Last edit by: txpenny
Here is the paypal list of vendors that should trigger the 5% category bonus for "paypal purchases". I've copied it over from the AMEX thread "https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/amer...june-30-a.html". Please feel free update with your experiences.
Merchant Description
While a PayPal charge is pending, "PayPal" may not appear in the merchant description but will once the charge posts (e.g., a pending charge listed as "BESTBUY.COM" will become "PAYPAL BESTBUY.COM"). - need to see if this works the same on Chase as it does AMEX.
Google Pay
PayPal can be added to Google Pay via payments.google.com > Payment Methods > Add a payment method (note that not all Google Pay is created equal; e.g. this doesn't seem to work for Fi payments - at least on AMEX)
Known Working Examples
List of some vendors that accept PayPal, from the official PayPal website: https://www.paypal.com/us/webapps/mp...l-credit-promo
Travel
Merchant Description
While a PayPal charge is pending, "PayPal" may not appear in the merchant description but will once the charge posts (e.g., a pending charge listed as "BESTBUY.COM" will become "PAYPAL BESTBUY.COM"). - need to see if this works the same on Chase as it does AMEX.
Google Pay
PayPal can be added to Google Pay via payments.google.com > Payment Methods > Add a payment method (note that not all Google Pay is created equal; e.g. this doesn't seem to work for Fi payments - at least on AMEX)
Known Working Examples
List of some vendors that accept PayPal, from the official PayPal website: https://www.paypal.com/us/webapps/mp...l-credit-promo
Travel
- Airfare purchased from some airline websites. (
does not work with DL, UA, WN as they do not accept AMEX via PayPal) (need to check how airfare works with Chase). - Flightradar 24
- Uber Cash reloads
- Lyft cash reload
- US passport renewal application fee may accept PayPal
- Nonprofits: Doctors Without Borders, Feeding America, Pro Publica, WBEZ, KUOW
- Bandcamp
- Patreon
- Ace Hardware (online only?)
- AARP Gift Cards (note discounted every Monday through rewards portal) as well as your membership dues
- Banza Chickpea Pasta (eatbanza.com)
- Bed Bath & Beyond (online orders)
- Best Buy
- Chewy
- CVS Drugstore/Pharmacy (using show to pay QR code generated in Pay Pal app) Pay Pal must be mapped to qualifying Amex card with said benefit
- eBay, including seller charges
- Eddie Bauer (online only?)
- Ex Officio
- Express Scripts prescription fulfillment
- Gap Factory Web
- store.google.com
- Home Depot (definitely online, possibly also in-store)
- Hudson Valley Foie Gras
- Keurig.com - it can be a set it and forget it if you use Green Mountain's subscription service
- Macy's (online only?)
- Nuts.com
- PayPal eGift cards (merchant gift cards)
- Poshmark
- Starbucks card reloads
- T2 Tea (online)
- Target (not on iOS app)
- USPS.com (stamps, shipping supplies, cards and envelopes, etc.)
- Walmart
- AT&T TV Now
- CBS All Access
- Disney+
- Hulu
- Netflix
- NY Times
- Spotify
- VOIP.MS
- Airalo.com
- Skype
- BlueJeans
- Zoom
- Shell (via Shell app) - however, note some FT'ers have reported needing to call in and manually credit
- BP (via BPme app)
- Steam (wallet reloads work)
- PlayStation Network (wallet reloads work)
- Battle.net (wallet reloads work)
- Grubhub / Seamless / UberEats
- Puget Sound Energy (PSE)
- Possibly others that use "Paymentus" as a processor
Q4 2021 Chase Freedom Cards--5% bonus: Walmart & Paypal Purchases
#46
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My Walmart purchase two days ago also got only 1x. It was coded as grocery. It is only a few dollars worth.
I don't know the true answer, but I suspect not all the registers at Walmart are coded the same. I noticed that a couple of months ago when I got my new CSP and it offered $50 grocery credit. One of my Walmart purchase was coded as grocery and I received the grocery credit. Another purchase I made later on the same day at the same Walmart was coded something else (I forgot what the category was) and I did not receive the grocery credit.
FWIW, this happened at one of the Walmart "Supercenters", and I used different self check out registers.
I don't know the true answer, but I suspect not all the registers at Walmart are coded the same. I noticed that a couple of months ago when I got my new CSP and it offered $50 grocery credit. One of my Walmart purchase was coded as grocery and I received the grocery credit. Another purchase I made later on the same day at the same Walmart was coded something else (I forgot what the category was) and I did not receive the grocery credit.
