Chase Sapphire Card

Chase Sapphire Card

Chase Sapphire Preferred Card Offers 50,000 Bonus Points

Competiton to be the rewards card of choice in your wallet is really heating up these days. Just when one fantastic promotion is canceled, another great deal seems to immediately pop up on the radar. In fact, effective today, Chase is doubling their efforts to win your business by offering 50,000 bonus points (instead of 25,000) for those who sign up for a Chase Sapphire Preferred Card and spend 3,000 in the first 3 months. $500 in free points (enough for 2 free flights worth up to $312.50 each) isn't a bad deal at all, but what else does the card have to offer? Here are the top 3 things that stand out to us:

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Ask Creditnet: Best Hotel Rewards Card for Newbies

Dear Creditnet: My fiancé and I are new to credit cards (we've only used debit cards in the past), and we're looking to get one that will give us hotel reward points. Any idea which card would help us better our credit scores while banking hotel points as well?

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Dear Creditnet: I'm thinking about applying for a new hotel rewards credit card, but I already have two other cards with high limits. One card has a $34,000 limit, and I don't even use it. Before applying for the new card, should I ask to have this account closed or the credit limit reduced to the minimum? I don't want to have my credit score dinged too bad by having a new card.