The Chase Sapphire Preferred card
This is my primary card. My wife also has an upgraded version of this card (more on this in a future post).
Here are a few reasons this card is so great:
The welcome bonus is usually very generous.
A welcome bonus is a reward you get for applying for the card and putting a certain amount of spend on it during a specified time period.
As an example, right now the welcome bonus is 80,000 Chase Ultimate Rewards Points after you spend $4,000 in the first 3 months. This is the highest welcome bonus I've ever seen on this card. It probably won't last long. It's most often between 40,000-60,000 points.
Usually you have to spend $80,000 to get 80,000 points. But, to reward you for applying, they’ll give you 80,000 points just for spending $4,000. Quite a reward, especially when you take into account the value of Chase points.
These 80,000 points are
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