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This thread is the 2019 version of our https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/chase-ultimate-rewards/1710270-chase-retention-bonus-offers-june-2015-present-all-cards.html

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Current retention offers (specify the date [mm/dd/yyyy], the card, the offer, how long you had the card and yearly spend)

When you call, you MUST ask if there are any offers on your account. Don't ask for an AF waiver, ask if they can credit your account the $95 (or whatever your AF is) to your account. They cannot remove the AF, but they can credit an amount to offset it. If you cancel your card within 30 days of receiving retention bonus, then Chase may claw back that bonus Note that Chase has shortened the period in which you can close the card and get the fee refunded. It is 30 days for most (or all?) cards.

If you don't get a retention bonus, the card you are holding may have the option of a downgrade. Cards that are downgraded may be upgraded at a later date. Consolidated discussion of that topic is here: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/chase...16-onward.html

Chase Retention Offers - 2019

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Oct 5, 2019, 7:35 am

#46

zzrayzz

Join Date: Jul 2010

Location: 718

Programs: Hyatt Globalist, Hilton Diamond, Marriott Platinum, IHG Diamond

Posts: 967

Called just now for marriott boundless. No offer. Downgrade to no af marriott bold available.

Oct 5, 2019, 2:34 pm

#47

fairdincum

Join Date: Mar 2012

Posts: 59

United Mileage Plus Explorer, 10/5, minimal spend, no offers. Have had this card for 6 years and never got an offer. Still worth keeping for extra award availability.

Oct 9, 2019, 11:23 am

#48

AbyssalLoris

Join Date: May 2008

Posts: 143

Quote:

Originally Posted by zzrayzz

Called just now for marriott boundless. No offer. Downgrade to no af marriott bold available.

These Bonvoy cards are getting rather hard to keep track of. They badly need new names. The fee cards should be Boundless and Bold. The no-fee downgrades could be Bounded and Cowardly (or Timid). Could you then get yourself to downgrade or would you just pay the fee? "You" being any cardholder, not specifically you.

Forgot to mention, I called recently for my CSP at the first 1-year annual (30+ days after fee posting) and was offered either $50 or $60 statement credit. Didn't catch which it was & doesn't matter so much. Just wanted some offset to fee as this is the weakest fee card I am holding (and possibly even across non-fee cards) & using. Hard to justify the poor earning rate. Accepted the offer.

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Oct 9, 2019, 11:25 am

#49

balian1131

Join Date: Jun 2014

Posts: 15

Ink Preferred No offer
Sapphire Preferred $60 statement credit (less than $500 spend in a year, annual fee posted in May)
United Explorer No offer
Marriott Boundless No offer
IHG No offer
Hyatt No offer

Oct 9, 2019, 11:52 am

#50

808traveler

Join Date: Jul 2018

Posts: 354

Quote:

Originally Posted by fairdincum

United Mileage Plus Explorer, 10/5, minimal spend, no offers. Have had this card for 6 years and never got an offer. Still worth keeping for extra award availability.

You could downgrade it to no fee MP and keep the extra award availability.

Oct 9, 2019, 3:55 pm

#51

balian1131

Join Date: Jun 2014

Posts: 15

Southwest Business Premier - no offer
Marriott Business - no offer
Marriott Premier - no offer

No real spend on any of these accounts.

Oct 12, 2019, 1:53 am

#52

Vitaforce

Join Date: Nov 2008

Location: Arizona

Programs: AA, WN

Posts: 161

20+ year customer of Southwest Plus. Called to ask for the annual fee to be waived. Was denied. Also no guarantee of a future statement credit, once the fee is applied. Mentioned to representative other no annual fee cards with cash back, but would not budge on waiving annual fee or offering any concessions.