Things must change. I went online just now, and there are two cards. But the one with an annual fee is the one I got, except I don’t have an annual fee. But I got the $200 gift card for spending $500 in the first three months, and I got $50 for adding my wife to the card.
I don’t even see a $250 option now, just the $200, and there is an annual fee for the card where you spend at least $500.
I just double checked and I am only getting 1% not 2%. I thought I was getting 2%. No biggie there. But this means I have the no annual fee card, but got the $200 card for spending $500 which they don’t appear to be offering now on the no fee card
You have to use the link I provided that leads you to the application through the Disney website. It still says $250 statement credit. It works for me because I will cancel the card when I get back from Disney. We go infrequently enough that I can just apply again for another offer next time.
@PrincipalTinker I did what you suggested and gave them a call. The Chase rep asked if I had applied for the card through the Disney website or Chase website, which have different offers. I frankly couldn’t remember, so she said she’d “escalate” my request to someone higher up the food chain. We’re good Chase customers so I bet they figure out a way to honor my request but we’ll see.
By far, the best credit card for me remains the Chase Sapphire, I get 2% back on food & travel which is pretty much what I use my CC for these days, the points are worth more if you book airfare through their website, and they provide free travel insurance. It makes no sense to keep the Disney card after my trip when I have this one. But the Disney Visa is definitely worthwhile for me to use at Disney- just one day of savings at EPCOT DiveQuest makes it worth doing.
I searched the Disney Visa site and my account pages, but couldn’t find any mention of a referral bonus. Is there a secret link?
Anyhow, I got my $200 for spending the $500 and then $50 for adding my wife. But the no fee card now no longer has that offer…only the premier card does. Very weird.
I would like to refer my son for the bonus, but not sure it is worth it for him if he only gets a $50 sign up bonus. Maybe I have to wait until they make the same offer I got.
Chase emails me the referral offers. The Southwest referrals are not a good offer for the new card holder and I would never share those offers these days. This is what the Disney email looks like:
I too got the email shown by @PrincipalTinker above back in September. Cancelled my DH’s account and referred him. He got the new card about 10 days later. Bought $500 in GCs plus a few items at Sam’s club and received the $200 statement credit at the end of that billing cycle. This method also earned me a $100 referral bonus.
Using the link, I see that the offer my son will receive is the same as what I signed up for, even though that isn’t otherwise explicitly offered from their website. (The $200 after $500 on the no fee card.)
Am I the only one who laments the loss of the gift card over the statement credit? I know, with the right strategy, it can be utilized the same, but I liked having a physical gift card.
This was the promotion they had running a few years ago. Which was awesome. But I thought everything goes directly to a statement credit now though?
That aside, I’m wondering if it’d be smart to cancel my non-premiere card as I haven’t used it in months now. Kinda just hanging onto it in case someone ends up using my referral link which gives me $100 disney bucks.
First gift card I received was for $200. This is because I spent $500 within the first month.
Second gift card I received was for $50. This is because I had my wife added to the account.
Now, the 1% on everything I buy shows up on the statement. When the time comes that I want to claim them, they will send me a card with the balance transferred to it.
Ah gotcha, right, that’s how it works for the promotion that they used to offer. Not sure how you got it only a few months ago on the free card because it’s been changed since March, I believe. But to compensate they upped the referral bonus to a $100, which was cool. Either way, if you got the full $250 on the free card, I guess you got lucky.
However, this latest one shouldn’t involve a gift card at all. Everything should just be a statement credit unless they are purposely using the wrong terminology.
I haven’t done it since last year when both came as GCs, but I think(?) now the referral still comes as a GC and the sign-on bonus is now the statement credit.
I agree it is nicer to have a GC in hand, but if you are good at visualizing moving $ from one virtual pocket to another it comes out the same.
This year after I get a few other rewards cards first, I’m going to do another Disney Visa cancel and reapply my for my card using DW’s referral, so will see how it goes in reality.
I didn’t mind buying $500 in GCs and only paying $300 to pay off the CC so used for them. Also, my referral rewards are always added to my Disney rewards, rather than an actual GC.
This is the page from the booklet that came when I got the card. As it says, you apply to get your redemption card. Physical card. Then you can request points to be transferred to it
When do rewards become available? I’d like to use them all up when we go to Disney, so I assume I’ll need to stop using the card a bit before the trip.
