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-Chase Freedom Visa-Earn 10,000 Ultimate Rewards points when you spend $500 in 3 months, plus earn 2,500 points for adding a free additional user.
There is no annual fee for Chase Freedom!
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2014 Q4 bonus category spending ends 12/31/14.
Although they are called “5% categories” you really get 5 Ultimate Rewards points per dollar spent which can be cashed out for 5% cash. For $1,500 in spending you will earn at least 7,500 Ultimate Rewards points. If you or your spouse has a Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card, Ink Plus, or Ink Bold card you can transfer Freedom points over to one of those cards and then transfer them at a 1:1 ratio into much more valuable airline miles (United, British Airways, Southwest, Korean, Singapore, etc) or hotel points (Hyatt, etc). The $1,500 quarterly limit is per Freedom card, so if you’re like me and you have downgraded Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card s into multiple Freedom cards then you can spend $1,500 on each Freedom card.
If you have a Chase checking account you will also earn a 10% bonus on all points earned. That means you’ll earn a whopping 5.5 points per dollar in these categories or 8,250 points each quarter. Those points post in February for the previous year. That benefit ends in February 2016.
1. You can shop from millions of items on Amazon.com
2. You can buy an Amazon.com email gift card or you can buy a physical Amazon.com gift card. Once you have the gift card code you can save it to your Amazon account via this link where it will never expire.
Or give an Amazon gift card as a holiday gift and you can be sure that the recipient will be able to get something they’ll love while you earn 5-5.5 points per dollar spent!
3. You can buy gift cards from Amazon for lots of other stores as well:
-You can buy gift cards for clothing, shoes, and accessory stores on Amazon.com
-You can buy gift cards for grocery, gourmet, and floral stores on Amazon.com
-You can buy gift cards for restaurants and coffee shops on Amazon.com
-You can buy gift cards for department stores on Amazon.com
-You can buy gift cards for travel on Amazon.com
-You can buy gift cards for books, music, and movie theaters on Amazon.com
-You can buy gift cards for Home Improvement on Amazon.com
You can’t use Amazon gift cards to buy gift cards to other stores, but you can earn 5-5.5 points per dollar with Freedom!
4. You can shop for shoes and clothing on Zappos.com or you can buy a gift card from Zappos.
5. Shop at department stores such as:
-Find more valid department stores here.
Some stores like Kohl’s and Sears also sell gift cards to other stores.
Of course if you have an Ink Plus or Ink Cash card you will earn 5 Ultimate Rewards points per dollar spent all year round on telecom, cable, internet, as well as everything from office supply stores, which includes gift cards to other stores and prepaid cash cards that can be used anywhere.With the Bold/Plus cards that’s capped at $50,000 per year and with the Cash card that’s capped at $25,000 per year. Plus the Ink Visa cards earn 1% cash back on top of 5 points per dollar for $200+ purchases at Staples and other stores with Visa Savings Edge. The cards also earn 2 points per dollar year-round at gas stations and either hotels (Bold/Plus) or dining (Cash).
But Freedom has the advantage of earning 5.5 points per dollar through 12/31/15 if you have a Chase checking account.
So, where will you use your Freedom card this quarter?
2015 bonus categories:
You can click here to activate next quarter’s Chase Freedom 5% categories.
Q1: Grocery stores, Movie theaters, Starbucks
Q2: Restaurants and more to be announced.
Q3: Gas stations and more to be announced.
Q4: Amazon.com and more to be announced.
You’ll earn 5 points per dollar or 5.5 points per dollar if you have a Chase checking account.
Grocery stores and gas stations are always awesome categories as you can find Visa cards there that can be liquidated.
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@Dan
Please help!!! i need to buy about 100 prepaid cards (values of $100-$300 each) and i have an amex platinum which i believe gives me 5% cash back for office supplies. Whats the best way to go about this. I really appreciate your help. i can pay you for your advice
dude chill out READ READ ALL THE INFO and stop whining
“If you have a Chase checking account you will also earn a 10% bonus on all points earned.”
