Is it worth getting the Chase Sapphire Reserve right now? Currently have a starter credit card (BofA Cash Rewards) and looking for something with better benefits.

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Honestly just wait. Why pay $550 now (net $250 w/e) when the card will be there when things open up.

There are some decent no fee Chase cards that you can build points with and transfer to the CSR when the time comes.

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I’m still spending a fair bit on restaurants TBH - just takeout. And the reward redemptions have been expanded to give a 1.5 cent payback per point on more categories. So it still winds up being my first in wallet on almost everything.

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I just got one - so I hope the general answer is yes on this thread. But I expect travel to be a go in fall so wanted to build up the points now

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If you’re not traveling or eating out, it’s hard to earn a lot of points on the CSR since everything else is only a 1% earn rate instead of 3%. I recommend earning on another card for now (e.g., chase freedom which is 1.5% earned on everything and no fee) and then transferring those points once you get CSR later on when your points become worth another 1.5x, for an effective rewards rate of 2.25%

Ended up not getting it and waiting. Thanks for the input everyone

Go with the preferred. There’s a 60,000 sign up bonus and only $95 yearly. I’ll refer you abs we both get another 15k points

You just need to do more business with BofA, and make sure you're enrolled in Preferred Rewards to get cash back multipliers.

On that card I get 4.5% cash back in a category of my choice, and when I hit the top tier this summer, I'll get 5.25% cash back.

Combine that with the BofA platinum card and now you've got great cash back on everything, plus airline incidentals and Global Entry credit.

You can chase points with other setups, but they make it insanely easy to rack up rewards.

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