This issue didn’t happen with Chase, but it influenced my decision on my American Express card. In short, the cardholder claims that there is no reason to use the United-Chase co-brand because the Chase Sapphire card does it all. Sanzari, a 29-year-old nutrition coach and personal trainer. “There wasn’t anything the United card was doing for me that the Chase Sapphire Reserve couldn’t,” said Mr.The Sapphire card doles out more points for travel and dining, and he likes that he can redeem them for a variety of rewards-including United flights. credit cards: a United Airlines card and the Sapphire Reserve. For about three years, Al Sanzari carried two JPMorgan Chase JPM +2.47% & Co.Bank faces tough balancing act: promoting its own card while keeping happy an airline partner that wants more money for miles.The issue is probably a “good” problem, but it certainly needs better positioning.

Today’s story in the WSJ brings up an interesting issue with Chase’s top-end card, which is an unlikely, unintended result of the card’s success. Point bonuses seemed to vary as waitlines ebbed and flowed, but either way, a rewards junkie could offset the high fee with rich points. The New York issuer rocked the credit card world when it launched a high-fee, feature-rich product that had lines of people queued up to pay a $450 annual fee with promises of first year rewards of between 60,000 and 100,000 points. Chase’s Sapphire card is certainly a success for both cardholders and the nation’s largest credit card issuer.

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