Chase Sapphire Reserve 80,000-Point Welcome Bonus

This is your last chance to take advantage of one of the best credit card sign-up bonuses of the year.

New Chase Sapphire Reserve® cardholders can currently earn 80,000 bonus points after spending $4,000 on purchases in the first three months from account opening. This is the biggest welcome bonus since the 100,000-point bonus that Chase offered when the card launched in 2016.

This elevated offer will end before the end of the day on November 30, so you’ll have to act fast if you want to take advantage.

The Chase Sapphire Reserve’s elevated welcome bonus is for 80,000 bonus points after spending $4,000 on purchases in the first three months from account opening.

This is an extremely generous offer, as those 80,000 bonus points are worth $1,200 when redeemed through the Chase Travel portal or Pay Yourself Back tool and potentially even more if you transfer the points and redeem with one of Chase’s airline or hotel partners like United or Hyatt.

Starting Dec. 1, the card will revert back to its standard 60,000-point bonus.

The Sapphire Reserve’s points are worth 50% more when you redeem them for travel through the Chase Ultimate Rewards Travel Portal or as a statement credit with the Pay Yourself Back feature. So 80,000 bonus points can be worth up to $1,200 and will “erase” dining and Airbnb purchases from your statement.

When redeemed for straight cash back outside of Pay Yourself Back, the 80,000 points are worth $800.

In addition to offering a sizable welcome bonus, the Sapphire Reserve also has a generous rewards program: 5X points on flights and 10X points on hotels and car rentals when you purchase through Chase Ultimate Rewards® (immediately after thecfirst $300 is spent on travel purchases annually); 3X points on travel and dining worldwide and 1X points on all other purchases. Plus, earn 10X points on Lyft purchases through March 2025.

Cardholders also enjoy additional perks including:

• Up to $300 annual travel credit to offset flights, hotel stays and more
• $100 credit toward Global Entry/TSA PreCheck fee every four years
• Priority Pass Select lounge access (valued at $429), giving you access to 1,000+ VIP lounges in over 500 cities worldwide
• Complimentary DoorDash DashPass (worth about $119) for a minimum of one year through December 31^st, 2024), which offers free delivery and reduced service fees on food delivery. Plus get $5 in DoorDash credits each calendar month while enrolled in DashPass through 12/31/2024.
• Complimentary Lyft Pink All Access membership (worth up to $199 annually) for up to two years, plus a 50% discount for the third year (membership auto-renews annually), which includes discounts on rides, relaxed cancellations and more
• The Luxury Hotel and Resort Collection, giving you special benefits, such as complimentary room upgrades, early check-in and late check-out at participating properties
• Travel protections, including lost luggage reimbursement, trip cancellation/interruption insurance, trip delay reimbursement, travel accident insurance, baggage delay insurance, travel and emergency assistance services and emergency evacuation and transportation
• Shopping protections, including purchase protection, return protection and extended warranty protection

Reviewing this list makes it obvious why the Sapphire Reserve ranks as Select’s top travel credit card for luxury travel and is a consistent favorite among frequent travelers.

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There are many ways to redeem your Chase Sapphire Reserve bonus points, but some methods provide more value than others.

Book travel through Chase Ultimate Rewards

Value: 1.50 cents per point

Maximize your Chase Sapphire Reserve’s 80,000 points by cashing them in to book travel through the Chase Ultimate Rewards portal.

Redeeming your points this way gives you 1.50 cents per point — making them worth 50% more — and you can use the points to cover future airfare and accommodation booked through Chase’s travel portal. 80,000 points would cover $1,200 worth of expenses booked through the Chase Travel Portal.

Transfer points to a Chase travel partner

Value: 1:1 ratio

You can also transfer your points for a 1:1 ratio to one of Chase’s 13 travel partners in the Ultimate Rewards program. These partners include 10 airlines: Aer Lingus, British Airways, Emirates, Flying Blue (Air France/KLM), Iberia, JetBlue, Singapore Airlines, Southwest, United and Virgin Atlantic; and three hotel chains: Hyatt, IHG and Marriott.

Once your points are transferred to a travel partner, they might have more or less value depending on the program’s rules and regulations.

For instance, you could transfer 80,000 points to Hyatt and book two nights at the luxurious Park Hyatt New York, where rooms typically cost over $1,000 per night. Another option would be to transfer your points to Virgin Atlantic and book a business class flight from the U.S. to Japan on ANA for as little as 90,000 miles round-trip.

Pay Yourself Back

Value: 1.50 cents per point

Chase’s Pay Yourself Back tool increases the value of Ultimate Rewards points by 50% on certain eligible purchases. For example, you can currently redeem points toward spend on Airbnb, dining, select charities and the annual membership fee, though these categories may change over time.

For example, the 80,000-point bonus could “erase” $1,200 worth of dining expenses from your statement.

Gift Cards

Value: 1 cent per point

You can use your points toward gift card purchases at restaurants, department stores or for entertainment services. The value of one point is worth a penny, so, for example, a $50 Under Armour gift card would cost 5,000 points. At times, Chase will offer a sale on gift cards, marking them down by 10%.

Minimum gift card redemption amounts vary by merchant, but many cards have $15 or $25 minimums. Gift cards are shipped, and cardholders have two options: free standard shipping, which takes six to 10 days, or rush shipping, which costs $10 and takes three to six days.

Cash Back

Value: 1 cent per point

Chase’s cash-back option allows cardholders to redeem their points in the form of a statement credit at a 1:1 value. For example, 10,000 points could earn you $100 cash back. Redeeming your rewards for cash-back statement credits isn’t the most cost-effective way to use them, especially when you can take advantage of the Pay Yourself Back option where points are worth 50% more.

In order to qualify for the Chase Sapphire Reserve’s welcome bonus, you must meet two eligibility requirements:

1. You currently don’t have any Sapphire cards (Preferred or Reserve); and
2. You haven’t received a new card member bonus for any Sapphire card in the past 48 months

If you don’t already have the Chase Sapphire Reserve in your wallet, now’s the time to apply. The card’s generous 80,000-point bonus will come to an end on November 30.