A lot of readers have recently applied for a Chase IHG card due to it disappearing from the Chase website and the fact it looks like they are launching a new Premier card. The best public sign up bonus is 60,000 points & a $50 statement credit. There is another offer for 80,000 points, anybody can see the landing page but clicking apply now will error out for most people. Chase has matched people to this offer (and a higher 100,000 point offer) in the past. It looks like they are again matching people to the 80,000 point offer (100,000 no longer available) so if you’ve applied recently then it’s well worth sending in a secured message and asking for a match. Datapoints of successful matches: 1, 2, 3. 4, 5, 6, 7, 8,
A few other things to note:
- When matching they will say you won’t get the $50 statement credit. In practice sometimes you still get it. I think 20,000 IHG points is better than $50 anyway, so might as well match and hope for the best.
- If you see the 80,000 offer when logged in, try doing a dummy booking and you should see the 80,000 + $50 statement credit offer.
The worst thing they can say is no, asking for a match is always worth it.
Applied for my wife last night. Instant approval. SM’d for a match as soon as the card showed up in her account. No dice on 80k :(.
What exactly did you message to get matched to 80k + $50? Just called and they said no dice for me 🙁
I SM’d on 4/3 and received a rejection on 4/4. I’m starting to see a trend. You suppose that they decided in April to stop letting people get matched?
Tried a SM too today and still rejected. Looks like a lot of datapoints supporting that ^
Yea they refused to match me. I’ve sent them 5 messages in the past day 🙁
I just asked for the match to 80k+$50 and was rejected. Anyone able to successfully get this still?
Funny. Applied for both myself and SO (before we all learned that the free cert will not worth much). Got both. SMed for 80K on both. Got 80K + $50 on one, and specifically 80K with NO $50 on the other… even provided them a screenshot, still no $50. No big deal, just seems ironic.
I think the vast majority of the data points suggest u will get the $50 on both. But yes, ironic.
Thanks Doc! Your post earned me 20k points! Just heard back from Chase by secure message. The extra 20k will be added after I meet the min spend and message them back. They didn’t say anything about losing the $50.
They specifically said I would still get the $50 in thier SM back to me.
Applied, approved, SM’ed and got the 80k/$2k match.
Applied and got approved a couple days ago. Sent a sm today and received a detailed reply: 80k points after $2000, but no $50 credit. Looks like everybody else got “write to us when you spend $2000” msg? 🤔
I would have totally forgot to do this in my haste to sign up before it disappeared. Thanks for the post DoC!!!
I sm’d them…they matched to 80k. The message specifically said the $50 statement credit was still attached (I didn’t even mention it). Said to reply to the message once my $2k spend was complete.
Thanks for the reminder. I sent an SM and was told to write back when I hit the $2k spend to get the 80K points.
Did Chase grant the 20k match after spending the $2k? or can they change their mind even after confirming via SM.
I SMed Chase last night and also go the “once you’ve hit $2K” reply to this message message.