WOW! Earn A Record High 150,000 Points On The Chase Sapphire Reserve® Card!
Earn 150,000 Points On The Chase Sapphire Reserve® Card!
Limited Time Signup Bonus
You can earn 150,000 Chase Ultimate Rewards points for opening a Chase Sapphire Reserve Card and spending $6,000 in 3 months. Those points are worth a minimum of $1,500 cash back or up to $3,750 towards travel and other categories, but they can be worth much more as shown below.
Before this card was refreshed last June, it offered a 60,000 point signup bonus. The intro refresh offer was 100,000 points plus a $500 travel credit, and the most recent offer was 125,000 points. If you previously applied for a card, you can try calling Chase or sending a Secure Message to see if you can get matched to this offer. Let us know how it goes if you try!
Annual Fee
$795 for the primary card and $195 for additional users.
Signup Bonus Terms
- You can now apply for this card even if you have an open Sapphire, Sapphire Preferred or JPM Reserve card, but not if you have an open Sapphire Reserve card. Note that while you can apply for the card, if you have those cards open, you may not be eligible for a signup bonus and will be told that during the application process via a pop-up. You can change those cards into a Freedom card, wait a few days, and then try applying again to see if you don’t get the pop-up message.
- You will be told during the application process if you are not eligible for a bonus, and you can cancel the application before your credit is pulled. This will be based on your history of opening and closing cards, spending on cards, etc. You can opt to receive the card without a signup bonus.
Those rules mean that it will be tough for many people to get a bonus on this card, but there’s no harm in applying, as your credit report won’t be pulled unless you accept the offer and are approved.
This is what the pop-up will look like if you apply but are ineligible for a bonus:
5/24
Some Chase cards are subject to 5/24 restrictions, meaning that you might not be approved if you have been approved for 5 or more consumer credit cards in the past 24 months. Enforcement of 5/24 has been patchy of late and the only way to know if you can get approved is by trying to apply.
Note that the Chase system automatically counts cards like authorized user cards and store cards as cards that count towards 5/24, but if you explain to Chase that those cards are merely authorized user cards or store cards they can manually approve you for a new card.
You can check your credit report for free at the federally authorized annualcreditreport.com to check how many accounts are shows as being open in the past 24 months.
Card Earnings
- 4 points per dollar on airfare and hotels
- 3 points per dollar on dining, including sit-down or eat-in dining, including fast food restaurants and fine dining establishments, take-out, and restaurant delivery.
- 8 points per dollar on everything booked through Chase Travel, including airfare, hotels, car rentals, activities, and the soon to be launched vacation rental platform.
- 5 points per dollar on Lyft spending through 9/30/27.
- 1 point per dollar elsewhere.
- There are no foreign transaction fees.
$300 Annual Travel Credit
Cardholders get $300 in annual refunds per cardmember year that post automatically whenever you charge something that is categorized as travel, which includes airfare, Airbnb, car rentals, cruises, hotels, Lyft, subways, taxis, tolls, trains, Uber, UberEats, etc. It’s pretty easy to spend $300 over the course of a year given the wide range of eligible categories.
Read more about this credit here.
Apple TV+ and Apple Music Subscriptions
Cardholders get Apple TV+ and Apple Music subscriptions for free, a $250 annual value.
To enroll, open the Chase app and go to the Card Benefits section. Find the Apple TV+ and Apple Music offers and follow the prompts to link your Apple ID.
The Edit Hotel Credit
Cardholders will receive a $250 Chase Hotels by The Edit credit on 2+ night hotel stays. This can be used up to twice annually, for a $500 annual value.
The Edit is a collection of hand-picked hotels and resorts around the world. When you book with your Sapphire Reserve, you will receive daily breakfast for 2, a $100 property credit, a room upgrade at check-in if available, early check-in/late check-out if available, and free Wifi.
You can stack this benefit with Points Boost and pay for a hotel partially with the credit and partially with points at an increased value.
This can stack with other credits on the same stay.
