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
Dec 5, 2013, 2:46 am
#121
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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.
Dec 5, 2013, 2:59 pm
#123
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No drugstores and grocery stores make next years categories suck. No beans or Visa/MC GCs at the stores on the list. Gotta hand it to Chase though, they'll be giving out way less points this way. They're pretty smart, once they clued in to the Office Depot bonanza!
Dec 6, 2013, 3:52 am
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Because there are gas station that sell beans that take CC... BTW, Kohls is an easy way of making UR points
Dec 8, 2013, 8:40 am
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The bonus categories for 14 are almost as bad as Discover's.
At least I can stock up on gift cards at Lowe's.
I liked the q4 charitable category they had a few years ago. Stacked with the Delta charity MQM offer they had that same December was great.
At least I can stock up on gift cards at Lowe's.
I liked the q4 charitable category they had a few years ago. Stacked with the Delta charity MQM offer they had that same December was great.
Dec 8, 2013, 11:42 pm
#127
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Use your chase CC and go through the UP portal and buy stuff that way, you will get 10 points per dollar.
Now, I got to ask this question, so your first point EVER on FT, and you pick this subject to post in, why? With your question you asked, had to be answered in the Chase UR forum.... Just been wondering this with first posters...
Now, I got to ask this question, so your first point EVER on FT, and you pick this subject to post in, why? With your question you asked, had to be answered in the Chase UR forum.... Just been wondering this with first posters...
Dec 8, 2013, 11:43 pm
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I don't think so, I'll get an easy 20K it has taken me a while to figure it all out...
Dec 9, 2013, 6:27 am
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With you saying Kohl's is an easy way to earn UR points, I assumed you meant there was some GC or something I was missing. I've read posts and most point to buying GCs at gas stations, drug stores, sometimes Lowe's, etc. However, I've never seen a GC as Kohl's and I've never read of any easy way of churning points out at Kohl's. I assumed maybe I missed something.
Dec 9, 2013, 11:55 am
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Dec 9, 2013, 12:46 pm
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I don't know why Chase has a love affair listing Kohl's as a "category," though they issue the Kohl's store card so maybe that has something to do with it.
Dec 9, 2013, 1:02 pm
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Is this the ok??
Q1: (Hope the gas station sells VGC or beans (I assume VR is a bean)
Gas stations
Movie theaters
StarbucksŪ stores
Q2: (Use Freedom Instead of CSP for restaurants, and buy VGC at lowes and load BB)
Restaurants
Lowe'sŪ home improvement stores
Q3: (Hope the gas station sells VGC or beans)
Gas stations
Kohl'sŪ
Q4: (Buy gift cards at amazon, and use them for gifts in 2015)
Amazon.com
Zappos.com
Select Department stores
I have a Safeway that has a gas station by me, does anyone know how those list? Maybe I can just grocery shop there or get VGC and hit the $1500 limit for q1 and q3.
Q1: (Hope the gas station sells VGC or beans (I assume VR is a bean)
Gas stations
Movie theaters
StarbucksŪ stores
Q2: (Use Freedom Instead of CSP for restaurants, and buy VGC at lowes and load BB)
Restaurants
Lowe'sŪ home improvement stores
Q3: (Hope the gas station sells VGC or beans)
Gas stations
Kohl'sŪ
Q4: (Buy gift cards at amazon, and use them for gifts in 2015)
Amazon.com
Zappos.com
Select Department stores
I have a Safeway that has a gas station by me, does anyone know how those list? Maybe I can just grocery shop there or get VGC and hit the $1500 limit for q1 and q3.
Dec 10, 2013, 2:40 pm
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With you saying Kohl's is an easy way to earn UR points, I assumed you meant there was some GC or something I was missing. I've read posts and most point to buying GCs at gas stations, drug stores, sometimes Lowe's, etc. However, I've never seen a GC as Kohl's and I've never read of any easy way of churning points out at Kohl's. I assumed maybe I missed something.
Dec 10, 2013, 2:42 pm
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they list as gas stations. No VGC at those gas station... I'll give you a HINT stop thinking small in your gas stations....... I believe most convenience stores that have gas station will code as gas stations. You need to play with this, this is all part of the game.
Dec 14, 2013, 11:27 am
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chase freedom cash back ?
Is the 5% cash back for this quarter only for certain online shopping sites ? If I shop at a airline shopping portal.. like United's shopping portal mielage plus shopping . com , would I earn 5 % when i purchase from there ?