Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card

I applied back in March and was denied due to not having another CC with a similar credit limit of the $5000 minimum on the Sapphire Preferred. Back then my FICOs were EQ704 and TU709. After 6 months of working on my credit and getting new cards with larger limits, and getting increases on current cards, I applied last week and was approved!! I was approved with FICOs of EX715, EQ729. My AAoA is 3+ years, utilization of 1%, and my other CLs were $4250, $4000 and 2 $1250. They instantly approved me for $5000! Called the regular customer service number and had them overnight it to me for Friday because I wanted to book a trip. It didn't end up arriving. Ended up calling the Sapphire specific line and had them overnight it to me for Monday. I did receive it Monday but not at my business address as I had requested. O well, atleast it wasn't stolen out of my mail box(I live on a busy street)

So far I love it. It's a beautiful card, and has some heft to it. I've already received many compliments on it. The 40,000 bonus points(after spending $3k) surely doesn't hurt as I have already almost reached $2k spending on it.

Booking flights through Ultimate Rewards mall isn't cheaper in my experience. It does give you 3 points/dollar. But you can book through another travel website via a link on the site, and it will give you 4points/dollar, and its cheaper.

This card gives you 2 points/dollar when spent on travel(including taxis and tolls), 7% dividend on points earned in the year, no forex fees. Also if you have the Chase Trifecta(a chase checking account and the Freedom cards) the rewards really start adding up!

Don't be discouraged if your credit score, history isn't excellent, or you don't have other high limits.  I have a 690 TU Fico and a 680 Equifax FICO, 700 on Credit Karma and they listed my chance of this card as "Poor".  Also, I have 27 lates in my history, including a 90 in 2007, and a 60 in 2009 on my car loan.  Only two of those 30 day lates are in the last 2.5 years though, and none in 2013.  

To top it off, I had no high limits on my cards.  I had 2 Chase Cards with $250 & $300 limits, a BOA with $500, Capital 1 with $300, and Cap 1 turned me down for a Credit Limit Increase.

Well, I went on Chase site and used their pre-qual tool, and Freedom came up, I applied and was approved for $5,000.  Next day, I decided I wanted to pair with Sapphire Preferred.  I thought for sure declined, but was approved for $6,000.  Only telling you because it is nice to know Chase looks at other factors besides raw score and history, and if you have a similar profile to mine, don't be discouraged from applying.

In my case I had $75K income, up a lot from prior years due to promotion, had paid all my cards down to zero so low Utilization, and had 2 credit cards, a checking, and a savings with Chase for years.  I believe it was my combo of good debt to income & prior relationship with Chase that allowed me to be approved despite having a relatively low score.

So, don't be discouraged if Credit Karma tells you "poor".  And use Chase Pre-Qual, someone had told me if an offer pops up for you, there's a very good chance of approval.

Applied for this card over the weekend. Denied. CK 709, Vantage 788, EQ FICO 709, TU FICO 704. Utilization is 5%. Denied because my other CC did not have high enough for a CL. Make sure you have a high enough CL on your other cards, definitely around $3-4000.

I will post this on both the regular and the preferred. 

To start off i am 19 with 2 other cards and 7 inquiries. I have a Wells Fargo with a $1500 limit and a capital one with a $750 limit. Credit Karma score of 704. 

my utilization currently is %30. 

I applied for the regular chase sapphire, I was instantly approved for a $5000 limit which was like craziness considering my highest limit was curently $1500. So for a whole day i could hardly keep a smile off my face. after reading all the reviews and how the Sapphire Preferred is truly worth the annual fee, i called the number (888)-245-0625. The back door number. to talk to someone about if i could just trasfer it to the Preferred and if i had to reapply blah blah. She told me i had to reapply but if i got declined they would almost certainly let me close the regular and transfer the balance to the preferred. She said because i already had a $5000 limit that there was a good chance i would be declined but not to worry because of what she just told me. I went home and applied for the preferred. I was instantly approved again for $5000. I called to cancel the first card and then he said he was transfering the credit limit to one card to consolidate the line. I would then have a $10,000 Limit. I almost wet myself. That is crazy. 