$250 Hotel Credit
In 2026, cardmembers will get up to $250 in statement credits on prepaid 2+ night Chase Travel hotel bookings for IHG Hotels & Resorts, Montage Hotels & Resorts, Pendry Hotels & Resorts, Omni Hotels & Resorts, Virgin Hotels, Minor Hotels, and Pan Pacific Hotels and Resorts.
In addition to receiving the statement credit, these bookings are eligible to earn Ultimate Rewards points for spend above the $250 credit amount, plus corresponding hotel loyalty program points for the entirety of the purchase.
This can stack with other credits on the same stay, such as The Edit credit and the $300 travel credit.
Sapphire Tables Credit
Cardholders will receive a $150 Sapphire Tables credit every January-June and every July-December, a $300 annual value.
Unfortunately, there do not appear to be any kosher restaurants available at this time, though hopefully that will change soon. Be sure to provide your feedback to Chase!
Stubhub Credit
Cardholders will receive a $150 Stubhub or viagogo credit on concert and event tickets every January-June and every July-December, a $300 annual value.
To enroll, open the Chase app and go to the Card Benefits section. Find the Stubhub offer and enroll.
Have 2 cards? Here’s how to combine the credits!
Lyft Credit and Bonus Points
Cardholders receive $10 in monthly Lyft credits and 5 points per dollar on Lyft through 9/30/27, a $120 annual value. You can enroll here.
Doordash DashPass And Monthly Credit
Cardholders get free DoorDash DashPass to save money on deliveries, a $120 annual value. The membership is valid through 12/31/27 and you can enroll here.
Cardholders get $5 in monthly Doordash restaurant credit, a $60 annual value.
Cardholders get two $10 monthly Doordash non-restaurant credits, a $240 annual value.
DoorDash DashPass allows you to get free delivery and lower service fees on $12+ orders from select restaurants that have a blue checkmark. There are also lots of promotions and free food offers available to DashPass members.
Peloton Credit And Bonus Points
Cardholders will receive a $10 monthly credit for Peloton membership fees, a $120 annual value.
Plus, make a Peloton purchase of $150+ and earn 10 points per dollar spent through 12/31/27, up to 50K points.
Global Entry/PreCheck/Nexus Credit
It costs $85 to apply for a 5 year TSA Pre-Check membership which makes flying pleasant again. Shorter lines, no need to remove your shoes, belt, jacket, or hat. You can keep your laptop and small liquids inside your carry-on. And you go through a good old fashioned metal detector instead of assuming the position in the body scanner. If you charge it on your card the fee will be refunded.
It costs $120 to apply for a 5 year Global Entry membership which lets you bypass the customs line. If you have Global Entry you also get TSA Pre-Check for free. If you charge it on your card the fee will be refunded. Kids can now apply for Global Entry for free with parents who are part of the program.
It costs $120 to apply for a 5 year NEXUS membership and it includes PreCheck and Global Entry. If you charge it on your card the fee will be refunded.
That’s a $120 value every 4 years.
You can read more more about the differences in this post.
My whole family has Global Entry and it sure makes traveling a whole lot easier!
IHG Platinum Elite Status
Cardholders will receive IHG Platinum elite status through 12/31/27.
That provides free internet, 50% bonus points, upgrades, a welcome amenity, late checkout, and more. Platinum members also receive a discount on award bookings during promo periods.
You must activate this benefit by linking your IHG One Rewards account on Chase.com or the Chase Mobile app.
Reserve Travel Designers
Cardholders will receive complimentary access to Reserve Travel Designers with end-to-end travel planning from a custom itinerary to trip support. Chase says this personalized service is worth $300 per trip.
Annual spend threshold benefits
You will earn these bonuses if you spend $75K in a calendar year on Sapphire Reserve:
- IHG One Rewards Diamond Elite Status, which earns 100% bonus points on stays, provides Hertz President’s Circle status, dedicated Diamond support, reward night discounts, upgrades, and more.
- Southwest Airlines® A-List Status, which comes with a free checked bag, preferred seats at booking, extra legroom seats 48 hours prior to departure, 25% bonus points, priority boarding, same-day standby, priority check-in and security, dedicated phone line, and more.
