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Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card
Just getting started in the world of points and miles? The Chase Sapphire Preferred is the best card for you to start with.
With a bonus of 60,000 points after $4,000 spend in the first 3 months, 5x points on travel booked through the Chase Travel℠ and 3x points on restaurants, streaming services, and online groceries (excluding Target, Walmart, and wholesale clubs), this card truly cannot be beat for getting started!
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Increasingly attractive to this, as retail is an area I’m not getting above 1.25 on SPG – other cards with 2 points (Barclays etc) don’t appeal. The only downside would be the majority of my high categories would be Citi!
Also the signup bonus is of little interest unless you could buy a burner and sell it 😉
I don’t see a time limit on the use of the free $650 credit. Next time you plan on getting a phone, it will come in handy.
You can get 10% cash back for your online purchases thru Upromise and using Upromise mastercard. You get 5% for doing your shopping thru the mall and then another 5% for using Upromise mastercard to pay for those purchases. Pretty attractive deal.
We simply use our Citiforward to gain 5x on amazon.
That’s great, but not possible for new applicants. 🙁
With the Ink card, I can buy amazon gift cards at staples with 5x points..
Good point. Staples does not have gift cards to all online shopping sites though, and this should work pretty much everywhere online (with exceptions noted in the post.)