The Chase Sapphire Preferred 80,000-Point Mega Bonus Is Ending Soon

The 80,000-point welcome offer on the popular travel credit card will disappear by the end of the day on May 24, 2023.

White houses beside sea on island of Skiathos in Greece

Get the Chase Sapphire Preferred now and you can earn and use 80,000 Ultimate Rewards points toward a trip to Greece by late summer.

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The Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card is one of the most popular travel rewards credit cards out there—and for good reason. It has a low annual fee ($95) but offers excellent opportunities to both earn and redeem points. The card has one of the credit card industry’s top earnings structures, featuring the likes of three points per dollar spent on dining and five points per dollar spent on travel booked through Chase Travel. These are earnings multipliers more typical of cards with high annual fees. Next, options for redeeming points are seemingly endless. Points are easily transferable to a variety of airline and hotel partners or can be redeemed at 1.25 cents apiece through Chase’s own travel portal or select “Pay Yourself Back” categories.

Many travelers jumped on the Chase Sapphire Preferred bandwagon in 2021 and 2022, enticed by massive introductory offers. Chase has revived one of its mega offers and raised its introductory bonus to 80,000 points—that’s $1,000 on travel when redeemed through Chase Travel. But be quick—this deal will vanish at the end of the day on May 24, 2023.

Below, find out more about this offer and why you should take advantage of it before it’s gone.

Chase Sapphire Preferred sign-up offer details

Here are the details on the Chase Sapphire Preferred’s limited-time offer, how to earn that 80,000-point bonus, plus other key perks.

Welcome offer: Earn 80,000 bonus points after spending $4,000 on new purchases within the first three months of having the Chase Sapphire Preferred Card. You can cash those bonus points out for 1.25 cents apiece—a value equal to $1,000—on travel through the Chase Travel portal.

Annual fee: $95

Earn points: You’ll rack up points quickly with these impressive earnings rates:

  • Five points per dollar spent on travel through Chase Travel and on Lyft rides
  • Three points per dollar on dining, including takeout, eligible delivery services, and international restaurants
  • Three points per dollar on select streaming services—including Disney+, Hulu, ESPN+, Netflix, Sling, Vudu, FuboTV, Apple Music, SiriusXM, Pandora, Spotify, and YouTube TV
  • Three points per dollar on online grocery purchases (except for Target, Walmart, and wholesale clubs)
  • Two points per dollar on travel not booked through Chase—including airfare, hotels, trains, rideshares, and more
  • One point per dollar on other purchases

Credits: Earn $50 back each year in statement credits for hotel stays purchased through Chase Travel. Also, cardholders earn bonus points equivalent to 10 percent of the total purchases they made the previous year. For example, if you spend $25,000 during the year, you will earn 2,500 bonus points. Not a lot, but every bit counts!

Key perks: Chase points are exceptionally versatile and can be transferred to 11 airlines and three hotel partners, including Hyatt, Southwest, United, and Air Canada Aeroplan. This means cardholders can rack up points on everyday spending then convert them into points or miles with the partner program they choose when they need them for a specific redemption. Chase points can also be redeemed at 1.25 cents apiece for bookings through the Chase travel portal or with select categories, which change quarterly, under the “Pay Yourself Back” feature.

Why apply for the Chase Sapphire Preferred right now

We didn’t expect to see such a generous offer again on this card, and we’re not sure if it will return. These 80,000 Ultimate Rewards points can easily score you a one-way international business-class seat through transfer partners like Aeroplan and British Airways or multiple nights in posh properties in Santorini or Paris through transfer partner World of Hyatt. They can also be redeemed for gift cards or the travel purchase of your choice through the Chase travel portal.

Regardless of a glossy sign-up bonus, this card is arguably the best low-fee travel credit card and one you’ll want to keep around. Earning points is remarkably easy thanks to bonuses when spending in categories like travel, dining, and streaming services. The sky’s the limit when it comes to redeeming points, and Chase’s portal makes it easy to do so. We also love the card’s comprehensive travel protections, including trip interruption and cancellation coverage, trip delay coverage, primary rental car collision, and lost luggage protection.

Takeaway on the Chase Sapphire Preferred

Those who thought they missed out on the big welcome bonuses of years past now have their chance. If you don’t already have it, now is the time to get the Chase Sapphire Preferred Card before the offer disappears at the end of the day on May 24, 2023.

This article was originally published in April 2022; it was updated with new information on May 18, 2023.

While the offers mentioned above are accurate at the time of publication, they are subject to change at any time, and may have changed or may no longer be available.

Paul Rubio is an award-winning travel journalist and photographer. His byline appears in AFAR, Conde Nast Traveler, Fodor’s, LUXURY, MSN, NerdWallet, Palm Beach Illustrated, Yahoo Lifestyle and more. He has visited 133 countries (and counting) over the past 20 years and won 27 national awards for his writing and photography. When he’s not plotting out his next trip, Paul loves to spend time at home watching reruns of Portlandia and Parks and Recreation with his husband and rescue dog, Camo.
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