Like many of you, I got the highly touted Chase Sapphire Reserve card back in 2016 with a bonus of 100,000 Chase Ultimate Rewards points. At the time, 100,000 bonus points were rare. I used my Sapphire Reserve card and loved my card for the next 5 years, but with so much more hitting the […]
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Positive Changes To The Chase Sapphire Cards
There are some positive changes coming to both the Chase Sapphire Preferred Card and the Chase Sapphire Reserve card beginning on August 16, 2021. And the annual fees on both cards will remain the same. Chase Sapphire Preferred Card You will earn extra points on your purchases as follows: 5x on travel booked through the […]
Why You Should Keep Your Sapphire Preferred Even With Your New And Improved Freedom Unlimited!
This was the email that I sent to my Sapphire Preferred/Freedom Unlimited clients…… You are getting this email because you and/or your spouse have the combo of a Chase Sapphire PREFERRED and a Chase Freedom UNLIMITED card. Before I start with the details, I am letting everyone know that I am going with the […]
New Standard Offer For The Chase Sapphire Preferred-60,000 Chase Ultimate Rewards
If you have heard people talking about the Sapphire line of cards over the last few years but haven’t yet jumped on board, now would be a good time. Chase has upped its offer for the Chase Sapphire Preferred. You can earn 60,000 Chase Ultimate Rewards bonus points (instead of the prior 50,000 points) when you […]
I Downgraded My Chase Sapphire Preferred To The Chase Freedom Unlimited
Like I have been posting about a lot lately, I recently got the Chase Sapphire Reserve Card with a 100,000 bonus point offer. Score! When comparing the Chase Sapphire Reserve to my beloved Chase Sapphire Preferred Card, it seems that everything the Preferred card does, the Reserve card does better. So for me, I […]
My Day At Mohonk Mountain House
A few weeks ago I went, with four friends for the day, to Mohonk Mountain House in New Paltz New York. We live in Westchester county, and it was about an hour and 20 minute easy drive. We took advantage of an amazing weekday special where for $170, you have access to the grounds and facilities, you […]
North Carolina-Delta Flights and Hyatt Hotel Paid For Using Chase Sapphire Preferred
I am currently in Cary, North Carolina. I came down for s swim meet with my daughter. Getting down here was quite inexpensive (the Delta flights were about $120 a piece and the Hyatt Place hotel about $80 per night), so I did not even attempt to try to use miles or points for this […]
Our December Weekend At Woodloch Pines Paid For Using Our Chase Sapphire Preferred
We just returned from our weekend at Woodloch Pines in Hawley, PA, in celebration of my parents 50th anniversary. We spent the weekend participating in a lot of the Woodloch activities such as horse racing (remember they gave me a “cash advance”), bingo, hiking, go carts, EATING, and enjoying the nightly entertainment. We were there during […]
Chase Sapphire Preferred Card Used For Our Stay At The Palace Hotel
Sometimes Rob makes some of our travel plans when he takes advantage of auction items at charity events. Last year, he bid on and won a night at the Palace hotel. He did this with my daughter Jessie in mind, as she is a huge Gossip Girl fan. The Palace is the hotel in which […]
Chase Sapphire Preferred Used To Pay For Our Stay At The Peaks Hotel In Telluride
We just returned from Telluride. It was an amazing trip even if we needed more snow. (It snowed about 27 inches the day after we left and stranded us at the airport an extra day—really? ) Even though we flew for free to Telluride/Montrose, we needed to pay for the hotel, as Telluride is a […]