Chase Checking + Ink Bold = 20% more points?

[bubbles]

Chase is making life complicated

complications like this I can live with

[Dan]

complications like this I can live with

Seems to me like:
Ink Bold Exclusives has 20% bonus+spending threshold bonus.
Ink Bold 5/2/1 has the 5/2/1 categories and no forex.

[AJK]

Not how do you make up your mind rather how do you let chase know which you prefer

My bad 

Good question. I wonder if its based on when people applied?

Where do u see that?

On the application landing page.

[AsherO]

When I was in a Chase branch earlier today (while waiting for a banker to push through my apps), I snapped a picture (with my blackberry, hence the lousy quality) of the following Chase promotional poster:



I noticed a few things:

• The Exclusives Bold is being marketed as a new card (I'm not sure what to make of that).
• The lounge benefit is with Lounge club, IIRC it used to be PP select.
• There's no mention of 20% on the poster (for any of the three cards on the poster)
• If you have a SP card, you don't really need the IB, as the Ink Rewards (formerly Classic?) has all the same benefits (5/2/1x bonuses, lounge access) with no annual fee, so you can earn the bonuses on that card and transfer them to your SP to get miles/hotel points.

Edit: FYI, this poster was dated 11/11, meaning it's new.

[karen]

When I was in a Chase branch earlier today (while waiting for a banker to push through my apps), I snapped a picture (with my blackberry, hence the lousy quality) of the following Chase promotional poster:



I noticed a few things:

• The Exclusives Bold is being marketed as a new card (I'm not sure what to make of that).
• The lounge benefit is with Lounge club, IIRC it used to be PP select.
• There's no mention of 20% on the poster (for any of the three cards on the poster)
• If you have a SP card, you don't really need the IB, as the Ink Rewards (formerly Classic?) has all the same benefits (5/2/1x bonuses, lounge access) with no annual fee, so you can earn the bonuses on that card and transfer them to your SP to get miles/hotel points.

Is this new benefit only for IB credit card holder who has chase checking account?

[AsherO]

Is this new benefit only for IB credit card holder who has chase checking account?

I have no reason to believe that it the case.

[karen]

I have no reason to believe that it the case.

Then do you think the current IB credit card holder can get match to this offer? I am more interesting in 2 points for gas.

[presidentialplus]

is there any information over the new bold card

NO metion of thresholds, how about the points being worth 20% more.
I called and the reps are completely clueless, they have no clue what the exclusives is etc. we need more info.

[AsherO]

is there any information over the new bold card

NO metion of thresholds, how about the points being worth 20% more.
I called and the reps are completely clueless, they have no clue what the exclusives is etc. we need more info.

Yup, no mention of thresholds. Chase has made it so complicated that even their employees can't answer your questions. I think in that sense Amex is ahead of them.

[AJK]

This IB is a brand new product. I think you should cut them a bit of slack. Yes, they're Chase employees and should know all the products like the back of their hand, but realistically, I'd give it a few weeks for the dust to settle.

[AsherO]

This IB is a brand new product. I think you should cut them a bit of slack. Yes, they're Chase employees and should know all the products like the back of their hand, but realistically, I'd give it a few weeks for the dust to settle.

Agreed.

As BP enlightened me, Chase is still promoting the threshold bonuses, unless this is an old page that's being phased out.

Edit: Link was first posted to DDF mid-October, so it isn't new.

[AJK]

As BP enlightened me, Chase is still promoting the threshold bonuses, unless this is an old page that's being phased out.

Though I guess it's possible, I'd personally be surprised if Chase ran both the Exclusives and the 5/2/1 promotion simultaneously with no end in sight.

My bet is that those who signed up under the Exclusives offer would get to choose, but those who sign up under the new IB 5/2/1 would only get that offer.

Complete conjecture on my part, but that's how AMEX has handled it in the past.

[AsherO]

Though I guess it's possible, I'd personally be surprised if Chase ran both the Exlusives and the 5/2/1 promotion simultaneously.

My bet is that those who signed up under the Exclusives offer would get to choose, but those who sign up under the new IB 5/2/1 would only get that offer.

Complete conjecture on my part, but that's how AMEX has handled it in the past.

What Amex change are you referring to? We'll see how Chase handles it.

[AJK]

What Amex change are you referring to? We'll see how Chase handles it.

AMEX Blue Cash.

[Dan]

Though I guess it's possible, I'd personally be surprised if Chase ran both the Exclusives and the 5/2/1 promotion simultaneously with no end in sight.

My bet is that those who signed up under the Exclusives offer would get to choose, but those who sign up under the new IB 5/2/1 would only get that offer.

Complete conjecture on my part, but that's how AMEX has handled it in the past.

Chase has always had a collection of a dozen or so Ink card offers that seem overly confusing to everyone.
AMEX would never do such a thing as it creates too much confusion.

Don't see how said conjecture applies here.

[Bp]

Chase has always had a collection of a dozen or so Ink card offers that seem overly confusing to everyone.
AMEX would never do such a thing as it creates too much confusion.

Don't see how said conjecture applies here.

And to add to the confusion on the landing page it says:
 
Earn over 45,000 bonus
points in your first year when you spend $100,000.
 
and in the Offer details its says:

As one-time bonuses Annually, once you exceed $25,000 in net purchases you will receive 7,500 bonus points, once you exceed $50,000 in net purchases you will receive an additional 15,000 bonus points, and once you exceed $100,000 in net purchases you will receive an additional 25,000 bonus points. ("Annually" means the year beginning with your enrollment date through the first statement after the anniversary of your enrollment date, and each twelve months thereafter.)

So... chase has some work to do.

[AsherO]

So today I get a letter from Chase that my Ink Classic was upgraded. I now get the 20% exclusives bonus (because it's linked to a checking account) and another plethora of benefits (the usual suspects for this card). No mention of the 5/2/1x category bonuses, Hmmmph.

[Dan]

Gonna downgrade it?

[PETERP]

Seems to me like:
Ink Bold Exclusives has 20% bonus+spending threshold bonus.
Ink Bold 5/2/1 has the 5/2/1 categories and no forex.

I have the chase ink bold and no clue as to which I have . Would like to know as I am in Europe now and would refrain from using if it has forex fees . Sm the way to go CSR KNEW nada when I asked her about exclusive and activated it

[PETERP]

So today I get a letter from Chase that my Ink Classic was upgraded. I now get the 20% exclusives bonus (because it's linked to a checking account) and another plethora of benefits (the usual suspects for this card). No mention of the 5/2/1x category bonuses, Hmmmph.

Well I just got my card last week and won't be back to NYC mailbox for 17 days. So in those bunch of benefits that u got where forex fees eliminated? I got a welcome package with the lounge not pp membership I think with  2 free passes or was that my mb plat , or my chase sp, or my visa khazakstan
Or my citi turquoise . I think I am getting a brain tumor