- $500 Southwest Airlines credit when booked through Chase Travel
- $250 credit to The Shops at Chase, a new online shopping experience designed exclusively for cardmembers allowing them to shop for brands including Dyson, Sony, Therabody and Tumi, with rotating promotions, using their ultimate rewards points or their card to pay.
- World of Hyatt Explorist Status, which comes with 20% bonus points, premium internet, bottled water, upgrades, guaranteed availability, 2pm late checkout, and more.
Spend Threshold
You’ll need to spend $6,000 on this card within 3 months.
You can pay your federal taxes for a 1.75% fee.
My local natural gas company allows me to prepay up to $1,000 on a credit card for a $1.65 flat fee. That’s a great way to earn miles and help meet a spend threshold. My electricity supplier allows me to pay with a credit card for free as long as I am enrolled in autopay.
Card Benefits
Sapphire Reserve has a plethora of value benefits and protections:
- Free roadside assistance, including free battery boost, flat tire service, 2 gallons of fuel delivery, towing, or lockout assistance.
- Primary rental car insurance worldwide (secondary on domestic rentals for NY residents with their own auto insurance)
- $10K/item Purchase Protection for for items damaged or stolen within 120 days.
- $10K/item Extended Warranty Protection
- $500/item Return Protection
- Lost luggage insurance of $3,000 per person per trip.
- Baggage delay reimbursement of $100 per day per person (max of 5 days) for essential items needed (Clothing, toiletries, charger, etc) for delays more than 6 hours.
- Trip delay reimbursement of $500 per person for reasonable expenses (Hotel, food, toiletries, medicine, etc) required for delays more than 6 hours.
- Trip cancellation and trip interruption insurance of $10,000 per trip or $20,000 per trip with multiple travelers.
- $1,000,000 in travel accident insurance.
- $100,000 in emergency evacuation insurance when traveling more than 100 miles from home.
- Repatriation of Remains Insurance
- Emergency Medical and Dental Benefit while traveling
Game Changing Points Boost Value
Cardholders receive a value of 1 cent per point on all travel and a value of 1.25-2.5 cents per point on select airlines and hotels through Chase Travel.
Originally this worked on airlines like United, Air Canada, Aer Lingus, Emirates, and Singapore.
However the airlines rotate, and now it works on airlines like American, Air Canada, BA, JetBlue, Southwest, and more.
Chase Hotels by The Edit are currently redeemable at a value of 1.65, 2, or 2.5 cents each. This can be a truly incredible value for some redemptions!
When searching in Chase Travel, you can filter the results by Points Boost hotels only.
Last week, I flew in AA first class from Cleveland to Phoenix for just 30K points thanks to Points Boost, plus I earned back thousands of miles and Loyalty Points as it was a paid ticket. It would have cost 150K AA miles for the same flight!
Sample Points Boost redemptions:
Hotels can also be a bargain at a value of 1.65, 2, or 2.5 cents per point. Those include The Edit collection of hotels and select other hotels. When you book The Edit hotels, you can also stack that with a $250 credit for 2+ night stays. You can split the redemption between cash and points to trigger the $250 credit and redeem points at an increased value!
Split a Points Boost hotel from The Edit collection with points and cash to get a statement credit:
For existing cardholders, points earned prior to October 26, 2025 by grandfathered Sapphire Reserve cardmembers who applied prior to June 23, 2025, can also be redeemed at a value of 1.5 cents per point on all Chase Travel redemptions until October 26, 2027.
For points earned prior to October 26, 2025, grandfathered cardmembers will automatically receive the best offer available, whether it’s Points Boost or 1.5x on Chase Travel, maximizing rewards value for two years!
Price Match Guarantee
Sapphire Reserve cards now come with a price match guarantee on hotels booked via Chase Travel.
Within 24 hours of booking, just click on the reservation to file for a price match, upload a screenshot of a better price, and you will get a refund for the difference!
Pay Yourself Back
Chase Ultimate Rewards cards allow you to Pay Yourself Back for purchases in rotating categories.
Currently, you can pay yourself back for grocery stores, pet supply stores, veterinary services, and your annual fee at a rate of 1.25 cents per point through 6/30. Those categories rotate by quarter.
A great feature of the program is that you keep the original points that the purchase earned, even though you paid yourself back for the purchase. That means your points will be worth more than 1.25 cents each!
