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THIS IS THE 2020 EDITION OF THE RETENTION OFFER THREAD.
THE THREAD IS NOW ARCHIVED.
PLEASE FOLLOW THE DISCUSSION HERE:
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/chase-ultimate-rewards/2031754-chase-retention-offers-2021-a.html
Please give us the following data:
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
The archived 2019 edition is here: https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/chas...rs-2019-a.html
Chase IHG Rewards Club Premier VISA
6/9/20 - No offers. Paid the $89 annual fee
7/13/20 - No offers, cancelled (card opened March 2016 and upgraded to Premier in April 2020, but zero spend on it)
12/11/20 no offers (no spend) called twice
Chase IHG rewards Club Mastercard (older version of Chase IHG)
9/9/20- $25 credit. Zero spend.
11/25/20 - $25 credit. Zero spend required.
12/1/20 - $25 credit. Zero Spend required. Almost zero spend on card and have had it ~5 years, first retention offer.
12/7/20 - $25 credit, Zero spend required, Almost Zero Spend, had card for 7 years, first retention offer
Chase Sapphire Preferred
7/6/2020 offered and took $60 account credit, had card since 2011, $100,000 spend
12/26/2020 offered $60 statement credit. accepted. Took less than 1 min. Had card for 5 yrs. Spend ~10K this year.
12/26/2020 no retention offer. Downgraded to Freedom Unlimited. Spend, ~$6K a year.
1/2/2021 Many years, variable spend, 2019 was probably around 10K (as a Reserved), 2020 less for obvious reasons, no offer, closed
Chase Sapphire Reserve
12/30/2020 Offered $150. Annual spend ~ $40k. AF hit 1 December
Chase World of Hyatt Visa
9/4/20 No offer, had a high spend
11/19/20: $35 statement credit
Chase MP Explorer
13 Nov 2020, offered and accepted $60 credit, had card since 2004, $8000 spend in 2019, $800 year to date
Chase Marriott Boundless
03 Dec 2020. Offered and accepted $50 credit (towards $95 fee) with no spend required. $0 spend in last 12 months.
Chase Ritz Carlton Visa
31 Dec 2020. Offered and accepted $150 statement credit with no spend requirement. <$5k spend in 2020.
Chase Retention Offers (2020/ARCHIVED)
#197
Join Date: Oct 2008
Programs: Hyatt Globalist, AA Gold, Hilton Diamond, SPG Platinum
Posts: 83
Chase Marriott Bonvoy Business -- offered $100 statement credit, and accepted. Recent $1000 grocery spend.
#198
Join Date: Dec 2014
Location: IND
Posts: 301
Chase Southwest Priority ($149 annual fee) - offered $35 statement credit, accepted. Only had $300 in spend above the $2000 to meet the sign up bonus.
#199
Join Date: Feb 2020
Posts: 2
Chase Sapphire Preferred (CSP)
$13k annual spend
No offer
Kept card, will HUCA
$13k annual spend
No offer
Kept card, will HUCA
#200
Join Date: Jul 2017
Location: SFO/OAK
Programs: WN A-List, Alaska MVP
Posts: 47
Southwest Priority Card
First-year retention
$3k spend to get the bonus, no spend thereafter
$35 statement credit no strings attached
Kept card
First-year retention
$3k spend to get the bonus, no spend thereafter
$35 statement credit no strings attached
Kept card
#201
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Florida
Posts: 29,738
Thanks for the DP. We have the same card and the 3rd year;s AF was billed on Jul 1st. Statement just cut. Will call on Monday and see if we have same luck. If not, no biggie, as then it would make the personal card eligible for us again (with the 100K or 120K? sign up bonus).
#202
Join Date: Mar 2005
Posts: 233
$95 Marriott Bonvoy personal visa, only about $2500 spend this year, called to cancel after annual fee posted and was offered $100 statement credit to keep the card. Gladly accepted.
#203
Join Date: Jan 2017
Posts: 200
Same here on mine and wife's. AF is now just $34 due in 4 days but I am thinking about canceling it to avoid $34 fee cos I see no benefit of this card except for the 3k annual points. you already get free bags with southwest so this card has no perks!
#204
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Florida
Posts: 29,738
Rep did not even make an effort for retention when we called to cancel the legacy BonVoy Business Premium card though we also were not keen to ask for it. Card was at its 3rd year renewal with very minimal spend the past 12 months.
#206
Join Date: Jan 2017
Posts: 200
what do you mean? whats the benefit of this card except for the 3k points annual bonus?
"update" i think i was wrong, mine is the one that has $69 fee. Do you get better award availability with this card? What's the benefit except for the first bonus points and 3k annual bonus points?
"update" i think i was wrong, mine is the one that has $69 fee. Do you get better award availability with this card? What's the benefit except for the first bonus points and 3k annual bonus points?
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#207
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Arlington, VA
Programs: KE Morning Calm; AA Plat
Posts: 314
Chase Hyatt Visa, 1st year renewal.
Called before and after statement date and no offers. Will keep the card since the free night helps offset the annual fee.
Called before and after statement date and no offers. Will keep the card since the free night helps offset the annual fee.
#208
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Intermountain West
Programs: Too many to list
Posts: 12,067
No offer when closing CSP. <$1500 spend. Not surprised.
#209
Join Date: Jul 2016
Posts: 50
Try try try again--RITZ
Ritz holder since 2018. Minimal spend, also have the Bonvoy Brilliant. I called previously and they were firm that there were no offers. Today was the end date of my statement. Called again, said that I "had a friend who got a $150 statement credit" (as seen here on FT) and said that I would really appreciate that credit. Magically, she said it WAS there. Accepted $150 statement credit. Keeping card open.
#210
Join Date: Aug 2018
Posts: 16
I just called to check downgrade options for CSP and since I already have CF and CFU, they offered me no annual fee Sapphire card and to my surprise they said this card would have the same transfer partners as in the CSP. Anyone received similar information ? I have read in multiple forums that this card will not have any transfer partners.