Update: Offer expired!
Tomorrow is the final day to finish Chase Freedom Q1 spending.
Click Here to get more details on this card and compare to other cards!
Q1 spending is valid at gas stations and internet/phone/cable spending. That includes 7-Eleven, Cell Phone Providers, Netflix, Spotify, Hulu, GoGo, and more.
But more interestingly, Q1 spending is also valid on all Chase Pay, Android Pay, Samsung Pay, or Apple Pay purchases!
The Q1 bonus is valid from 1/1-3/31.
If you have a Samsung phone then you can use Samsung Pay pretty much everywhere. The store may claim they don’t accept phone payments, but if you just hold the phone near the card reader you can use it just about anywhere. That should make this a very easy quarter to max out the $1,500 limit per card as you can spend anywhere.
I have 3 Chase Freedom cards, so I was able to earn an easy 22.5K points this quarter.
If you haven’t made any Samsung Pay purchases yet you can get another $5, just open the app, click on “promotions”, scroll down to enter a referral code via “new user with a code”, and enter my referral code for $5 in rewards: E44C14
You can now register for Freedom 2018 Q2 spending here for grocery stores, Paypal, or on Chase Pay purchases between 4/1-6/30.
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).
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 also has no annual fee and is excellent for everyday spending. Click Here to get more details on this card and compare to other cards!
Both the Freedom and Freedom Unlimited are parts of my Chase Quadfecta to maximize your earning potential.
Freedom or Freedom Unlimited alone can’t transfer points into much more lucrative airline or hotel miles, but if you or your spouse has a Sapphire Reserve, Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card, Ink Bold, Ink Plus, or Ink Business Preferred® Credit Card then you can transfer points from Freedom to one of those cards and from there to your favorite travel currency. The Freedom or Freedom Unlimited card can also keep your points alive for free if you do close one of those premium cards.
The value of the points will be based on where you use them, but if you use those points for a trip worth where they are worth 2 cents each then you’ll have effectively earned 10% back on those “5 point categories.” The sky is the limit of the value of airline miles as they aren’t tied to the cost of a ticket. That’s good for people in the know and bad for those who are not. 1 mile can be worth 0.25 cents or it can be worth 25 cents, it all just depends on how you use them!
Where did you make your Q1 purchases?
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Any way to tell if your card is enrolled? I think I forgot to enroll my wife’s card, but cannot tell.
Try looking on https://ultimaterewardspoints.chase.com/ or just call Chase and ask. Sometimes if you ask nicely they allow late enrollments.
Ah, thanks. Mine shows an “activated” logo, wife’s does not. Will try to call to add her as a late enrollee.
Tomorrow is actually the last day. Not every reader is jewish or in the US, Dan
Read the post, Jake.
Although truthfully, purchases on the last day often get posted on the first of the month which means you need to harass Chase for manual credit, so finishing by today is recommended.