Cash Back
You can request a direct deposit or a statement credit for your points at a value of 1 cent each, though points are worth much more than that through mileage transfers, Points Boost, or Pay Yourself Back.
Airline And Hotel Transferability
If you or someone in your household has a Chase Sapphire Reserve you can transfer Chase Ultimate Rewards points into valuable airline and hotel mileage currencies.
Card Convertibility
You can call Chase to convert this card or any of the following cards into another card from this list:
Note that some reps will only allow card conversions after you have had the card for 12 months.
Priority Pass Lounge Membership
Priority Pass lounge membership allows you to bring 2 guests with you into over 1,300 airport lounges.
Secondary cardholders get their own Priority Pass membership and can bring in their own guests.
Air Canada Lounge Access
Primary and secondary cardholders, as well as 1 guest each, can visit Air Canada Maple Leaf Lounges for free when departing from the airport that day on a Star Alliance airline.
Additional guests will cost $59CAD for locations within Canada, $59USD for locations within the U.S., €59EUR for locations within the E.U., and £59GBP for locations within the U.K.
At this time, Chase Sapphire Reserve cardmembers and their guests are not eligible for access to Montreal Maple Leaf Lounges.
Chase Sapphire Lounge Access
Chase Sapphire lounges are now open in Boston, Hong Kong, JFK, LaGuardia, Las Vegas, Philadelphia, Phoenix, San Diego, and Washington DC/IAD.
Hot kosher meals are now available in the Boston, LaGuardia, and Philadelphia Sapphire lounges.
Chase Sapphire lounges in Dallas, Los Angeles, and more are coming soon.
Sapphire Reserve cardholders can access Sapphire lounges as often as they want via their Sapphire Reserve Priority Pass card with 2 guests at no charge. Additional guests cost $27 each and children under 2 are at no charge. Additional cardholders, which cost $195/year, can also access the Chase Sapphire lounges as often as they want via their Priority Pass card with 2 guests at no charge and the same price for additional guests.
I have visited the LaGuardia lounge several times, and it’s excellent!
It has everything from a kids lounge:
To an awesome arcade room, equipped with a jukebox, pinball, shuffleboard, and photobooth for complimentary use:
Grab a latte (parve milk substitute options are available), beer, or cocktail from the bar:
Or enjoy a complimentary facial:
Killer Combos
Stacking multiple Ultimate Rewards cards together can supercharge your earnings by getting you more points per dollar while increasing the value of all your points.
Read more about this strategy in depth in this post.
A Chase Bifecta would consist of a household that has the Sapphire Preferred or Sapphire Reserve and the Ink Business Unlimited® Credit Card. The total effective annual fees would be either $95 with Sapphire Preferred or $495 with Sapphire Reserve after accounting for that card’s $300 annual travel credit. With the Sapphire Reserve+Ink Unlimited you would earn 1.5 points per dollar everywhere, 3 points per dollar on dining, 4 points per dollar on airfare and hotels, and 8 points per dollar on travel booked via Chase. You’ll be able to transfer all of your points into airline miles or hotel points.
If you earn 1.5-8 points per dollar and redeem them at a value of 2 cents each, that’s like earning between 3% and 16% back!
A Chase Trifecta adds a no annual fee card like the Ink Business Cash® Credit Card or Chase Freedom Flex into the mix, so your total effective annual fee will still be $95 or $495. Both of those cards give options to earn a whopping 5 points per dollar in various categories on top of the up to 8 points per dollar that the Sapphire cards offer and the 1.5-5 points per dollar everywhere else with a Freedom, Ink Cash, or Ink Unlimited card.
A Chase Quadfecta would add both the Ink Cash and Chase Freedom Flex on top of a Sapphire card and an Unlimited card, so your total effective annual fee will still be just $95 or $495. The Quadfecta is the sweet spot and allows you to really supercharge your spending everywhere.
A Chase Quinfecta could add the Ink Business Preferred® Credit Card to that mix, adding $95 to the annual fee total. This makes sense if you spend money on shipping, social media advertising, or search engine advertising, or if you want free cell phone insurance.
