Instant approval too a couple days ago! I've just started some light credit card churning, and this sounds like a great deal! And I am one of the lucky ones that has never had a Chase card before. :-) I have to do more research on all the comments about getting the other cards, Freedom and Preferred. I'm really debating whether to get the bonus and cancel (after also getting the $300 this year and $300 next year), or whether to keep it longer. Am I understanding correctly that the $450 is charged at the end of the year, so can I cancel before that and still get the $1,500 if booked through UR, and the two years of $300?
I wish Delta was one of their partners, but hey, at least I can book on Delta through UR.
I'm planning to charge my extra payments on special assessments from my house on the card. That worked for the Venture card last year for me, so I'm hoping it will work with this card. That will instantly put me over the $4k. Yeah, for that but booo for special assessments, but they are almost paid off. If paying the special assessments doesn't count, I also do all my charitable giving on my cards, such as tithe, which is also a big one for me.