Current Chase Sapphire Preferred cardholders can earn up to 75k Ultimate Rewards with Refer a Friend

A couple of weeks ago Chase announced a new 60k  welcome offer on their Chase Sapphire Preferred.  While public applications were continuing to offer this without a waived fee, you could still refer people to a 50k offer with a waived first year annual fee. I advised against this pointing to the valuation of 10k Ultimate Rewards being worth more than $95. Shortly thereafter, Chase changed their referrals to match the public offer and now they’ve done one better.

Chase has increased their referral bonuses for current Chase Sapphire Preferred cardholders in both per card referrals and yearly max. You can now earn 15k Ultimate Rewards when you refer a friend which is up from a previous 10k per friend. The yearly max has also increased from 50k to 75k. Note referrals are only paid after card approval.

Here is my link if you’d like to support us, but please feel free to leave your referral links as well.

Chase Sapphire Preferred 60k

A quick overview of the Chase Sapphire Preferred benefits

• Points are transferrable to 13 Ultimate Rewards partners
• 2x points on dining and travel
• Redeem in the Chase Travel center for 1.25 cents per point
• No foreign transaction fees
• 60k points are worth $750 in the Chase Travel Center
• Suite of Travel and Purchase Coverage

A head’s up on Referrals

Chase has been sending on 1099’s effectively valuing Ultimate Rewards at a penny a piece. This would affect your taxes so keep that in mind and consult a professional if you’d like more advice.

My thoughts

I love the referral bonuses, but then again I’m a crazy travel blogger who will fly halfway around the world for a weekend. Those extra points help me do what I love, and I realize other people may not find the same value as I do and want to avoid any extra taxes. To each their own, but by my way of looking at things, I’m far more inclined to keep a card long term if I can earn additional points via referral and continue to reap the built in benefits of the card.

The feature image is from the Carmelo Resort and Spa in Uruguay’s Wine country. My buddy and I both made use of Chase’s transfer partner, Hyatt, to stay in this wonderful resort where the standard room is a bungalow.

If you’d like to support the blog, we greatly appreciate it

	Chase Sapphire Preferred	100k after $4k spend 5x Chase Travel 3x dining + select streaming 3x groceries
	Chase Ink Business Preferred	100k after $15k spend 3x Travel/Internet/Cable Free Cell phone insurance $95 Annual Fee
	Chase Freedom Flex	$200 after $500 spend 5x rotating categories No Annual Fee
	Chase Ink Business Unlimited	Earn $750 after $7500 spend in 3 months. Earn 1.5x on every purchase
	Chase Freedom Unlimited	Earn $200 after $500 spend in 3 months

Feel free to leave your own referrals if you’d like