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Chase Freedom/Freedom Flex Cardholders: Bonus Categories at Amazon.com, Lowes Earn 5% Back & More (Valid April 1st-July 31, 2023) activate March 15th

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Chase Freedom/Freedom Flex Cardholders: Bonus Categories at Amazon.com, Lowes Earn 5% Back & More (Valid April 1st-July 31, 2023)

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03-14-2023 at 08:19 AM.
03-14-2023 at 08:19 AM.
Lowes sells giftcards to like BestBuy and eBay right?
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03-14-2023 at 10:13 AM.
03-14-2023 at 10:13 AM.
Quote from fyreboltx :
Lowes sells giftcards to like BestBuy and eBay right?
Yes but 5% off BestBuy is not a great netback when you think of all the effort to acquire them.

My Discover rewards are 5% off Bestbuy and 10-2020% off at BestBuy and Ebay through my period Shoprite grocery giftcar promos which run periodically on the $50 and 100 card spend.

I should be able to put a dent in this with my Amazon spending although the category is really limited for Q2.
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03-14-2023 at 11:17 AM.
03-14-2023 at 11:17 AM.
Can I get the amazon gift cards from Amazon to get the 5%?
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03-14-2023 at 11:50 AM.
03-14-2023 at 11:50 AM.
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Can I get the amazon gift cards from Amazon to get the 5%?
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03-14-2023 at 01:10 PM.
03-14-2023 at 01:10 PM.
Decent for those without amazon credit card. But otherwise meh cashback next quarter.
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SarhoshAmiral
03-14-2023 at 01:34 PM.
03-14-2023 at 01:34 PM.
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Decent for those without amazon credit card. But otherwise meh cashback next quarter.
Depends on your setup, I can redeem points UR points for 1.25x (pay yourself back) or 1.5x (travel) so it is 6.25% compared to 5% from Amazon card.
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03-14-2023 at 02:48 PM.
03-14-2023 at 02:48 PM.
Well this sucks. I have an Amazon prime card, no limit/benefit there. Local Lowes sucks. Only shops from home Depot. There goes the quarter
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03-14-2023 at 06:31 PM.
03-14-2023 at 06:31 PM.
Crap categories. You can get 5% CB on Amazon and Lowes gift cards all day at Staples with CIC.
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03-14-2023 at 08:57 PM.
03-14-2023 at 08:57 PM.
Quote from musicman40nj :
Yes but 5% off BestBuy is not a great netback when you think of all the effort to acquire them.

My Discover rewards are 5% off Bestbuy and 10-2020% off at BestBuy and Ebay through my period Shoprite grocery giftcar promos which run periodically on the $50 and 100 card spend.

I should be able to put a dent in this with my Amazon spending although the category is really limited for Q2.
I'm not sure I follow what your point is...?

My post was about EARNING 5% cashback when I buy things- if I know I'm gonna spend money at Amazon and happen to be at Lowes, why not earn 5% cashback with my Chase card by picking up an Amazon giftcard?

What you're talking about is when you REDEEM points at Discover to get a 5% discount... which doesn't help since Discover's Q2 bonus categories suck for me (would have been great during Q1) so I don't have any points to spend at Discover.
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03-15-2023 at 04:27 AM.
The "AMAZON 5% CASH SUCKS BECUASE ANOTHER CARD OFFERS IT" folks are misunderstanding the value of the Freedom card.

It's not that it's 5% cash.

It's that it's 5x UR points.

Which for those who travel is much more valuable than 5% cash.


(also you can get 5.25% cash at amazon (or any other online purchase) year round with a BOA card and plat honors status- so that beats both the quarterly cards and the amazon card if you're a non-travelling cashback only person FYI)
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The quarter ends on June 30th, not July 31st.
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03-15-2023 at 09:44 PM.
03-15-2023 at 09:44 PM.
Quote from uspamalot88 :
Well this sucks. I have an Amazon prime card, no limit/benefit there. Local Lowes sucks. Only shops from home Depot. There goes the quarter
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Crap categories. You can get 5% CB on Amazon and Lowes gift cards all day at Staples with CIC.
Agreed. What a totally garbage 5% quarter for Chase. You can get 5% on Amazon and Lowe's in so many ways, like you said at Staples or Office Depot with Chase Ink Cash, or at Target year-round using 5% RedCard, etc. When are they gonna finally do an actually useful 5% category like Gas?

Even this current quarter is lame when they decided to overlap with Discover's 5% on Groceries.
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03-15-2023 at 09:56 PM.
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Agreed. What a totally garbage 5% quarter for Chase. You can get 5% on Amazon and Lowe's in so many ways, like you said at Staples or Office Depot with Chase Ink Cash, or at Target year-round using 5% RedCard, etc. When are they gonna finally do an actually useful 5% category like Gas?

Even this current quarter is lame when they decided to overlap with Discover's 5% on Groceries.
Can I still get 5% discount if I use target red debit card to purchase amazon gift at target store?
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