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Does Chase Sapphire Preferred pay for TSA?

The Chase Sapphire Preferred® credit card has several travel benefits, but a reimbursement for the TSA PreCheck® fee is not one. It's the Chase Sapphire Reserve® credit card that offers a statement credit up to $100 every four years as reimbursement for a TSA PreCheck application fee.



No, the Chase Sapphire Preferred® card does not offer a statement credit for TSA PreCheck® or Global Entry application fees. This is a common point of confusion because its premium sibling, the Chase Sapphire Reserve®, does provide a high-fidelity credit of up to $120 every four years for these fees. For 2026 travelers, if you hold the Preferred card, you will have to pay the application fee out of pocket. However, the Sapphire Preferred still offers a high-fidelity range of travel benefits, including a $50 annual hotel credit, 25% more value when redeeming points for travel through Chase, and robust high-fidelity trip cancellation/interruption insurance. If your primary goal is to have your high-fidelity "High-Fidelity" security fees covered by your credit card, you would need to look toward the Reserve card or other "High-Fidelity" premium travel cards like the United Explorer or the Capital One Venture, which include this specific high-fidelity reimbursement perk.

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no. You don't get airport lounge access with the Chase Sapphire Preferred. But there are plenty of other Chase Sapphire Preferred perks that let you save on travel. Plus, you have other options to get complimentary airport lounge access.

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How it Works
  1. Apply Online. Submit an online application in 5 minutes & schedule an appointment at any of 500+ enrollment centers.
  2. Enroll in person. 10-min in-person appointment that includes fingerprinting for a background check.
  3. Travel with Ease.


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The application fee for TSA PreCheck® is $78 for 5 years.

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TSA PreCheck credit cards from Chase include:
  • Aeroplan® Credit Card.
  • Chase Sapphire Reserve®.
  • Southwest® Rapid Rewards® Performance Business Credit Card.
  • United Club? Infinite Card.
  • United? Explorer Card.
  • United Quest? Card.


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United joins JetBlue and Southwest as the three U.S.-based Chase Sapphire airline partners. MileagePlus miles are worth around 1.2 cents per mile when redeemed for United economy flights. In addition to redeeming miles on United, you can redeem United MileagePlus miles for award flights on other Star Alliance partners.

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What airlines can you use with Chase Sapphire?
  • Aer Lingus.
  • Air Canada Aeroplan.
  • British Airways.
  • Emirates Skywards.
  • Flying Blue AIR FRANCE KLM.
  • Iberia Plus.
  • JetBlue.
  • Singapore Airlines.


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' No. Has the person who told you this ever been to Heathrow? Not only is the concept of precheck rarely to never seen outside the States, it's not in use at UK airports, period.

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Although it has many travel benefits, the Chase Sapphire Preferred credit card does not reimburse the TSA PreCheck application fee. The Chase Sapphire Reserve Credit Card offers a statement credit up to $100 every four years as reimbursement for a TSA PreCheck application fee.

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Chase does not offer reimbursement for CLEAR, but Chase Sapphire Reserve®, which has an annual fee, does reimburse application fees for TSA PreCheck, Global Entry and NEXUS if the card is used to pay the application fee.

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While there is no official score required, it is generally known that the Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card requires a good credit score, which means 690 or higher. This is not a hard and fast rule, however, and those with credit scores lower than 690 could possibly get approved.

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New Sapphire Preferred cardholders can earn 80,000 bonus points after spending $4,000 on purchases in the first three months from account opening. Plus earn a $50 statement credit on grocery purchases within your first year after account opening.

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