Chase Sapphire Preferred refresh makes it truly one-card

Chase Sapphire – Chase says its refreshed Sapphire Preferred is now built to cover everyday spending and travel needs with simpler benefits—highlighted by new boosted categories announced June 15 and a limited-time 100,000-point welcome offer.

For a lot of travelers, the question isn’t where to go—it’s how to pay for it without turning their wallet into a messy spreadsheet. And when people ask that most often, there’s usually a follow-up: what single credit card can handle the everyday purchases that feed the trip?

Chase’s latest push around the Chase Sapphire Preferred is an answer aimed directly at that frustration. The card has a limited-time offer of 100. 000 bonus points after spending $5. 000 on purchases in the first three months from account opening. But the real shift comes from what Chase announced on June 15: new. higher-earning categories designed to make the card work harder where most spending already happens—gas. electric vehicle charging. dining. select streaming. online groceries. and vacation rentals booked through major platforms.

The earning structure is the headline. With the Chase Sapphire Preferred. cardholders can earn 5 points per dollar spent on all Chase Travel℠ purchases. including flights. hotels. rental cars. vacation homes. cruises. activities and tours. They can also earn 5 points per dollar spent on Lyft rides through Sept. 30, 2027, and 5 points per dollar spent on eligible Peloton equipment and accessory purchases over $150 through Dec. 31, 2027, with a limit of 25,000 bonus points.

Two new categories add the simplicity many people want for regular life:

– 3 points per dollar spent on gas and electric vehicle charging
– 3 points per dollar spent on vacation homes booked through Airbnb, Vrbo, Plum Guide, HomeAway, Homestay.com and Vacasa

Dining. too. gets a boost: 3 points per dollar spent on dining. select streaming services and online groceries excluding Target. Walmart and wholesale clubs. Everything else follows a straightforward path—2 points per dollar spent on all other travel purchases. and 1 point per dollar spent on all other purchases.

That “covers almost everything” approach matters because the card’s added perks don’t require the kind of puzzle-solving that can make travel rewards feel like homework. The Sapphire Preferred largely avoids overcomplicating its benefits, especially compared with coupon-style statement credits that can be harder to use.

The list still comes with familiar travel signals—Global Entry. TSA PreCheck or Nexus membership—and now includes a straightforward Trusted Traveler Program credit. Simply using the Sapphire Preferred when paying for Global Entry. TSA PreCheck or Nexus membership—whether for yourself or a loved one—triggers a statement credit for the full membership cost. The credit appears once every four years. so it can be used each time a Global Entry. TSA PreCheck or Nexus membership is up for renewal.

Even for people who rarely leave the U.S. or fly only within it, Global Entry is recommended in the same breath because the membership includes TSA PreCheck, which can save time when passing through customs and security at U.S. airports.

Outside the airport, the benefits keep landing in everyday places. There’s a complimentary Apple TV subscription for one year. paired with instructions to sign into the Sapphire Preferred account. go to the “Card benefits” section of the “Benefits & rewards” page. and select “Activate now” within the Apple TV subscription option. Activation must happen by Dec. 31 to receive the statement credit. The perks are framed around streaming familiar shows like “The Morning Show,” “Severance” and “Shrinking.”.

Delivery and digital life get coverage too. With a partnership with DoorDash. Sapphire Preferred Card holders can sign up for a complimentary DoorDash DashPass membership valued at $120 each year through Dec. 31, 2027. The process involves logging into a Chase account (or creating one). adding the card as the default payment method. and following prompts to activate the membership. The process is described as taking just a couple of minutes. and it’s tied to DoorDash’s claim of saving an average of $5 per order. with the article noting savings closer to $10 per order when buying multiple items.

After enrolling in the DashPass membership. cardholders receive $10 a month in DoorDash credit for nonrestaurant orders. with alcohol orders potentially exempt. through Dec. 31, 2027. The article also flags that the credit can be trickier to use if you don’t regularly use DoorDash for grocery and convenience store orders.

Then there are the travel protections—often the kind of detail people don’t think about until a trip goes sideways. The Sapphire Preferred’s coverage includes trip cancellation and interruption insurance up to $10. 000 per covered person for a maximum of $20. 000 per trip and a maximum payout of $40. 000 per 12-month period. There’s baggage delay insurance of $100 per day for you and your immediate family for up to five days after a baggage delay of six or more hours. Lost luggage reimbursement can reach up to $3. 000 per covered person per trip or up to $2. 000 per covered person for New York residents.

Trip delay reimbursement is offered up to $500 per covered traveler after a 12-hour or overnight delay. Primary rental car insurance can go up to $60,000, excluding some higher-end and exotic cars. Travel accident insurance is listed as up to $500. 000 for losses when traveling on a common carrier and up to $100. 000 for 24-hour coverage.

And there’s a new addition: emergency evacuation and transportation coverage up to $100,000 for a covered traveler who is injured or becomes sick during a trip at least 100 miles away from home that requires emergency evacuation.

The coverage doesn’t require pre-activation. The guidance is to use the card when making travel purchases to be eligible, with the note that claims may require submission and that the Sapphire Preferred benefits guide should be consulted to understand the process.

The rewards are also built around transfers—an area where Chase is positioning the Sapphire Preferred as a flexible “one wallet” option. Chase lists 14 different airline and hotel partners for straightforward transfers. described as offering a bit of everything for different travel preferences. The partners mentioned include Wyndham Rewards and JetBlue TrueBlue for more affordable redemptions with generally low starting award rates. Higher-end options are also named: Singapore KrisFlyer, Air France-KLM Flying Blue and Marriott Bonvoy.

Most transfers are at a 1:1 ratio, but one key exception is spelled out for World of Hyatt. Transfers from Chase Sapphire Preferred cardholders to World of Hyatt are at a 4:3 ratio, described as applying as of June 15 for new cardholders and effective Oct. 1 for those who applied prior to June 15.

All of it comes with an annual fee of $95. The argument for keeping it simple is tied to the perks: the complimentary Apple TV subscription alone is described as saving more than $95 a year if someone was already paying for the subscription. and DoorDash DashPass is valued at $120 a year. offsetting the annual fee.

Taken together, the refresh—especially the June 15 boosted categories—pushes the Sapphire Preferred further toward the role people ask for most: one card that covers what they spend anyway, then carries that spending into travel and perks without turning benefits into a scavenger hunt.

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