The Offer
Update: People who aren’t CPC have also reported receiving this offer.
- Reddit user artgriego & US Credit Card Guide are reporting that some people are being targeted for the following offer on the Chase Freedom Unlimited:
- $300 cash back (really 30,000 Chase UR points) after $500 in spend
- $25 cash back (really 2,500 Chase UR points) after adding an authorized user and them making their first purchase
Asking To Be Matched
We saw a similar offer in branch on the Chase Sapphire Preferred. As long as you applied in the branch within the last 90 days I imagine you’ll be approved for a match.
Card Details
- No annual fee
- Card earns 1.5x points on all purchases
Our Verdict
Normal sign up bonus is $150 + $25, so this is basically a double bonus. It sucks that the Chase 5/24 rule applies to this card. It might be worth going in branch and checking to see if you have any pre-approved offers, even if you don’t have one of the increased bonus offers (I believe these are actually restricted to CPC) you could apply for the card and then asked to be matched but there is obviously no guarantee it will work. The upside is that if you’re pre-approved in the branch then that usually by-passes the Chase 5/24 rule, any questions you have about that will be answered here.
If you have any questions about Chase in general, they will be answered here. If anybody knows of any other increased sign up bonuses in branch, please let us know in the comments below!
What is branch pre approval?
It means when you go into a Chase branch and they pre-approve you for the credit card: https://www.doctorofcredit.com/chase-pre-approval-branch-frequently-asked-questions/
I can confirm this still works, I just got it.
massive credit line too… not sure why Chase loves me so much.
I was also pre-approved for CSP but only 50k offer, not the 70k offer… so I passed. Even tho the banker said I could get two cards on the same day if i want to (not sure about this).
Are you a CPC? 70k offer is only good for CPCs.
no, i am only Chase platinum
I have never heard of Chase platinum. I have only heard of a regular client and then a Private Client.
I should have written it better:
“I have Chase premier platinum account”
Not true, others have gotten it.
that’s what I thought too… but that promo is either over or I didn’t get it.
Reports here of others getting the 70k offer matched when they weren’t CPC? All I’ve seen are denials for matches.
Yes, in the other post.
For the CSP? Only posts I can find when searching are for the Ink Preferred and United cards.
Traveling and staying near a Chase branch, so I checked for pre-approvals, but had none.
My DP (why I’m not likely targeted for additional credit):
not CPC or a deposit customer with Chase
7 cards open including a business card
last card opened Jan ’17 and required a recon call and CL reallocation
2 DPs:
Me and my friend checked in branch today…
I was pre-approved for the 30k offer…I have Normal Freedom and CSR. I am NOT CPC.
My friend did not have the offer…He only has Normal Freedom.
I do not think I still would like to apply for itbecause typically I should be able to get a higher bonus on a sign up card. Plus I evetually need to Downgrade my CSR and dont want to have 2 CFUs down the road!
Any suggestionDoC?
It’s a good bonus, if you’re over 5/24 I’d definitely get it. You can always PC your CSR to a traditional Chase Freedom for the 5% categories
On my wife’s and mother in law’s CSP via SM they only allowed downgrade to FU. I specifically asked for std Freedom and was rejected. Is this common? DPs please.
If you do CSP > normal CS > CF it should work
Nope. I know I didn’t indicate that in my comment, but that’s what we tried doing. Can’t do HUCA on SM…. . Do u know if phone reps have SM info in front of them when speaking to us?
Applied for the standard $150 offer in branch in January. On requesting a match via SM, was told that the offer was not available on my account. Appears to be targeted.
any reports of this showing up via the new chase website offers for you dealio? since that bypasses 5/24 & sometimes shows higher offers too. just trying to think of alternatives if you never get any pre-approvals in branch due to having lots of cards lol.
This is one hell of a bonus!
I’d be curious to know too
The person linked about receiving the offer while not being CPC deleted their post. Is there any updated data points on this?
Top of the post: https://www.doctorofcredit.com/last-chance-100000-point-chase-sapphire-reserve-offer/#comment-367983
Asked to be matched and they said I have to have an offer code even though I mentioned I’m CPC and applied in branch. If I can’t produce an offer code, they said they will not match. Anyone know what it is?
That is the big question. I am in the same boat. Hopefully someone can come up with an offer code. Anyone?!
Same. “… Account does and did not qualify for this offer.”
And I applied in branch less than 90 days ago obtaining both FU and SP. Denied for both matches