Last week, it was reported that the signup bonus on the Chase Ink card had increased to 70,000 points. The only catch with this increased 70,000 point offer is that you had to apply in branch. From what I have read, it is not clear whether or not the annual fee would be waived the first year (last time the Chase Ink bonus was increased in-branch, the annual fee was NOT waived)
If you do want to sign up online or don’t have a branch near you, the best offer I have is for 60,000 points as a signup bonus (affiliate link)
Getting the increased bonus
Chase has been pretty good at matching bonuses, and I was hopeful that this time should be no different. I recently applied for the Chase Ink a few months ago with “only” the 60,000 bonus
I applied for the Chase Ink Plus before the Chase 5/24 rule supposedly went into effect for business cards (in April), though there have been reports that the 5/24 rule is not always applied uniformly.
Miles to Memories reminded me about the 70k offer and mentioned that he had been successful in getting a match on his account, so I sent off a secure message through Chase’s site. Result, a day or so later…
You’re a valued customer and we appreciate the opportunity to serve your credit needs. We’ll be glad to add the additional 10,000 bonus points to your account. In order for us to do so, please reply to this email once your account has met the spending goal of $5,000.00 within the first three months from the account open date.
You had an original offer on your account for 60,000 points after you spend $5,000.00 on the first three months from account open date. We will post that to your account automatically after you’ve met the spending goal.
Cha-ching! Not as good as getting the 10,000 points immediately, but still a useful reminder if you have applied for the Chase Ink card recently!
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So you have no personal experience with this and are just regurgitating what others on boarding area have written about already?
Ummmmm no? As I stated in the post, I already sent a message to Chase and already got a response that they would give me 10,000 extra points
Any comments on how this would impact a 10K referral bonus? For instance, if I referred a business at the 60K level, thus receiving 10K myself, do you feel they are less inclined to honor the current 70K offer?
@Greg – I referred my husband’s business for the card; have received my 10,000 referral. We sent a secure message requesting the additional 10,000 and received a reply & the additional 10,000 within 48 hours. His $5K spend requirement was previously met.
I agree with Diane in that it should have no impact
I secure messaged Chase for my husband’s ink plus yesterday. Today he got a message saying that 10,000 points were deposited.
I referred him the card and he met the spend requirement a few weeks ago.
has anyone’s acct that past the 90 days got matched?
I asked Chase today for an Ink card I opened 14 months ago. Unsurprisingly, they said no.