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Discussion of Chase RR Visa 40K-75K sigunup points offers -- NO REFERRALS!

Old Jan 23, 2014, 9:16 pm
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Do not post referral offers or requests in this thread. All such posts will be deleted.

This thread is dedicated to Q&A about the Chase RR Visa signup bonus offers.

Post important Chase RR Visa news in the RR Visa News ONLY thread. (It will quickly get lost in this thread.)

Post or look for referral offers ONLY in the RR Visa referrals thread in the referrals thread of the credit card forum.

75,000 miles bonus for all Southwest Airlines personal credit cards.

40K + 20K personal Plus
offer:
$1,000 spend in three months for 40K. $11,000 more in 12 months for additional 20K. $69 annual fee, not waived the first year.

40K + 20K personal Premier offer. $1,000 spend in three months. $11,000 more in 12 months for additional 20K. $99 annual fee, not waived the first year.


70K Performance Business Card offer. $5,000 spend in three months. $199 annual fee, not waived the first year.

50K personal Plus offer $2,000 spend in three months. $69 annual fee, not waived the first year.

40K personal Plus offer: $1,000 spend in three months. $69 annual fee, not waived the first year.

40K personal Premier offer. $1,000 spend in three months. $99 annual fee, not waived the first year.

50K personal Premier offer. $2,000 spend in three months. $99 annual fee, not waived the first year.

60K Business Premier offer. $3,000 spend in three months. $99 annual fee, not waived the first year.

60K Plus offer. $2,000 spend in three months. $69 annual fee, not waived the first year.

60K personal Premier offer. $2,000 spend in three months. $99 annual fee, not waived the first year.

60K Plus offer. $2,000 spend in three months. $69 annual fee, not waived the first year. Still active 07-July-2017

50K Plus offer. $2,000 spend in three months. $69 annual fee, not waived the first year. Still active 21-Apr-2017

40K Personal Plus offer. $1,000 spend in three months. $69 annual fee, not waived the first year.

50K personal Premier offer. $2,000 spend in three months. $99 annual fee, not waived the first year. Still active 21-Apr-2017

40K Personal Premier offer. $1,000 spend in three months. $99 annual fee, not waived the first year.

50K Business Premier offer. $2,000 spend in three months. $99 annual fee, not waived the first year. Still active 21-Apr-2017

There have been targeted offers of 50K & $100 credit, for example:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/24575935-post2302.html

Frequently Asked Questions about Rapid Rewards Visa

1. What are the different card types?
non-business Plus, non-business Premier, business Plus, and business Premier.
Premier cards have a higher annual fee but give 6000 anniversary bonus points vs. 3000 points for the Plus cards. It is generally agreed that you will get the bonus for a new account if you have not had that particular type of RR Visa card before, but Chase appears to be in the process of changing their policies (see below).

Note that prior to RR-2.0, the two types of RR Visa cards were "Classic" ($29 to $39 annual fee) and "Signature" ($59 to $69 annual fee). Plus and Premier are new products for purposes of the (soon to be retired?) "One bonus per product" rule.

2. Is there a zero annual fee version?
No.

3. Can I "churn" these cards? How often can I reapply for the same type card and get the signup bonus?
The official rule has recently changed more than once. Closely check the T&C of your offer as different rules may apply to concurrently available offers. The Inflight offer linked above states:
This bonus offer is available to you as long as you have not received a new cardmember bonus for this product in the past twenty four months.
Referral offers have been seen with a limit of one individual and one business bonus per lifetime (although T&C read by the CSR taking the application differed from those printed on the referral offer).

Actual results sometimes differ from the official rule. People have reported receiving the bonus a second time on the same card type at various intervals even when the bonus was officially once per lifefime per product. Please post your results here.

As of mid-May 2015 Chase has cracked down on applicants who appear to have much less than average attachment to their cards. Specifically, more than 5 applications within the past 24 months is the approximate cutoff: Chase crackdown on churners: Please report your RR Visa approvals/denials here

4. Can I cancel the card and still collect the anniversary bonus?
Yes. Reasonable people disagree on whether this crosses the line of exploiting the card issuer. The anniversary bonus is described a reward for having been a cardmember for the past year, not as a reward for paying the next year's annual fee. Based on that description, the bonus has been earned even if you then cancel the card. As a practical matter, there is a window of only a couple weeks to accomplish this. The bonus points will post on the billing date of the statement containing your new annual fee, which will have posted earlier in the billing cycle. You have 30 days from posting of the annual fee to cancel the card and have the new fee refunded.

