Grocery stores and dining at restaurants including takeout and eligible delivery services home improvement stores such as home depot and lowe s and select.
Chase sapphire preferred dining category.
Chase has shaken things up this morning with an unexpected move.
First of all the triple points post to your statement at the same time the usual points do.
Although it earns 2x on these same purchases the chase sapphire preferred card remains a top pick especially for those new to the award travel game the great thing about this is that chase has a very.
The following perks are temporarily being added to the card between july 1 and september 30 2020.
How the sapphire reserve 3x points categories work.
You ll earn 2 points total for each 1 spent when your card is used for purchases in the travel category or the dining at restaurants category one additional point on top of the.
And 5x rotating categories freedom flex or 1 5x everywhere freedom unlimited is gravy.
Before we talk about what qualifies as dining and travel on the chase sapphire reserve card let s talk about the basics of how these bonus categories work.
Chase sapphire preferred is the rewards travel credit card that awards you 2x points on travel and dining.
Even putting its amazing travel protections like primary car rental coverage and trip delay reimbursement aside the chase sapphire reserve and its cheaper sibling the chase sapphire preferred card are.
The chase sapphire preferred is one of chase s mid range cards and ordinarily has a 95 annual fee.
The addition of 3x drugstore.
The chase sapphire reserve has received plenty of attention since its debut back in 2016 that s in no small part due to the 3x points it earns on travel and dining purchases worldwide.
The chase sapphire preferred card offers 60 000 bonus points and the chase sapphire reserve offers 50 000 bonus points both after you spend 4 000 within the first three months.
On september 15th they are introducing a brand new card called the chase freedom flex and they are also seriously enhancing benefits on the chase freedom unlimited given the enhancements on these cards both will offer 3x dining and 3x drugstores i speculate that we ll also see some type of enhancements on the chase.
Well we could well see them up the earning rates on the sapphire cards in the dining category 5x on the reserve and 3x on the sapphire.
Chase could put the icing on the cake by adding groceries as a permanent bonus category on the sapphire cards especially if they want to take cards like the amex gold card 4x on groceries head on.
New limited time chase sapphire preferred benefits.
Points could add up quickly if you enjoy restaurant meals including delivery and the sapphire.
Earn 3x ultimate rewards points with instacart on up to 3 000 of spending.
The chase sapphire preferred offers 2 ultimate rewards points per dollar spent on travel and dining.
Instead of the sapphire preferred card s 2x travel and dining you can now get a fee free freedom card that earns 5x travel booked through chase and 3x dining.