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Is The Golden Age of Credit Card Bonuses Ending? Here’s How And Why Chase and Amex Are Quietly Changing the Rules

Jun 27 2025

One upside of this new approach that Chase and American Express are taking is that you’d expect richer rewards and lower annual fees to be the result in a highly competitive industry. In fact we have seen much richer rewards over time – standard bonuses were smaller and points-earning was generally just one mile per dollar when I got started – but fees have also risen. There are also a lot more rewards card issuers than there used to be, and a lot more products, so the customers Chase and American Express are trying to avoid can simply look elsewhere.

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Chase’s Points Boost is Live—These Cardholders Just Got Huge Wins, Others Lose: Here’s Where You Stand

Jun 24 2025

Chase’s new “Points Boost” feature on their premium credit cards looks a lot better than I thought it would. It’s available now for all Sapphire Reserve cardmembers, even though the rest of the card proposition’s changes don’t come into effect until October for those of us who already had their cards in our wallets.

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Sapphire Reserve Relaunch FAQ: What Chase Told Me About Deadlines, Bonus Rules, And Locking In The Old Deal

Jun 17 2025

It seemed worth pulling out separately things like ‘what happens to my existing Sapphire Reserve points?’ and ‘when does this change actually go into effect for existing customers?’ And perhaps even more importantly, ‘is there a brief window for me to choose whether I like the old or new product better?’

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