I am sure by now everyone knows about the hottest, most hyped card in town: the Chase Sapphire Reserved. Here is a quick rundown of why it is so hot:
- 100,000 Ultimate Rewards Points offer with only $4,000 spend – This is almost double the best Chase Sapphire Preferred (CSP) Card offer out there (50-55k) and the spend requirement is quite attainable.
- It is a Visa Infinite Card – one of the few available in the US. This means 3x on travel and dining which is really nice (CSP is only 2x).
- Booking through Ultimate Rewards Portal gives you $1.5 per point (vs CSP’s $1.25)
- $300 annual travel credit – Note that this applies to “airfare and hotels” which is fairly unprecedented.
- Access to LHR (Luxury Hotels and Rewards) Collection – another Visa Infinite benefit. This is similar to Amex FHR if you’re familiar with Membership Rewards
- There are other valuable benefits as well – full Details available here
So anyway, this morning, I saw the post by View from the Wing and after some initial hesitation about the lack of a landing page, I decided to jump on the offer for my wife. Although I personally have blown past the 5/24 limit, my wife has only had 3 cards in the past 24 months. So, I was hopeful that she would get approved.
Of course, I got the dreaded “We need to review your application a little longer” page. Undeterred, I called the Chase Reconsideration Line (888-245-0625) and was instantly approved. They didn’t ask me any questions other than some basic identity verification questions.
I was on hold for a grand total of 2 mins before the rep told me: “Congratulations! You have been approved. You are eligible to receive 100k points after spending $4,000 in 3 months.” I was relieved to hear this since it matched what I read online.
I wanted to apply for myself as well but I decided to resist my greed. Honestly, I would most probably get rejected and even if I were approved it would add unnecessary pressure to meet the spend.
PS I also requested them to expedite the shipping and they arranged it so that it would arrive by Wednesday. Since I’m travelling on a long trip next week (more details coming up in future posts) , I was extremely glad to be having this in my wallet.
Anyway, I just wanted to write this post to reassure those of you who applied before the landing page was live.
How were you able to call on behalf of your wife? Dont they need to verify her and not you?
Heh. My wife was upstairs. And, as it were, I didn’t need to call her. Our names are fairly rare and people generally can’t tell our gender based on our names.
I’m guessing the lady thought I was the applicant. I admit I didn’t try hard to disabuse her of that notion 😉
Ahhh youre lucky in that sense. Im planning to apply for my wife but theres no way she will talk on the recon line 😛
I believe you can have her authorise you to talk on her behalf. That shouldn’t take too much of her time – if you can somehow swing that 🙂