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Chase Freedom Unlimited®: Earn Expired

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Update: This very popular deal is still available.

Chase is offering a $200 Bonus after you spend $500 on purchases in the first 3 months of account opening for the Chase Freedom Unlimited®. Annual fee is $0. Thanks helper02

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Chase is offering a $200 Bonus after you spend $500 on purchases in the first 3 months of account opening for the Chase Freedom Unlimited®. Annual fee is $0.

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Not multiple of the same card. 1 Freedom Unlimited and 1 Freedom — yes.



Call the reconsideration line immediately.



Call the reconsideration line immediately.


If you get rejected sometimes there are errors in their automation side or just simply discrepancies. I have always called the reconsideration lines for credit agencies and sometimes even gotten approved over the phone.

At the least it will tell you why you got denied and it will be a learning experience. In this specific case: Always call laugh out loud
That's not how the offer reads:

Earn a $200 bonus after you spend $500 on purchases in the first 3 months from account opening.* And earn 5% cash back on grocery store purchases (not including Target® or Walmart® purchases) on up to $12,000 spent in the first year.*
Yes you are. The Chase Freedom and Freedom Unlimited are different cards. Go and apply for it! If you do, please use someone's referral link (they get $100) to share the wealth!

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nbradin
07-25-2020 at 07:57 AM.
07-25-2020 at 07:57 AM.
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can this be combined with refer a friend bonus? thanks
according to comments on reddit, no.
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giantbruin
07-25-2020 at 07:59 AM.
07-25-2020 at 07:59 AM.
Awesome offer, worth using a 5/24 slot. With travel not happening anytime soon, the 5% at grocery stores effectively translates into 7.5% cash back with my sapphire reserve.
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robj144
07-25-2020 at 08:17 AM.
07-25-2020 at 08:17 AM.
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Just be careful with debt everybody. Learn from Dave Ramsey on YouTube and never look back on plastics. Use it and pay it off every month. Don't spend more than you make and give money to the banks on interest. Have a budget and live debt free.

Yup. That's common sense of course.
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glen4321
07-25-2020 at 08:18 AM.
07-25-2020 at 08:18 AM.
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Call them and get a quick answer
I just did because I'm baffled. I called and they said the reason was "negative mark on my credit" and "negative history with chase bank". I then told him I am literally looking at my credit report right now, and I have zero negative remarks and a 800 credit score. Also, the only other Chase card I have is a amazon card that I pay in full every month and have never missed a payment. I asked him to explain. He said he could not. So now I'm afraid if my identity has been stolen. I'm hoping this is just an error on their front, because the reasons they listed are simply untrue. Is there any way to figure out what those message mean besides the vague two sentences he told me, that he said he couldn't elaborate on.
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GetMeSlick
07-25-2020 at 08:37 AM.
07-25-2020 at 08:37 AM.
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Hi, does this one good for building credit?

Typically, chase cards are approved with good credit. But definitely help to improve your score if you use it wisely. I won't put more than 20% on any card and always pif.
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Abdelben
07-25-2020 at 08:38 AM.
07-25-2020 at 08:38 AM.
I found this Chase Freedom® credit card that have almost same benefits.
https://creditcards.chase.com/cas...eedom/card
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Knightshade
07-25-2020 at 08:39 AM.

Our community has rated this post as helpful. If you agree, why not thank Knightshade

07-25-2020 at 08:39 AM.
Quote from Fincoon :
Just be careful with debt everybody. Learn from Dave Ramsey on YouTube and never look back on plastics. Use it and pay it off every month. Don't spend more than you make and give money to the banks on interest. Have a budget and live debt free.

Ramsey offers great advice for people who don't understand why their check bounced when they still have checks left in the checkbook.

He gives terrible advice for responsible people to actually build wealth.

We make a lot of profit annually on credit card signup bonuses... thousands to tens of thousands per year depending on the offers and various statues for a given year...on top of the rewards for the routine spend you'd miss if you paid cash like Ramsey wants.

All without ever carrying a penny of debt or paying a penny in interest.


That's all wealth Ramsey would've told us not to bother acquiring because CREDIT CARDS BAD. DEBT AND CREDIT BAD. ALWAYS PAY CASH.


Debt and credit are excellent if used by responsible people who know how math and interest work.

We currently have both a mortgage and a car loan we could've paid off in cash, but it made no sense to do so when we could earn a ton more than the ~2% interest we're paying on that debt by investing the cash elsewhere.


That is certainly not everybody- and for those who that doesn't describe- sure- Ramsey.
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gtsh0pp3r
07-25-2020 at 08:46 AM.
07-25-2020 at 08:46 AM.
Quote from glen4321 :
I just did because I'm baffled. I called and they said the reason was "negative mark on my credit" and "negative history with chase bank". I then told him I am literally looking at my credit report right now, and I have zero negative remarks and a 800 credit score. Also, the only other Chase card I have is a amazon card that I pay in full every month and have never missed a payment. I asked him to explain. He said he could not. So now I'm afraid if my identity has been stolen. I'm hoping this is just an error on their front, because the reasons they listed are simply untrue. Is there any way to figure out what those message mean besides the vague two sentences he told me, that he said he couldn't elaborate on.

I'm guessing the letter might say about the same. Might be worthwhile to drop into a chase branch and speak with an advisor, ask the same.
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Knightshade
07-25-2020 at 09:05 AM.
07-25-2020 at 09:05 AM.
Quote from glen4321 :
I just did because I'm baffled. I called and they said the reason was "negative mark on my credit" and "negative history with chase bank". I then told him I am literally looking at my credit report right now, and I have zero negative remarks and a 800 credit score. Also, the only other Chase card I have is a amazon card that I pay in full every month and have never missed a payment. I asked him to explain. He said he could not. So now I'm afraid if my identity has been stolen. I'm hoping this is just an error on their front, because the reasons they listed are simply untrue. Is there any way to figure out what those message mean besides the vague two sentences he told me, that he said he couldn't elaborate on.

There's 3 credit bureaus-they don't all reflect the same data- possibly you checked a different one than Chase did?
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glen4321
07-25-2020 at 09:25 AM.
07-25-2020 at 09:25 AM.
Quote from Knightshade :
There's 3 credit bureaus-they don't all reflect the same data- possibly you checked a different one than Chase did?
I called again and got a different person. They had an error on the front. I got approved
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casualfitzy
07-25-2020 at 10:18 AM.
07-25-2020 at 10:18 AM.
Quote from Knightshade :
That is certainly not everybody- and for those who that doesn't describe- sure- Ramsey.
Got it, you're not his target audience.
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qqzj
07-25-2020 at 10:25 AM.
07-25-2020 at 10:25 AM.
I filled in the application. But it showed me that it was being processed and it never finished processing. I am super confused. Anyone knows how to deal with it?
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Michael6724
07-25-2020 at 10:49 AM.
07-25-2020 at 10:49 AM.
Does anyone know how long this offer lasts? I want to sign up for it to get a discount on the Xbox Series X but that comes out around November and this card only works when its used within 90 days of opening an account. Any info on how long it lasts?
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Fanime
07-25-2020 at 10:54 AM.
07-25-2020 at 10:54 AM.
Quote from qqzj :
I filled in the application. But it showed me that it was being processed and it never finished processing. I am super confused. Anyone knows how to deal with it?
Call Chase and find out if it went through. They can look it up via your SSN.
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aliron
07-25-2020 at 12:05 PM.
07-25-2020 at 12:05 PM.
Quote from gtsh0pp3r :
Call them and get a quick answer

What's the number? When I call card services it asks me for a reference number, which the rejection hasn't given me yet
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