Chase Sapphire Preferred's 100K Bonus Won't Be Around for Long. How I'd Use It

The Chase Sapphire Preferred has a limited-time welcome bonus that can help you save on travel this year. Viva Tung/CNET I consider any opportunity to save on travel worth my time. So when the Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card* comes along with a boosted bonus, I take notice. It's already one of my favorite travel credit cards, and now you can earn 100,000 Chase Ultimate Rewards points after spending $5,000 within the first three months of opening the account. Usually, the card offers a 60,000-point welcome bonus when spending $4,000 within the first three months. So yes, you have to spend an extra $1,000 to earn the extra points, but you can also save more when you use your points to book flights and hotels with Chase. These boosted Chase welcome bonus offers typically only last a few months, so I don't recommend sleeping on this offer. I'll explain how to decide if the card is a good fit for you and give you tips on how to maximize your earnings on travel this year. How I'd spend t ... Read full article.