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Update, 2/25: Chase is adding 2 additional categories for use in March only, tax preparation, and insurance. Unfortunately, you are still capped to 7,500 points for $1,500 of spending for the quarter across all categories, including Grocery Stores, Fitness Clubs & Gym Memberships, Hair, Nails & Spa Services, and Norwegian Cruise Lines.
Tax preparation includes consumer in-person or digital tax preparation services. Insurance includes health, automobile, homeowners, renters, medical and life insurance. Product warranties and trip insurance purchases will not qualify in this category.
You don’t need to register again, but if you haven’t registered for Q1 yet, you need to do so by 3/14.
Originally posted on 1/1:
Chase Freedom Flex and Freedom are excellent no annual fee cards thanks to their quarterly 5% categories. While the rewards are marketed as 5% cash back, you’ll actually get 5 Ultimate Rewards points per dollar spent which can be worth much more than 5% cash.
If you max out the $1,500 in bonus 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) per Freedom card.
You can register now for 2025 Q1 spending which is valid 1/1-3/31 at:
- Grocery Stores (excluding Walmart and Target)
- Fitness Clubs & Gym Memberships
- Hair, Nails & Spa Services
- Norwegian Cruise Lines
You can track your Freedom bonus spending here.
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 will you make your Q1 purchases?
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4 Comments On "[New Bonus Categories Added] Chase Freedom Q1 5x Bonus Categories Are Live"
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Anyone know if you can prepay Geico? My renewal is end of April so assuming I won’t get that new bill until mid April.
Yes You can
“Unfortunately, you are still capped to 7,500 points for $1,500 of spending for the quarter across all categories, including Grocery Stores…”
That basically ruins it all. It’s when the grocery store category is live that I find it easiest to max out without any extra MS.
Would be nice to have it during a different quarter.
If you have 4+ …