Apr 2, 2018, 6:45 pm
Last edit by: SanDiego1K
5% cash back on purchases up to $1500 during the 2nd quarter
Must activate the bonus online
Bonus categories:
Must activate the bonus online
Bonus categories:
- Paypal - Includes purchases made using your Freedom card with PayPal for purchases or sending money.
- Chase Pay - Includes purchases made using your Freedom card with your Chase Pay mobile wallet during check out.
- Grocery Stores (not including Walmart® and Target® purchases).
2018 2nd Quarter Freedom Bonus Categories: Groceries, PayPal , Chase Pay
Jun 2, 2018, 8:35 pm
#122
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One easy way is using Android Pay or Apple Pay at the Grocery store. If you have it set as your default card you don't even have to worry about selecting the right card as you just place the phone by the terminal and the right card is picked for you.
One downside to your strategy this quarter (which is understandable BTW) is that PayPal was included, so if for whatever reason you were buying something online later in the quarter at a store that is not in any category you miss out on the opportunity to get 5% back on a purchase you would otherwise never get that much back.
One downside to your strategy this quarter (which is understandable BTW) is that PayPal was included, so if for whatever reason you were buying something online later in the quarter at a store that is not in any category you miss out on the opportunity to get 5% back on a purchase you would otherwise never get that much back.
I don't see the second part as downside. Even if you organically spend $1500 on groceries in a quarter, you would still miss out on any extra Paypal spend. Maxing out is all that matters, and then move the spend over to another card with better returns than 1%.
Jun 2, 2018, 8:43 pm
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Jun 3, 2018, 12:02 am
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Jun 3, 2018, 12:06 am
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Jun 3, 2018, 12:12 am
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Jun 3, 2018, 1:04 am
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Well, I would if Safeway installed NFC terminals in their stores. Secondly, I don't use one card for everything. My default card is Freedom Unlimited for the 1.5%, so I would still have to remember to swap it out or whatever card earns the most for what I am buying.
I don't see the second part as downside. Even if you organically spend $1500 on groceries in a quarter, you would still miss out on any extra Paypal spend. Maxing out is all that matters, and then move the spend over to another card with better returns than 1%.
I don't see the second part as downside. Even if you organically spend $1500 on groceries in a quarter, you would still miss out on any extra Paypal spend. Maxing out is all that matters, and then move the spend over to another card with better returns than 1%.
Here's hoping PayPal comes back in subsequent quarters...
Jun 3, 2018, 8:40 am
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Mine doesn't support it either (and the employees are clueless as to what it even means.) Apple Pay doesn't work and the guy in front of me yesterday couldn't get Samsung Pay to work. Very hit or miss since I keep reading that Safeway has "rolled out" NFC at all of its stores beginning last October.
Jun 3, 2018, 10:24 am
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Expect them to be announced on or about June 14, based on recent trends. Registration will start June 15 so they will definitely be announced by then. Based on past years Q3 will almost certainly be primarily restaurants, and might possibly include something else.
Jun 7, 2018, 11:19 am
#131
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Well, for that matter, I have used Paypal a few times this quarter to buy clothes & shoes on various websites and have returned some of them (already, during this quarter) because they didn't fit, and the returns showed up as Paypal on my Chase account but only 1 point was deducted, not 5.
Jun 13, 2018, 10:34 am
#132
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Does activation of the Q3 bonus categories cancel the Q2 bonus activation? (You can tell that I'm still new at this.)
By the way, last quarter, I forgot to activate the bonus categories. When I logged into my account a few days into the quarter and saw purchases in the bonus categories were posting at 1X rather than 5X, I smacked my forehead and activated. But the reason I mention it is that some of the purchases made before I activated the bonus categories changed from 1X to 5X. Thank you, Chase.
By the way, last quarter, I forgot to activate the bonus categories. When I logged into my account a few days into the quarter and saw purchases in the bonus categories were posting at 1X rather than 5X, I smacked my forehead and activated. But the reason I mention it is that some of the purchases made before I activated the bonus categories changed from 1X to 5X. Thank you, Chase.
Jun 13, 2018, 7:37 pm
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