Mar 19, 2014, 8:00 am
Last edit by: beltway
What qualifies as a "restaurant" for the Q2 2014 bonus?
From the Freedom website:
From the Freedom website:
Merchants in the Restaurants category are merchants whose primary business is sit-down or eat-in dining, including fast food restaurants as well as fine dining establishments. Please note that some merchants that sell food and drinks located within larger merchants that sell other goods or services may not be included in this category; for example, sports stadium concessions and department store cafeterias.
Chase Freedom 5% Merchant Categories
Oct 26, 2013, 11:31 am
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Oct 27, 2013, 5:21 pm
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Oct 27, 2013, 6:46 pm
#108
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Oct 28, 2013, 11:58 am
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I've been scheming all weekend about how to get the most points for a new MBP purchase, and unfortunately I don't have the Ink card... I think 7,500 points is the best I can do... I can't find other ultimate rewards mall links that give better points.
Oct 28, 2013, 1:17 pm
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I agree... I looked through the UR Mall quickly and it doesn't look like you'll be able to tack on any bonus points via a Freedom or CSP for an Apple product. Best other than the 5x would be to go straight through UR Mall with Apple for 2x additional points = 3x points. Not worth it since you can buy Apple Care anywhere!
Oct 28, 2013, 5:02 pm
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Oct 28, 2013, 8:01 pm
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I agree... I looked through the UR Mall quickly and it doesn't look like you'll be able to tack on any bonus points via a Freedom or CSP for an Apple product. Best other than the 5x would be to go straight through UR Mall with Apple for 2x additional points = 3x points. Not worth it since you can buy Apple Care anywhere!
Nov 1, 2013, 2:31 pm
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Guys,
If you purchase an Amazon Gift Card online using your Freedom and then use that Amazon Gift Card for Amazon Payment, wouldn't you be able to earn the Freedom Quarter 4 bonus?
The only question is if we can use Amazon Gift Card to send payments on Amazon Payments. Does anyone know if we can?
If you purchase an Amazon Gift Card online using your Freedom and then use that Amazon Gift Card for Amazon Payment, wouldn't you be able to earn the Freedom Quarter 4 bonus?
The only question is if we can use Amazon Gift Card to send payments on Amazon Payments. Does anyone know if we can?
Nov 1, 2013, 3:07 pm
#117
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Guys,
If you purchase an Amazon Gift Card online using your Freedom and then use that Amazon Gift Card for Amazon Payment, wouldn't you be able to earn the Freedom Quarter 4 bonus?
The only question is if we can use Amazon Gift Card to send payments on Amazon Payments. Does anyone know if we can?
If you purchase an Amazon Gift Card online using your Freedom and then use that Amazon Gift Card for Amazon Payment, wouldn't you be able to earn the Freedom Quarter 4 bonus?
The only question is if we can use Amazon Gift Card to send payments on Amazon Payments. Does anyone know if we can?
Dec 4, 2013, 10:21 pm
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2014 Categories
2014 Categories have been posted:
Q1:
Gas stations
Movie theaters
Starbucks® stores
Q2:
Restaurants
Lowe's® home improvement stores
Q3:
Gas stations
Kohl's®
Q4:
Amazon.com
Zappos.com
Select Department stores
Overall pretty good although very heavy on the gas stations which to me personally isn't that impressive since there are a lot of other cards which favor gas stations, I liked having the Freedom for other categories. Still, the Q2 restaurants and Q4 Amazon.com are going to get maxed out. Interesting no supermarkets or drugstores this quarter… maybe too much like the competition or too many Vanilla Reloads at CVS.
Q1:
Gas stations
Movie theaters
Starbucks® stores
Q2:
Restaurants
Lowe's® home improvement stores
Q3:
Gas stations
Kohl's®
Q4:
Amazon.com
Zappos.com
Select Department stores
Overall pretty good although very heavy on the gas stations which to me personally isn't that impressive since there are a lot of other cards which favor gas stations, I liked having the Freedom for other categories. Still, the Q2 restaurants and Q4 Amazon.com are going to get maxed out. Interesting no supermarkets or drugstores this quarter… maybe too much like the competition or too many Vanilla Reloads at CVS.