Again, all of these cards don’t need to be in one person’s name. 2 people from the same household can split up the requisite cards that make up the Quinfecta, as they can transfer the Ultimate Rewards points back and forth between themselves freely and they can add each other as an authorized user on their cards!
Airline Transfer Partners
You can transfer points at a 1:1 ratio to:
- United (Star Alliance)
- Air Canada Aeroplan (Star Alliance)
- Singapore (Star Alliance)
- Air France/KLM Flying Blue (Skyteam)
- British Airways (OneWorld)
- Aer Lingus (OneWorld)
- Iberia (OneWorld)
- Qatar (OneWorld, transfer via BA)
- JetBlue
- Southwest
- Virgin Atlantic
Hotel Transfer Partners
You can transfer points at a 1:1 ratio to:
- Hyatt
- IHG
- Marriott
- Wyndham
- You can also transfer points to Hilton at a 1:1.5 ratio via Virgin Atlantic
The great thing about Chase Ultimate Rewards is how versatile and valuable they are
The Ink Preferred Card and Sapphire Preferred cards allow you and anyone in your household to transfer Chase points into miles and earns a Points Boost redemption value up to 1.75 cents per point.
The Sapphire Reserve also allows you and anyone in your household to transfer Chase points into miles and earns a Points Boost redemption value up to 2.5 cents per point.
The Points Boost value is excellent and can mean that a $500 hotel room will cost just 25K points or a $1,000 business class redemption will cost just 50K points. Or you can make your points potentially even more valuable by transferring them into airline miles or hotel points.
- If I want to stay in a 5 star Park Hyatt in the Maldives, Melbourne, NYC, Paris, Sydney, or Tokyo that would cost over $1,000/night, I can instantly transfer 25-40K points to Hyatt to do that, a value of up to 6 cents per point.
- If I need a one-way flight from Cleveland (or Chicago, Detroit, Miami, Montreal, Orlando, Pittsburgh, Toronto, etc) to NYC that can cost $500 each way, I can instantly transfer 9.5K points to Avios to book a short-haul on American with no last minute booking fees. Or if American doesn’t have availability I can instantly transfer 10K points to United for their short-haul award. That’s a value of up to 7 cents per point.
- Air Canada offers one-way short haul awards for just 6K miles. You can also get stopover awards for 5K miles, build round-the-world awards, and get free lap child awards in the US/Canada and bring lap children to anywhere else in the world for just C$25!
- United offers excellent award availability, especially to their cardholders, and awards can be changed or canceled for free.
- If I want to fly in a $30,000 ANA First Class Suite round-trip from the US to Tokyo, I can instantly transfer 145K-170K points to Virgin Atlantic. That’s a value of up to 21 cents per point. You can now redeem one-way awards for half the price as well!
- And thousands of other possibilities from Singapore couples suites to booking Southwest awards with 2 free bags and free cancellations, to stealing 2nd base in middle of an MLB game.
Dan’s quick thoughts:
Coupon books are all the rage these days. AMEX started it, and the model proved to be wildly successful, so love it or hate it, it’s no surprise to see more cards adopt the coupon book.
While some people may be worse off with these changes, people who already spend on the new benefits or can take advantage of the new benefits may come out ahead.
Either way, you’ll need to stay on top of things more than ever to ensure you are getting a good value for your annual fee.
For people who don’t want to deal with the full coupon book, Sapphire Preferred remains a bargain at a $95 annual fee and allows you to transfer your points to airlines and hotels.
I have been able to receive some excellent values via Points Boost, it can be a real game changer if you can take advantage of redemptions at 2 cents each!
That means if you have an Ink Unlimited Card or Freedom Unlimited earning 1.5 points per dollar everywhere or Ink Cash Card earning up to 5 points per dollar and a Sapphire Reserve earning up to 8 points per dollar and redeem them at a value of 2 cents each, that’s like earning between 3% and 16% back everywhere!
That being said, Chase has turned a no-brainer simple value proposition into a more confusing one. Some will come out ahead, but it may cause others to reevaluate their card portfolio and spending habits.
Will you apply for a Chase Sapphire Reserve Card?
