Chase Sapphire Reserve and Sapphire Preferred adding new temporary benefits

Chase Sapphire Reserve has been our favorite credit card not only for quite a few years, but also during this pandemic, as covered in the previous post.  Now, more benefits are coming to this card between 7/1/2020 and 9/30/2020:

• Earn 10x points on select streaming services, up to $1,500 in purchases; eligible services include Apple Music, Disney+, ESPN+, Fubo TV, Hulu, Netflix, Pandora, Sling, SiriusXM, Spotify, Youtube TV, and Vudu.
• Earn 5x points on gas stations, up to $1,500 in purchases;
• Earn 5x points on Instacart, up to $3,000 in purchases;
• Receive up to $50 in statement credits towards Instacart Express membership; Instacart Express membership usually costs either $9.99 per month or $99 per year, and provides the following benefits: (1) zero delivery fees on orders over $35 (typically $3.99-$7.99 per order), (2) reduced service fees (typically 5%), and (3) zero busy pricing fees during peak delivery hours.

These are on top of the following temporary benefits cardmembers have previously received:

• The annual fee will be reduced from $550 to $450 when you renew between 4/1/2020 and 12/31/2020;
• The annual $300 travel credit will apply automatically to groceries and gas stations between 6/1/2020 and 12/31/2020 (in addition to the regular travel category);
• Between 5/31/2020 and 9/30/2020, Ultimate Rewards points can be redeemed in statement credits for groceries & dining & home improvement at a fixed value of 1.5 cents per point (in addition to the regular travel category redemption through Chase booking portal);
• Earn 5x points on groceries, up to $1,500 in purchases per month, between 5/1/2020 and 6/30/2020.

In addition, don't forget these useful DoorDash benefits that has already existed before the pandemic:

• One year DoorDash DashPass subscription service for free - activate before 12/31/2021; this subscription service offers zero delivery fee and reduced service fees on food orders over $12 via DoorDash;
• Receive $60 statement credits for DoorDash purchases through 12/31/2020 and another $60 through 12/31/2021.

Chase Sapphire Preferred also receives similar but a little less lucrative benefits between 7/1/2020 and 9/30/2020:

• Earn 5x points on select streaming services, up to $1,500 in purchases;
• Earn 3x points on gas stations, up to $1,500 in purchases;
• Earn 3x points on Instacart, up to $3,000 in purchases;
• Receive up to $50 in statement credits towards Instacart Express membership.

These are in addition to the temporary benefits cardmembers have previously received:

• Between 5/31/2020 and 9/30/2020, Ultimate Rewards points can be redeemed in statement credits for groceries & dining & home improvement at a fixed value of 1.25 cents per point (in addition to the regular travel category redemption through Chase booking portal);
• Earn 3x points on groceries, up to $1,500 in purchase per month, between 5/1/2020 and 6/30/2020.

​Sapphire Preferred cardmembers also continue to receive this DoorDash benefit:

• One year DoorDash DashPass subscription service for free - activate before 12/31/2021.

As we are concerned about the recent spikes of COVID-19 cases here in the U.S. and saddened by the continuing loss of life, we have to give credits to Chase for these impressive relief measures.