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Chase's marketing team hit it out of the park with the Sapphire Preferred (and now Reserve.) This is going to sound stupid, but the Preferred/Reserve lines are
by skylark 9y ago
Chase's marketing team hit it out of the park with the Sapphire Preferred (and now Reserve.)
This is going to sound stupid, but the Preferred/Reserve lines are fun to use. They have a metal core which makes the card feel heavy. Cashiers would always comment on the card's weight. It feels satisfying when you drop it on the table at a restaurant. The perks aren't the best in the industry, but they're good enough, and the incredible amount of points you got when you switched over lowered the barrier to entry enough to make the move.
Without a doubt it's the "coolest" card in my wallet, and probably will be until I get an Amex Black (yeah, right.)
- _raoulcousins 9y agoI have the reserve, and was disappointed that the latest Chase Amazon Visa is also metal. If too many cards are metal, it becomes less special. The heft of the metal makes me want to spend more, but not if every card has the same heft!
- tbyehl 9y agoWhen did that happen? I just got a replacement Chase Amazon Visa Signature a couple months ago -- it's not embossed, but it ain't metal.
- dnr 9y agoI really dislike the metal in the card. I feel pretentious every time I use it. I still use it, of course, for the points.
- cthalupa 9y agoThe Amex platinum is metal now as well. Actually just ordered my replacement.
- venomsnake 9y agoLook at that subtle off-white coloring. The tasteful thickness of it. Oh my God, it even has a watermark.
- throwaway91111 9y agoCan you just by the card you want and copy the cc info? If not, why not?
- function_seven 9y agoI don’t understand your question. What do you mean by “copy the cc info”?
- throwaway91111 9y agoA card itself is a commodity item. Why is it tied to the credit agreement? Why does this factor in at all? Why can you not make your own card + register the key of the chip inside the card with the credit provider?
- rallison 9y agoThis actually is a thing - some people really wanted metal credit cards before they started becoming slightly more common: https://metal-creditcard.com/ https://metal-creditcard.com/ That said, the addition of chips to US credit cards has made that more difficult.