2018 - 5% Freedom bonus categories announced yet?
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2018 - 5% Freedom bonus categories announced yet?
Has Chase announced the 5% bonus categories for Chase Freedom for 2018?
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Partial 2017 calendar was available in mid-December 2016. That's when registration opens for the first quarter of the next year.
Freedom 2017 5X calendar published.
Freedom 2017 5X calendar published.
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Partial 2017 calendar was available in mid-December 2016. That's when registration opens for the first quarter of the next year.
Freedom 2017 5X calendar published.
Freedom 2017 5X calendar published.
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they have to publish Q1 by 12/15 to allow folks to activate. usually the general categories for the full year are released at that same time. perhaps as early as 12/14, but don't expect anything earlier than then.
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Thank you for the information. I am assuming they will be pretty standard. Always seem to be pretty similar from what I can remember
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It does not make much sense to me. By now they surely have the categories for each quarter defined. I would want it released soon to get people excited about signing up for the card
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I don't believe there has been any definitive info released yet, but Discover has released theirs for 2018 and very often they are similar. Discover for Q1 is gas and Warehouse clubs
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I think this is a lot more fluid than us armchair internet analysts would like to think and that's why Chase is usually vague with the full year calendar and only releases details right before a new quarter.
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Let's revisit this subject when the categories are actually announced.
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A "mobile wallet" category would be nice. It'd probably be way too easy for people to max out, however, which is why it's unlikely to happen any time soon.
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Doesn't really fit into the category model though, does it? Might as well hope for a category designated as "goods and services" while we're going down this Yellow Brick Road.
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It's also not completely unprecedented, considering that Chase gave out extra UR for mobile wallet transactions with the Sapphire card back in October.
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This thread is morphing off topic so I'm going to close it.