5. Does the annual fee count toward the spending threshold for the signup bonus?
No.

6. When will my signup bonus post to my Rapid Rewards account?
If you have met the spending threshold at least several days before your statement date, the bonus will normally post 2 days after your statement date, not when you actually spent the money! Cutting the timing or the spending amount too closely is not advisable. Mistakes can happen.

7. My statement shows sufficient purchases to meet the spending threshold. Why didn't I receive the bonus?
This can happen if you met the spending threshold just a few days before the statement date. It appears that accounts are flagged for meeting the spending threshold independently of the statement generation process and less frequently than daily.

8. How can I determine my statement date?
You should call Chase (phone number on back of card) to check your next statement date. Credit card companies are now required to have payments due on the same numerical day of each month, which means closing dates vary throughout the year. (Before reforms enacted after the financial crisis, RR Visa cards had constant closing dates rather than constant due dates.) The closing date should remain within the same small range unless you request a change of your payment due date. When you request a change, Chase normally can delay your next statement but cannot accelerate it. If you are unwisely taking the risk of cutting your timing too close, you should call Chase more than once to confirm your next statement date.

9. I accidentally crossed the spending threshold in December rather than January. Can I return a large purchase to bring my spending back below the threshold?
Unlikely. It appears that the sweep to check spending threshold does not un-flag an account previously flagged as meeting the threshold. It's not even clear whether the sweep counts returns at all. If you realize the error before the statement closes and you have a payment due date change available, you might be able to push the December closing date into January.

10. Can I apply for a credit card in my wife's name but my Rapid Rewards number, so that the points funnel into my account?
People have tried this. Some have succeeded. Others have reported that Chase closed the account and posted no Rapid Rewards points. Do you feel lucky? Programs can become very aggressive when they suspect members of defrauding the program by using non-matching names. When you game the system you are only on solid ground if you follow the rules to the letter. Breaking the rules means that the program can penalize you if they want to, and believe me: They want to.

11. Can I scam this system in any other way? I just had a clever idea.
There is nothing new under the sun here on FlyerTalk. If it relates to established program rules and it isn't discussed here you can be confident your idea will not work.
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Discussion of Chase RR Visa 40K-75K sigunup points offers -- NO REFERRALS!

Old Sep 1, 2018, 9:15 pm
  #4081  
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Originally Posted by Exponent500
Looking to get the Companion pass by getting the 60k bonus for the business card, and hopefully a 50k bonus from any of the personal cards, but it seems the 50k bonus on a personal card is hard to get these days.

Someone mentioned seeing an offer via inflight wifi back in august. I'm taking a SW flight in mid sept and late oct, hoping that deal is still around...

That said is there any known time of the year when SW tends to advertise bigger bonuses for the business and personal cards? Would help with planning as I want to try to get the companion pass for next year and all of 2020!
You do not want to get the card(s) until about October anyway, with required spend hitting in January.

Too early to worry about it. And no way to know at this time.

This game is changing drastically. Whatever happened in previous years is no sure indication of what’s going to happen in the future.
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Old Sep 1, 2018, 9:22 pm
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Originally Posted by toomanybooks


You do not want to get the card(s) until about October anyway, with required spend hitting in January.

Too early to worry about it. And no way to know at this time.

This game is changing drastically. Whatever happened in previous years is no sure indication of what’s going to happen in the future.
Makes sense to me, thanks!
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Old Sep 2, 2018, 10:28 am
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Originally Posted by Exponent500
Looking to get the Companion pass by getting the 60k bonus for the business card, and hopefully a 50k bonus from any of the personal cards, but it seems the 50k bonus on a personal card is hard to get these days.

Someone mentioned seeing an offer via inflight wifi back in august. I'm taking a SW flight in mid sept and late oct, hoping that deal is still around...

That said is there any known time of the year when SW tends to advertise bigger bonuses for the business and personal cards? Would help with planning as I want to try to get the companion pass for next year and all of 2020!
As the post above mentioned you want to get the cards in late 2018 but MAKE SURE the bonus posts in 2019.

There were 60K personal offers out this time last year and I got my wife the Southwest Plus card September 29, 2017 so that is about the earliest you want to apply and have the points post the following year for CP.

If CP stays at 110K a 60K business plus 40K personal card puts you at 103K CPQP . If you have some $ around you could just but gift cards or something to get the other 7k.

As always, don't forget about 5/24
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Old Sep 2, 2018, 12:30 pm
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I added a link to a 40K Plus offer in the Wiki.
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Old Sep 23, 2018, 1:20 pm
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I have a 50K SW PLUS card offer on Chase.com, should it last another week you can ( assuming you are 4/24 or less, haven't had the bonus in 2 years, Chase doesn't change the rules and otherwise qualify, etc ) Companion pass via 2 credit cards again for 2019/2020............ Plus and Business.
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Old Sep 23, 2018, 3:46 pm
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Would you care to share that link? Or is it a referral link?

