The only thing better than devising a powerful points strategy for yourself is joining forces with your significant other to rake in even more rewards.
Devising a credit card strategy as a couple can help you earn more points and miles across the board, as well as allow you to maximize perks and other benefits. All of this plotting and planning will come in handy when it's time to hit the road.
Assuming you have excellent credit and are financially responsible — i.e., you won't be spending beyond your budget or carrying balances that zero out any rewards you accumulate — it's generally advisable to diversify your rewards credit cards. That's true both in terms of the number of cards you can reasonably carry and the kinds of points you start stashing away.
However, as a couple, it can also make sense to double down with a specific flexible loyalty program and credit card issuer if it means magnifying the power of your rewards. One such circumstance where this is a good move is to get both the Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card and the Chase Sapphire Reserve®.
Here's why you might want to get both the Chase Sapphire Reserve and the Chase Sapphire Preferred as a points power couple — one for each of you — and how to maximize both the cards if you do.
The first and most significant reason to consider applying for both of these cards right now is to earn their current welcome bonuses.
The Chase Sapphire Preferred is offering up to 75,000 points after you spend $4,000 on purchases in the first three months of account opening. That's the second-highest public promotion this card has ever extended before.
Meanwhile, the Chase Sapphire Reserve currently offers the same welcome offer of 75,000 bonus points after you spend $4,000 on purchases in the first three months of account opening.
Looking at them, you might think it would be better for a couple to get either card because of the same welcome offer. Otherwise you can apply for both, allowing you to avoid paying the Chase Sapphire Reserve's $550 annual fee for one of the card's.
If what you want is a quick haul of points to use with Ultimate Rewards partners, it's a solid plan. But by doing so, you could miss out on some seriously valuable opportunities.
Before we get to that, though, you'll also want to make sure you're eligible for one or the other of these cards.
The application pages of both cards state:
This product is available to you if you do not have any Sapphire card and have not received a new cardmember bonus for any Sapphire card in the past 48 months.
So if you or your partner currently have one of the Sapphire cards, that person will
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