Dan- is this automatic? I activated freedom and have already spent money and only see 5x rewards in my rewards activity…
Please advise. Thanks.
@AHB:
you should see it in your account by February
Will supermarkets work as groceries or only local, mom-and-pop groceries?
2 Quick Questions.
1. is the 1,500 in each quarter a combined number or is it 1500 in amazon and 1500 in department stores
2. Am i correct in reading that if i only spent 1,000 combined i can buy a 500 amazon gc?
Thanks
This quarter has no option to buy visa gift cards?
@Anonymous
Some Sears stores sell $200 Visa gift cards.
“With the Bold/Plus cards that’s capped at $50,000 per year ”
is this calender year or any 12 month period?
@yossi:
Better off getting an Ink card and buying at Staples.
@AHB:
Automatic.
Posts every February.
@@Yehuda:
Both.
@Happy:
$1,500 total per quarter.
@Anonymous:
Sears and Kohl’s as the post says.
hi dan
will that work for gift cards from sears.com online or its need to be in store only to receive the 5 % bonous ?
can i bye also from giftcardsmall.com ?
Dan care to explain how do you get the Visa Savings Edge credit/rebate have signed up for that but I don’t think I ever saw anyplace a credit for that.
Dan, does the regular Sapphire card still exist (for new applicants)? No place I could find it?! Thanks
Thanks for the great info. very helpful.
Questions Would purchases at Kmart count.. as they are part of Sears?
@dan great way to spend Mauser money next quarter: many grocery stores
Have tomchei shabbos donations, they just add it onto ur bill which will show
As a grocery store charge. What do u think?
@Happy: @Dan: @dan great way to spend Mauser money next quarter: many grocery stores
Have tomchei shabbos donations, they just add it onto ur bill which will show
As a grocery store charge. What do u think?
Is there a way to use the Freedom card to buy Visa gift cards, and get the 5x points this quarter (besides Sears, which is a maybe)? Thanks.
@Visa:
Sears and Kohl’s are the best bets.
I called a few Kohl’s stores in the Lkwd area; they don’t have. Thanks!
hi dan do you know why lord and taylor outlet stores don’t get the five percent? should they?
If I don’t qualify for Sapphire Preferred, Ink Plus, or Ink Bold card to “transfer Freedom points over to one of those cards and then transfer them at a 1:1 ratio” is this still a worthwhile card to get?
@al:
No idea how those are categorized.
@ab:
Yes, 5% cash back on a free card is still good.
Plus in the future if you or a spouse get one of those cards you can transfer the points into airlines/hotels.
If I apply for freedom today and get accepted can I apply for 5% categories today eventhough I didn’t get my card yet ?
@Don:
It’s possible, they do make exceptions when you call after the deadline.
Can I have multiple freedom cards?
I have a Freedom card with my husband as an authorized user. he applied for he card tonight and we got “decision pending”. That never happens, to us, we are usually approved on the spot. If we finally get approved after the 17th, does this mean we lose eligibility for the bonus?
Anyway to pay Amazon credit card using Amazon GC?
Can I still open a Chase Checking account for the 10%?
Grocery stores and gas stations are always awesome categories as you can find Visa cards there that can be liquidated.
What do you mean with that ?
Liquidated?
Dan, Is there an easy way to know how close one is to spending the $1500 for the quarter, or do I need to calculate it by hand?
@TracyS I applied during the promo period and was approved right after the deadline. I contacted Chase and they applied the promo to my card
How do i know how much i already spent towards the 1500?
@TracyS:
It’s possible, they do make exceptions when you call after the deadline.
@Nam:
I do.
@Tyler:
Yes.
@David:
http://www.dansdeals.com/archives/58272
http://www.dansdeals.com/archives/58594
@zow:
By hand, but if you click on each transaction it will tell you if it qualifies for the 5%.
@Ari:
Nice.
@ben:
Go to your recent activity and tally it up.
@dan how do you have more then one freedom? Is it all under same persons name?
Yes.
You can downgrade cards like Sapphire Preferred to Freedom.
Cant find gas cards on amazon. which ones do they sell?