Normally going into bank branches is a waste of time and exceptionally frustrating experience, right now I can think of three good reasons as to why you’d want to visit a Chase branch:
- Possible to get the Chase Sapphire Reserve, even if you’re over 5/24
- Chase Ink Plus is offering a 70,000 point sign up bonus with the annual fee waived for the first year (I assume Chase Ink Cash is offering the $300 bonus as well)
- You can get a $500 bonus on the Chase business checking account
If I was to do those three in any order, I’d do the business checking account first, followed by the Reserve and finished by the Chase Ink card. You’d end up with two hard pulls (unfortunately business and personal accounts do not combine hard inquiries) but you’d net 170,000 Chase Ultimate Rewards points (after a combined spend of $9,000 – definitely not achievable for everybody). You’d have to pay an annual fee of $450, but you could also get $600 in travel credits so I’d say that evens out.
Chase branches aren’t going to be close to everybody, but you can find the closest one to you here.
