Banks want to clearly differentiate between value propositions on their products and the freedom refresh could well usher in changes on the chase sapphire preferred and reserve card.
Chase freedom and sapphire reserve combo.
And the sapphire preferred freedom ink cash combo is not far behind.
We ve written about what scores are needed for the chase sapphire preferred the chase freedom freedom unlimited and the chase sapphire reserve cards.
You ll pay a total of 550 for the two cards.
She has the freedom card chase checking and the sapphire preferred card.
That being said having a score of at least 700 will give you the best chances of being approved for the top chase credit cards.
Chase credit card combo for personal spending for frequent travelers your top option will be owning the chase sapphire reserve and the chase freedom unlimited.
The chase freedom unlimited and the chase sapphire preferred card make a great ultimate rewards points earning team.
The former offers a great return on everyday spending and the latter gets you 2x rewards on dining and travel and opens up some great transfer partner options.
That earned her a 10 bonus of 288 points they round up.
Maximizing spend bonus categories with chase freedom and sapphire preferred combo the points guy mar 28 2012 this post contains references to products from one or more of our advertisers.
If you re willing to go with four cards the difference between the combo with the sapphire preferred and the sapphire reserve is tiny 98 cents per point for the former vs 94 cents per point for the latter.
And with the chase sapphire reserve card each point is worth 1 5 cents if you redeem them for travel through chase ultimate rewards.
Why changes to chase sapphire cards could be imminent in this post i analyze how the recent updates to chase s freedom cards could impact their sapphire cards.
The sapphire reserve earns 3x points on dining purchases.
You can see that in this month s statement she spent a total of 2 876 on her freedom card.
So if you have chase freedom flex and earn 5 cash back which translates to five points per 1 on specific purchases you could then transfer the points to your chase sapphire reserve account and redeem them for travel at an equivalent of 7 5 points.
Transfer points to any of chase s network of transfer partners at a 1 1 ratio the freedom unlimited card doesn t allow you to transfer points since the freedom unlimited card allows you to earn at least 1 5 points per dollar and the sapphire reserve card allows you redeem for at least 1 5 cents per point you earn a minimum return of 2 25 when redeeming for travel.