonuses associated with charges incurred in the last ~7 days of a billing period may not post until the end of the following billing period. This is true even if the charges appear on your current statement and generate the standard number of points per dollar spent.
Thus, if you meet your bonus spend threshold late in your billing cycle, you may not receive the corresponding signup bonus until the following month. Calling Chase to complain will not change this, so be patient and enjoy your points when they finally appear.
Q. What's the value of a UR point? What are the best redemption options?
A. Because these questions are not specific to the Sapphire Preferred card, see discussion in the following separate threads:
Q. What are the benefits of this card other than UR points?
Benefits Guide https://www.chasebenefits.com/sapphirepreferred
A. See the discussion in Chase Sapphire Preferred Benefits Thread, especially the source documents referenced in the wiki.
Other discussion
Which travel booking sites qualify for 2x points on CSP?
To review previous Sapphire Preferred thread, click HERE.
Chase Sapphire Preferred (CSP) : 60K , $4k spend, $95 fee. (2013-2023)
Aug 6, 2021, 5:13 am
#1576
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Virginia
Programs: HHonors Gold, IHG Platinum, Marriott nobody
Posts: 470
Aug 6, 2021, 8:56 am
#1577
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: MSP
Programs: Marriott Lifetime Titanium, UA Silver, Hertz 5*
Posts: 913
FWIW, I am not an authorized user on the card but we do have a couple of joinnt checking accounts and mortgages as well as the same address and we are both Chase Private Clients.
Aug 6, 2021, 10:01 am
#1578
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: TPA
Programs: oneworld Rusty Iron; Starwood Aluminum
Posts: 217
Question on referrals - If my wife who has the regular Freedom card refers me for the Sapphire Preferred 100K offer, does she get the 20K UR points?
FWIW, I am not an authorized user on the card but we do have a couple of joinnt checking accounts and mortgages as well as the same address and we are both Chase Private Clients.
FWIW, I am not an authorized user on the card but we do have a couple of joinnt checking accounts and mortgages as well as the same address and we are both Chase Private Clients.
Aug 6, 2021, 12:48 pm
#1579
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Virginia
Programs: HHonors Gold, IHG Platinum, Marriott nobody
Posts: 470
Your wife cannot refer a card that she does not have herself.
Aug 7, 2021, 12:35 am
#1580
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: SEA
Programs: Bonvoy Gold
Posts: 1,946
Does me having CSR make me bonus-eligible to refer someone for CSP or must it be the exact same product?
Aug 7, 2021, 1:45 pm
#1581
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Virginia
Programs: HHonors Gold, IHG Platinum, Marriott nobody
Posts: 470
I think it must be the same product. The website will ask you for the last 4 digits of your card, before they will generate a referral link. So if you don't have a CSP, they can tell by the last 4 digits of your card that it is not a CSP. That is my guess. I have not gone through the process to get rejected.
Aug 8, 2021, 8:26 am
#1583
Join Date: May 2014
Location: DFW
Posts: 108
Does the bonus offer appear on the dashboard right away?
Applied 22Jul, approved 31Jul (delayed because I had a fraud alert set and had to call in to verify) - but still not seeing UR dashboard with the bonus offer.
I'm certain it's been over 48 months, my CSR bonus of 100k was posted back in Dec 2016.
Applied 22Jul, approved 31Jul (delayed because I had a fraud alert set and had to call in to verify) - but still not seeing UR dashboard with the bonus offer.
I'm certain it's been over 48 months, my CSR bonus of 100k was posted back in Dec 2016.
Aug 8, 2021, 12:11 pm
#1584
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Florida
Posts: 29,762
Has anybody got the Timed-Out error lately?
Just tried to do my husband's application and got the dreaded circle which after a long long while, came back a timed-out error - identical like what I got in May, using FireFox. It was on Wed, so I doubt today being Sunday has anything to do with the same timed-out error.
Will try again on Monday morning and hope the connection glitch would disappear. Ugh.
Just tried to do my husband's application and got the dreaded circle which after a long long while, came back a timed-out error - identical like what I got in May, using FireFox. It was on Wed, so I doubt today being Sunday has anything to do with the same timed-out error.
Will try again on Monday morning and hope the connection glitch would disappear. Ugh.
Aug 8, 2021, 2:55 pm
#1585
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: MSY
Programs: Delta Platinum/1MM, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 652
Does the bonus offer appear on the dashboard right away?
Applied 22Jul, approved 31Jul (delayed because I had a fraud alert set and had to call in to verify) - but still not seeing UR dashboard with the bonus offer.
I'm certain it's been over 48 months, my CSR bonus of 100k was posted back in Dec 2016.
Applied 22Jul, approved 31Jul (delayed because I had a fraud alert set and had to call in to verify) - but still not seeing UR dashboard with the bonus offer.
I'm certain it's been over 48 months, my CSR bonus of 100k was posted back in Dec 2016.
We'll hit the threshold by the end of month two, and I hope there will be no problems with getting the bonus.
Aug 8, 2021, 3:14 pm
#1586
Join Date: Mar 2014
Posts: 38
My wife got the card just over a month ago just for the 100K bonus, and so far no bonus tracker is on her account dashboard. She's never had a Sapphire product in the past.
We'll hit the threshold by the end of month two, and I hope there will be no problems with getting the bonus.
We'll hit the threshold by the end of month two, and I hope there will be no problems with getting the bonus.
Aug 9, 2021, 4:18 pm
#1587
Join Date: May 2014
Location: DFW
Posts: 108
re: the tracker on the web - it is not on the Chase page itself, but on the UR page when you click through to it. Maybe it will come up some point down the line.
Aug 10, 2021, 3:28 pm
#1588
Join Date: Aug 2021
Posts: 9
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Aug 11, 2021, 7:37 am
#1589
Join Date: Jun 2015
Location: DTW
Programs: Alaska, Delta, Southwest
Posts: 1,663
Just wanted to provide an update - Chase seems to be a bit behind on the manual reviews but I did get my confirmation callback this past Monday (8/9, or 10 days after I applied) and got approved. The account and bonus tracker are already showing in my app, so I guess all is well. (I assume the bonus tracker wouldn't appear if you're not actually eligible for the bonus? Or would it still post and get manually reviewed / clawed back later?)
Aug 11, 2021, 8:21 am
#1590
Moderator
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Miami, Mpls & London
Programs: AA & Marriott Perpetual Platinum; DL & HH Gold
Posts: 48,958