Thanks.
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Old Sep 23, 2018, 4:06 pm
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I went to my Chase account just now, clicked “credit cards,” and a 60k WN business card link came up.

So I guess if you are a Chase cardholder, give it a shot.

Might want to wait a bit so that you are sure you can have the bonus hit in 2019.
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Old Sep 24, 2018, 2:10 am
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Originally Posted by pgary
Would you care to share that link? Or is it a referral link?

Thanks.
I just went to chase.com and looked under travel credit cards. There is a 60k business SW card right there. they also have the 40k personal.
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Old Sep 24, 2018, 7:32 am
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Originally Posted by flyer4512
As the post above mentioned you want to get the cards in late 2018 but MAKE SURE the bonus posts in 2019.

There were 60K personal offers out this time last year and I got my wife the Southwest Plus card September 29, 2017 so that is about the earliest you want to apply and have the points post the following year for CP.
Of course, that's fine and dandy in most cases, but I'm actually looking to use CP before the end of the year and am moving my spend completely off AA, so I'll hit CP every year anyway at this rate.

Certainly, the timing of when the bonus posts is important, but that has to take account of your particular situation. Getting CP before the end of the year isn't a disaster if you would hit CP anyway.

As always, caveat emptor!
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Old Sep 24, 2018, 12:06 pm
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Originally Posted by pgary
Would you care to share that link? Or is it a referral link?

Thanks.
It was an offer that popped up when I logged in, I'll look later to see if I have a link

EDIT, I logged back in to all 3 of our Chase accounts and the offer did not op back up so it may be hit and miss............I know for a fact it was a PLUS card as I checked the AF

Originally Posted by toomanybooks
I went to my Chase account just now, clicked “credit cards,” and a 60k WN business card link came up.

So I guess if you are a Chase cardholder, give it a shot.

Might want to wait a bit so that you are sure you can have the bonus hit in 2019.

My wife applied for both cards September 29, 2017 for 2018/19 CP

Originally Posted by NoStressHere
I just went to chase.com and looked under travel credit cards. There is a 60k business SW card right there. they also have the 40k personal.
I had a 50K personal offer, the 60K business offer has been around for a while

Originally Posted by roundtree
Of course, that's fine and dandy in most cases, but I'm actually looking to use CP before the end of the year and am moving my spend completely off AA, so I'll hit CP every year anyway at this rate.

Certainly, the timing of when the bonus posts is important, but that has to take account of your particular situation. Getting CP before the end of the year isn't a disaster if you would hit CP anyway.

As always, caveat emptor!
Many of us have never paid for a WN flight and even those that do pay often don't get near 110K CPQP in one calendar year thus they would benefit much more from having the points post in 2019 for 2019/20 CP
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Old Nov 4, 2018, 7:39 pm
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Has anyone seen a 50k (or greater) sign-up bonus available on a new personal card in-flight or in-airport recently? If so, is there relevant link or does it require in-person application?
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Old Nov 4, 2018, 11:59 pm
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How long to hear back a decision?

I applied for my gf 1 personal 40k and 1 business 60k bonus SW ccs back to back tonight. Both got the we got your application and will get back to you later. I also applied a SPG card and got instant approval after that 2 card. How long would it take Chase to get back with a decision? We have big purchases coming up soon and need to decide if we want to apply for other cards. Thanks
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Old Nov 5, 2018, 8:58 am
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You might look over this thread on FT's Chase Forum: https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/chas...17-onward.html . If you already have Chase cards and online access to them, you can look there and see if these cards get added.
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Old Nov 5, 2018, 1:01 pm
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Originally Posted by FindAWay
Has anyone seen a 50k (or greater) sign-up bonus available on a new personal card in-flight or in-airport recently? If so, is there relevant link or does it require in-person application?
This is the in-flight application for the Plus 50k offer: https://applynow.chase.com/FlexAppWe...PV5&PROMO=DF01

I was unable to apply when I pulled it in-flight (over 5/24) but am now able to. I've never seen a datapoint of someone applying while not on SW in-flight wifi, so I haven't tried it yet. Report back if you use it!
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Old Nov 5, 2018, 4:07 pm
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Originally Posted by macboss
I applied for my gf 1 personal 40k and 1 business 60k bonus SW ccs back to back tonight. Both got the we got your application and will get back to you later. I also applied a SPG card and got instant approval after that 2 card. How long would it take Chase to get back with a decision? We have big purchases coming up soon and need to decide if we want to apply for other cards. Thanks
Personally I would have stopped after the first pending app at Chase and waited until that card was approved before making a second app

You can always call Chase which may speed up the process, GL
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