As of now i have a Sapphire Preferred with a $10,000 limit at 19. with an annual income of $30,000. The customer service was great, they never acted like i was trying to get away with something. Super helpful. I am now waiting for the card in the mail. So excited. 

I have a preffered card and I have been using it for about 10 months. I got this one instantly approved (had a FICO score of 725) for $7500. The coolest features of this card are :

Pros :

1) Direct customer response. you no longer need to press 1 or 2 and do all that **** and wait for long time.

2) No foreign transaction fee. I went abroad and the forex rate was exactly as per WSJ (10 to 15 cents less, which is fine with me and alot better than other ones).

3) Love the way the rewards are shown transparetly and you get 1X more for booking through ultimaterewards.

4) Best customer response I have experienced with any other credit cards I have. ( I was shopping and I need to have some extra credit line, they have instantly raised my creit line to $12000). BTW I also have Chase freedom and I have been using it since 4 years or more.

5) You can get 20% cheaper when you are using your points. For example if I have 10,000 which are actually worth $100, while making reservation, I can get upto $120.00.

6) Get 1X extra points for dining on fridays.

7) best flight and car rental deals around and you need not check 2 or 3 websites, everytime when you have a travel plan. But still I take a peek into the other travel deals and mostly its a waste of time (and thats my opinion).

Cons :

1) I think they will have to figure out a proper way for cancelations. you can always cancel a reservation with a $200.00 fee for flights, but this free if its within 24 hours of the reservation time. But this is alot better, when compared to other credit cards.

Had to call reconsideration line twice! 7 year old Bankruptcy on report. First lady rep said "Nope!"  Called back 3 hours later, second male rep said "Welcome to Chase!"  I was approved for Chase Sapphire Preferred with $5000 CL.  Glad I called twice and didn't take no for an answer.  Thanks to the advice of many forums regarding this card and Chase, I was able to be another success story in my ability to obtain this card.  There is hope after BK if you reestablish credit and do the right thing! 

706TU; 687EQ; 738EXP,  CK711

As a long term chase customer, after United plus and Chase Freedom, I decided finally to give Sapphire preferred a try.  I applied last week  n was instantly approved online with CK score=775.  The card came in this morning along with all cc agreement stuff.  CL=9K and was asked by rep during card activation if that is enough for me, if not, they can rise the limit.  Made a second call in the afternoon to see if I can switch to MC from VISA since my stupid school doesn't accept VISA, so i can't pay my tuition.  She helped me through the process with all perks remain and notified me that I will have 45 days period to switch back to VISA if I desire so...wow...so far so good...Love the card~

Went to the bank and got approved instantly. 740 credit, 5 HI, 1y1m credit history, 5k limit. Wouldnt have applied for this card if it wasnt for creditkarma. Thanks!

 
This is my go-to card. Even with the fee it's a definite keeper. If you travel out of the country at least once or twice a year and earn enough rewards that more than offset the annual fee, there aren't too many rewards cards I can think of at the top of my head that surpass this one. All my chargeable expenses are put on this card. Like any other card, always pay the balance off in full as soon and as often as you can. The moment you start falling into the interest-trap is when you negate any benefits the rewards program may offer. Barring any drastic changes to the program, I can see myself using this card indefinitely.

I applied for the regular chase sapphire card because I wanted a good rewards card. Instant approval for 5k limit within seconds. After further looking into the preferred card I wanted those benefits a lot more so decided I would take the inquiry and reapply for that card about a week later. Another 5k instant approval. I had poor chance of approval through credit karma...

2y2m credit history. Have Amex($800) and capital one($2,250) with cs of 721(dropped after leasing a new car)