[Expired] [Targeted] Chase Sapphire Preferred: Get 3-5x Points on Bill Payments for Insurance, Utilities, Phone Service, Cable

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Update: Some people have the same offer but for 5x points instead of 3x.

The Offer

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Chase is sending out an email offer for the Sapphire Preferred card and possibly others:

  • Earn a total of 3X bonus points on up to $2,000 in purchases when you pay select bills with your Chase Sapphire Preferred card between May 13 and July 31, 2019. Included Categories are Internet, Cable, and Phone Service; Utilities; Insurance.

 

The Fine Print

  • Please allow up to 8 weeks after qualifying purchases post to your account for bonus points to post to your account. To be eligible for this offer, your account must be open and not in default at the time of fulfillment.
  • Rewards Categories: Internet, Cable, and Phone Service category merchants provide internet, cable, satellite television, radio, cellular, wireless data, and landline services.
  • In addition, if you purchase or pay for your internet, cable and satellite television, phone or related services in a merchant’s store that is not registered by the merchant in the applicable services category, the purchase or payment will not qualify; for example, phone bill payments in a merchant’s store that register to Chase as a telephone equipment store.
  • Utility category merchants provide electric, household fuel, water, and sanitation.
  • Please note that purchases of equipment and some merchants that sell utility-related goods and services are not included; for example, electronics or other retail stores and merchants offering maintenance and cleaning services.
  • Insurance category merchants provide health, automobile, homeowners, medical, and life insurance.
  • What determines whether a merchant falls into a category? Merchants who accept Visa/MasterCard credit cards are assigned a merchant code, which is determined by the merchant or its processor in accordance with Visa/MasterCard procedures based on the kinds of products and services they primarily sell. We group similar merchant codes into categories for purposes of making offers to you.
  • Please note: We make every effort to include all relevant merchant codes in our categories. However, even though a merchant or some of the items that it sells may appear to fit within a category, the merchant may not have a merchant code in that category. When this occurs, purchases with that merchant won’t qualify for offers on purchases in that category.
  • Purchases submitted by you, an authorized user, or the merchant through third-party payment accounts, mobile or wireless card readers, online or mobile digital wallets, or similar technology will not qualify in a category if the technology is not set up to process the purchase in that category.

Our Verdict

We saw a similar offer on many Chase cards last month, and reader Jeffrey got this one today on the Sapphire Preferred. Nice to see this on Chase’s own branded cards. I believe it’s 1x standard earn + 3x bonus earn earned per dollar spent in these categories.

For those with an INK Plus/Cash card who already get bonus rewards on the Phone and Cable categories, it’s probably the Insurance and Utilities categories which you’ll want to target to see if you can max this out. Worth doing a small test first to make sure it codes properly. (Plastiq payments weren’t working according to data points from the Amazon offer.)

Hat tip to reader Jeffrey

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debiTnm
debiTnm (@guest_757283)
May 8, 2019 19:05

Any idea what Allianz Travel Insurance would code as insurance? I can’t find it on the Visa Supplier list.

debiTnm
debiTnm (@guest_757273)
May 8, 2019 18:57

I have the same on my IHG card as does hubby with his IHG Premier card.

AlanL
AlanL (@guest_757187)
May 8, 2019 14:31

Also received the $10 statement credit on CSP. No $$ cap unlike the point offer above. Little recent CSP usage except for using for a recent chase offer. Need to check if $10 is better than the Ink Cash 5 points per $ for phone and cable

AlanL
AlanL (@guest_761492)
May 21, 2019 14:41

This turned out to be a ‘single’ $10 statement credit no matter how many qualifying payments posted.
From Chase: confirmed the $10 statement credit posted to your
account You’ll see the credit on chase.com or on your next statement.

you will only receive one statement credit per qualifying account.

Paul P.
Paul P. (@guest_757081)
May 8, 2019 10:36

P2 got a $10 statement credit for 1 purchase.

Duane
Duane (@guest_757074)
May 8, 2019 10:20

I received this similar offer ( 5% cashback) on my AARP( Chase) card. 😀

Audrey
Audrey (@guest_757493)
May 9, 2019 09:42

My husband got the same offer on AARP card, too.

csp
csp (@guest_756971)
May 7, 2019 23:24

Got 3x points offer on my CSP. I haven’t used the card much this year, only two swipes – flight and hotel.

Joe I
Joe I (@guest_757199)
May 8, 2019 14:58

Want to provider a link to the site?

Ginger
Ginger (@guest_756864)
May 7, 2019 19:00

I got $10 back on bill payments for these categories, on CSP. The email subject says “#### don’t miss out on a $10 statement credit”

Dick Bupkiss
Dick Bupkiss (@guest_756873)
May 7, 2019 19:14

Thank you!

Dick Bupkiss
Dick Bupkiss (@guest_756838)
May 7, 2019 17:50

One of the most useful details is missing: what is the email subject line?

With the firehose of crap aimed at most of our email inboxes, knowing what to scan for makes it a lot more possible to recognize this from all the spam…

Brandon Rosenberg
Brandon Rosenberg (@guest_756837)
May 7, 2019 17:49

Brilliant idea on their end. These all can be auto-pay activities.

Drivesabrowntruck
Drivesabrowntruck (@guest_756831)
May 7, 2019 17:33

Also note, today’s date is May 7, the promo doesn’t start till May 13, don’t make a mistake charging too early.

Lrdx
Lrdx (@guest_756840)
May 7, 2019 17:54

UP!