Chase Bonus - When?

[PandiferBear]

Good evening! DH recently got the Chase Freedom card. He signed up under the $100 sign up bonus, but the $200 dropped very soon after, so we contacted Chase about that. I tried a couple searches, but no luck - maybe I'm not using the correct search terms. When do you get the bonus? We have met the spend (not hard this time of year, especially when I do most of the Christmas shopping on Amazon). Will it come when the next statement cuts? Thanks in advance for your help.

[Anonymous]

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@PandiferBear wrote:

Good evening! DH recently got the Chase Freedom card. He signed up under the $100 sign up bonus, but the $200 dropped very soon after, so we contacted Chase about that. I tried a couple searches, but no luck - maybe I'm not using the correct search terms. When do you get the bonus? We have met the spend (not hard this time of year, especially when I do most of the Christmas shopping on Amazon). Will it come when the next statement cuts? Thanks in advance for your help.

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Yes he will see the bonus when the next statement comes out.

[flan]

Chase doesn't often budge about matching offers...

They normally credit the bonus on the statement that includes the required spend.  Sometimes, if it's right at the end of a period, they may not until the next statement after that.

[PandiferBear]

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@Anonymous wrote:

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@PandiferBear wrote:

Good evening! DH recently got the Chase Freedom card. He signed up under the $100 sign up bonus, but the $200 dropped very soon after, so we contacted Chase about that. I tried a couple searches, but no luck - maybe I'm not using the correct search terms. When do you get the bonus? We have met the spend (not hard this time of year, especially when I do most of the Christmas shopping on Amazon). Will it come when the next statement cuts? Thanks in advance for your help.

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Yes he will see the bonus when the next statement comes out.

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Wonderful, thanks for that! I was wondering if I should be watching for it in the meantime. You told me exactly what I needed to know. Much appreciated.

[PandiferBear]

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@flan wrote:

Chase doesn't often budge about matching offers...

They normally credit the bonus on the statement that includes the required spend.  Sometimes, if it's right at the end of a period, they may not until the next statement after that.

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I am hoping they will. He said he was forwarding it to management, and I was all like, "So what does that mean? Is that something that this normally an issue?" and he said that he only heard of it being denied one time. I will be vigilant, and see how it turns out. I will be a little miffed if it does not go through, based on the conversation. But either way, hey free money is free money, so win-win. I know that we apped outside the window, but I figure it never hurts to ask.

[SGR]

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@flan wrote:

Chase doesn't often budge about matching offers...

They normally credit the bonus on the statement that includes the required spend.  Sometimes, if it's right at the end of a period, they may not until the next statement after that.

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This is definitely a possibility. My father just got his Freedom and spent $500 (with some of it posting only a few days prior to the statement cutting). He got the AU bonus but not the signup bonus. Meanwhile, my brother and I both got our bonuses as soon as the first statement cut but we both spent well over $500 long before it cut.

It's also possible Chase will honor the $200 bonus. I signed up for my card for the $100 bonus and a few days after they started offering a $200 bonus. I sent them a secure message and they agreed to honor the deal.

[Anonymous]

How long adter he got the card did the bonus raise to $200?  Mine was only $100 when I received the card and I believe it was two weeks later when it went to $200.  I sent them a message and they awarded me the extra $100 on my next statement.

[PandiferBear]

I think it was about the same as you. About two weeks. Thanks for that info!:-D

[Anonymous]

You will get it as soon as the statement cuts for the month in which you met the minimum spend. I just opened a freedom (not sure why) a month or so ago. I bought a Macbook Pro on it, paid in full the next day online and as soon as my statement cut I had the points in my account. Now I have to spend another 100 on the card so I can apply the points as a statement credit. Then I can send it to the sockdrawer. 

[takeshi74]

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@flan wrote:

Chase doesn't often budge about matching offers... 

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They've matched several for me and there are a number of threads where others have been able to get offers applied via request.