Today is the final day to activate this quarter’s Chase Freedom 5% categories.
You must register for Q4 bonus spending at wholesale clubs, department stores, and drug stores by today and complete spending by 12/31.
You can even earn 5x at stores like Brooklyn’s Bingo Wholesale as it’s registered as a wholesale club. (HT: Joseph F)
Chase Freedom is an excellent no annual fee card thanks to its quarterly 5% categories. While they call it 5% cash back, you’ll really get 5 Ultimate Rewards points per dollar spent which can be worth much more than 5% cash. For $1,500 in spending per quarter you will earn at least 30,000 Ultimate Rewards points over the course of a year (7,500 points per quarter at 5 points per dollar spent). If you or your spouse also has a Chase Sapphire Reserve® card you’ll actually be earning 7.5% cash back towards travel expenses or real airline/hotel miles for spending on Freedom bonus categories.
While Chase Freedom is a great card for the bonus categories, it’s not a great card for everyday spending. However the Chase Freedom Unlimited® card is excellent for everyday spending.
Tomorrow you’ll be able to register for 2017 Q1 spending.
2017 Chase Freedom bonus categories:
Q1: Gas stations and local commuter transportation
Q2: Grocery stores and drug stores.
Q3: TBA
Q4: TBA
2016 Chase Freedom bonus categories:
Q1: Gas stations and local commuter transportation
Q2: Grocery stores and Wholesale clubs.
Q3: Restaurants and Wholesale clubs.
Q4: Department stores, Drug stores, Wholesale clubs.
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Is costco on the list?
@Sam:
Yes, as is Sam’s and BJs.
Are the 2017 categories confirmed with Chase? Or still rumors?
@Confirmed:
Q1 and Q2 and confirmed.
While you’re in Sam’s club you can make $75 from Discover Card’s 4Q plus Amex offer !
Happy Chanukah
Is the $1500 limit per account or per person? I have two Chase Freedom accounts.
Any reason I can’t just go to CVS or Walgreens and buy three $500 VGC’s (per Chase Freedom account) to max out the benefit?
@djg840:
Per account.
Go for it!
How do I downgrade my sapphire preferred to a freedom? Do I apply for a freedom and transfer the credit from the sapphire or is there an actual way to downgrade the card to a freedom?
@Jay:
Call to downgrade.
@Dan:
How do you get more than one account (unless one is yours and one is your wifes in which case it’s 2 different socials)? I tried applying for a second Freedom card and they denied it bc I already had that “product”.
If main user registers, do authorized users automatically get registered too?