FWIW, this happened at one of the Walmart "Supercenters", and I used different self check out registers.
#47
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It is not unusual for transactions posted late in the billing cycle to not receive bonus points until the next statement. It appears Chase closes bonus tracking a few days before statements are generated.
#48
Join Date: Jan 2017
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I just went to PayUSA tax and started to try this, but stopped after reading the statement in red saying, "If this is a joint account, please use the primary taxpayer's SSAN".
Two questions, do you file married filing jointly or married filing separately?
Do you have two separate IRS online accounts for both yourself and your wife?
#50
Join Date: Mar 2019
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Any idea if it show in my UR earnings section of the UR portal? I've never personally seen this happen in my almost decade with Chase.
#51
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This is an interesting idea I never thought of.
I just went to PayUSA tax and started to try this, but stopped after reading the statement in red saying, "If this is a joint account, please use the primary taxpayer's SSAN".
Two questions, do you file married filing jointly or married filing separately?
Do you have two separate IRS online accounts for both yourself and your wife?
I just went to PayUSA tax and started to try this, but stopped after reading the statement in red saying, "If this is a joint account, please use the primary taxpayer's SSAN".
Two questions, do you file married filing jointly or married filing separately?
Do you have two separate IRS online accounts for both yourself and your wife?
I just ignore the warning as the IRS has been able to properly apply the payments.
I am a bit surprised that my attempts have failed after two with different tax IDs this time as I don't see how PayUSAtax even has any data connecting our two tax IDs. I doubt they have some kind of API with the IRS to screen this out but who knows. In any case I will now be waiting until Dec 15 to try again but will also assume that only two more attempts will work.. Might have to do some shopping at Walmart.
#52
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#53
Join Date: Aug 2020
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I hope they figure this out and fix it. I've never, EVER had this issue over 5+ years with Chase and have definitely shopped at this exact Walmart with no problems in the past. This is annoying as I still have my Freedom and my wife's Flex to max out.
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I would look here: https://www.walmart.com/store/directory
#56
Join Date: Aug 2020
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I would look here: https://www.walmart.com/store/directory
Chase really needs to work this out as the T&Cs specifically explain that Walmart purchases "include Walmart Discount Stores, Walmart SuperCenters, Walmart Neighborhood Markets, www.walmart.com, Walmart branded gas stations operated by Walmart, any other Walmart branded retail stores operated by Walmart and purchases made with Walmart Pay," yet this is clearly not the case as myself and others are currently experiencing.
#57
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We file married filing jointly. We do have two separate IRS online accounts to check the posting of payments. I have been doing this for multiple years; first with pay1040.com and the last two years with PayUSAtax (to get the Chase Bonus and also because it is now cheaper than Pay1040). Pay1040 actually asks for both tax IDs but PayUSAtax does not.
I just ignore the warning as the IRS has been able to properly apply the payments.
I am a bit surprised that my attempts have failed after two with different tax IDs this time as I don't see how PayUSAtax even has any data connecting our two tax IDs. I doubt they have some kind of API with the IRS to screen this out but who knows. In any case I will now be waiting until Dec 15 to try again but will also assume that only two more attempts will work.. Might have to do some shopping at Walmart.
I just ignore the warning as the IRS has been able to properly apply the payments.
I am a bit surprised that my attempts have failed after two with different tax IDs this time as I don't see how PayUSAtax even has any data connecting our two tax IDs. I doubt they have some kind of API with the IRS to screen this out but who knows. In any case I will now be waiting until Dec 15 to try again but will also assume that only two more attempts will work.. Might have to do some shopping at Walmart.
#58
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Last time they had a paypal 5x I made 4 payments with payusa tax with myself as the primary and my P2 as the primary on the other 2. We file jointly but it was a big hassle to get them to apply the payments posted to her account to my account and I don't think I'm going to do it again.
#59
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Disagree. I actually made the same exact purchase three times in the same exact store. One coded for 5x and two coded for 1x. The difference was the registers used yet both were in the same bank of self-checkout registers. Thus, one would have no idea how the purchase is going to code until it's all said and done.
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I wonder what would happen when grocery is a quarterly bonus category. Will I get 5x through the "grocery register" at Walmart?
#60
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That was what I experienced. Same self check out area in the same store, just different registers. Perhaps next time I will note which register I used, then look at the receipts.
I wonder what would happen when grocery is a quarterly bonus category. Will I get 5x through the "grocery register" at Walmart?
I wonder what would happen when grocery is a quarterly bonus category. Will I get 5x through the "grocery register" at Walmart?