tjh8402

Does anyone know if Costco.com purchases will count as a bonus category purchase on the Freedom ?

mia

The easy way to answer this question is to find a previous purchase from Costco.com made with any VISA card. Check the merchant classification in the details of the transaction.

bullfrog23414

I was actually wondering the same thing about sams club dot com. I know Sam's is specifically in, just not sure about the website.

enginere808

Yes online purchases count, the following is listed as an example of eligible purchases on the Chase website:
"Purchases made through the checkout on the wholesale club merchant's website (EX. BJs.com, Samsclub.com)". The examples and exclusions can be found at
https://creditcards.chase.com/freedom/merchants

Caryite

Correct, and Costco no where to be seen on that page as an example on the approved or denied list. I plan to try a small purchase to see, but was hoping someone would know for sure. The Chase CSR I spoke to did not.

tonywush

I bought Costco cash card using Citi Hilton Visa, it is coded as the following:

Description: COSTCO.COM *ONLINE 800-955-2292 WA
Category: MISC GENERAL MERCHANDISE NOT CLASSIFIED

Hemera

Chase has the following exclusion:
"Stores that sell a variety of merchandise, including food items"
which, unfortunately, applies to Costco.

sdsearch

But Chase doesn't actually perform inventory. It goes by what the merchant reports as their category. So if the above fits Costco it's because of the category that Costco reports as, not because of the above description per se.

Grocery stores which have pharmacy departments, sell Halloween costumes, etc, are not excluded despite "selling a variety of merchandise" as long as they report themselves as grocery stores.

A better exclusion description which would distinguish between the two is "stores that sell food items only as a minority of their merchandise". Grocery stores which have a pharmacy department and sell Halloween costumes still dedicate the bulk of the store to food items. OTOH, I've never seen a Costco, Target, or Wal-Mart which had anywhere near 50% of the store selling food items.

mia

Costco stores are categories by VISA:

DISCOUNT STORES / WAREHOUSE / WHOLESALE - 5300

slivrflyr

I ordered a Costco cash card yesterday and will let you guys know when this posts to my Freedom.

I've ordered from Costco.com with another Chase card before but Chase online only shows me the merchant category when it's a bonus category. The name posted as COSTCO.COM *ONLINE

Tianfeng Huang

03/11/2016 03/13/2016 Sale COSTCO.COM *ONLINE $600.00
800-955-2292, WA 980270000 US
Online, Mail, or Telephone transaction


Chase Hyatt Visa Credit Card.
At least in March, Costco.com is not marked as Wholesale.

slivrflyr

Does the Hyatt card give grocery bonuses? All my chase cards that have category bonuses only mention the category if the category happens to be bonused by the respective card.: freedom for 5x, ritz for 2x on car/flight /dining. Non bonused category transactions don't mention the merchant category.

TennisNoob

Online purchases have to count.

Costco local stores and costco.com work differently.
That's why if you take an online promo and tell the local store to match it, they won't.

Tianfeng Huang

04/04 updates:

https://ultimaterewardspoints.chase.com/freedom/

Scroll down to bottom:

Wholesale Clubs***
Costco
BJ's
Sam's Club
Texas Jasmine

Purchases made through the checkout on the wholesale club merchants' website (EX. Costco.com, BJs.com, Samsclub.com)

Purchases made in-store at the front-end registers

Purchases made at the member services desk

liaozhongchao

^^Awesome! Been waiting to make some purchase for a week.