Chase Sapphire Preferred: 80,000 Points Signup Bonus

For a limited time, you can earn 80,000 bonus points after spending $4,000 on purchases in the first 3 months of account membership. When redeemed through the Chase Ultimate Rewards portal, those points can be redeemed for $1,000 towards travel.

The card earns 2x points on travel and dining at restaurants and 1 point per dollar spent on all other purchases. In addition, you’ll get 25% more in value when redeeming for travel through the Chase Ultimate Rewards portal. The card does carry a $95 annual fee.

Note: In order to be eligible for this offer, you must not have any other Sapphire card and not received a new cardmember bonus for any Sapphire card in the past 48 months.

Also note that the “5/24” rule applies — You won’t be approved for the card if you have had 5 new credit lines opened in the past 24 months from *any* credit card company.

For more info or to apply for the card, see this link.


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