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Chase is offering select Chase Freedom/Freedom Flex Cardholders: 5% Back on Eligible Purchases at PayPal, Wholesale Clubs, and Select Charities when you activate this offer on your qualifying card. Offer valid from October 1 to December 31, 2023 for these bonus categories.

Thanks to community member unknownanonymous for sharing this deal.

Note, must enter your info on the promotion page to activate the 5% back on your qualifying card. You may earn 5% cash back on up to $1,500 in combined purchases in bonus categories each quarter (on each eligible account).

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Chase Freedom/Freedom Flex 5% bonus cashback categories for Oct-Dec 2023 are
  • PayPal
  • Wholesale Clubs
  • Select Charities
You can activate by visiting below site from Sept 15th to Dec 14th:
https://www.chasebonus.com/
Merchant list: https://creditcards.chase.com/fre.../merchants
It can also be enabled after logging into your account and going to 5% cashback. calendar.
Remember it can be activated tomorrow i.e. Sept 15th onwards.

Gas, fuel, wholesale specialty service purchases such as travel, insurance, cell phone and home improvement will not qualify in this category. Mastercard not accepted at Costco warehouses or at gas stations.

Tip: Buying Costco cash card at costco.com with Freedom mastercard is eligible for 5% cashback. Use this Costco cash card in Costco stores and gas station. I did that for Discover card earlier this year and got 5% cashback.
Max cashback in total: $75 (total of $1500 in purchase)
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Yup-including buying costco giftcards at costco.com making this quarter pretty terrific and damn easy to max both of my Freedom cards.
First thing to know is you need a "paid" Chase card- that is, one with an annual fee.

There's several that are $95 a year but don't really offer much other than the ability to transfer points--- if you don't travel significantly then your best route to max point value for travel is when you ARE finally planning a big trip, get the signup bonus for one of those cards (which will vastly outweigh the $95 fee) and do your transfers under that 1 year of $95 fee.

But if you travel a significant amount then getting- and keeping- the much higher fee CSR can be pretty profitable- especially if you can use some of the various monthly and annual credits for other things it offers.


Either way you have 2 routes to book travel with Chase in general-


ALL cards even free ones can use the chase travel portal... but free cards only get 1 cent per point this way so it's a waste of your time- just take 1 cent cash instead.

The $95 fee cards get 1.25 cents a point- which is still not terrific compared to most point transfer options.

The CSR gets 1.5 cents a point- which CAN be worthwhile in a few specific cases rather than transfers (for example to book Southwest Airlines-- because transfers to them usually only get you ~1.4 cents a point).

Chase points if you have a paid card transfer 1:1 to a bunch of Airlines...and several hotels (though only Hyatt is ever worth considering the rest suck for value of points).

For most airlines though (and also Hyatt hotels) you can usually get nearer 2 cents a point at the low end for coach fares or Hyatt hotels.... and often 4-6 cents a point or more for business or first class flights.



Typically if you just google something like "best use of chase points to X" where X is where you're wanting to go, you'll find all the usual travel blogs with posts about the best airlines and programs and values.

There's also more general ones lilke:

https://thepointsguy.com/guide/re...mum-value/

https://upgradedpoints.com/credit...ds-points/

https://onemileatatime.com/guides...ds-points/

as examples.
Yes, but only visa cards like freedom can be used in warehouse, not mastercard (flex). Last time discover had warehouse as 5 percent category earlier this year, i had purchased gift cards online to use in store so that 5 percent Cashback would apply.

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namelessNsilent
09-14-2023 at 08:34 PM.
09-14-2023 at 08:34 PM.
Quote from newbharry :
Hopefully Costco will have more Pamp Gold 24k for sale so I can turn the gold to dealer for a fast return

Shhh!
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blitzmnit
09-14-2023 at 08:42 PM.
09-14-2023 at 08:42 PM.
Quote from khalid7412002 :
So for Costco it would be 5% using Freedom card + 2% Costco executive cashback correct?

Well you dont get 2% costco cashback when buying shop card but get 2% when you buy stuff using that shop card.
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pyroskater85
09-14-2023 at 09:01 PM.
09-14-2023 at 09:01 PM.
Quote from Knightshade :
Also the card you name isn't one of the ones this deal is about, so there's that.

Freedom and Freedom Flex get 5x UR points every quarter, max $1500 spend per card, in rotating categories. This deal is about Q4s categories.

Freedom Unlimited is an entirely different card that (outside of its signup bonus) just gets 1.5x UR on everything.

Seems like I need to add on a freedom flex card. thanks for the info
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Col_B
09-14-2023 at 09:05 PM.
09-14-2023 at 09:05 PM.
Wooo PayPal is back
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WoodenWineBox
09-14-2023 at 09:20 PM.
09-14-2023 at 09:20 PM.
Quote from stevodiaz :
Does this include gas you buy at Sam's club or bjs?

If you buy gift cards in the warehouse it should work for gas, I believe Costco accepts gift cards
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happygooddeal
09-14-2023 at 09:41 PM.
09-14-2023 at 09:41 PM.
Darn my Chase card is Mastercard and Costco only accept Visa.
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unknownanonymous
09-15-2023 at 01:37 AM.
09-15-2023 at 01:37 AM.
Quote from happygooddeal :
Darn my Chase card is Mastercard and Costco only accept Visa.
Buying Costco cash card on costco.com with your chase mastercard is eligible for 5% cashback. Use the costco cash card in costco stores.
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BigSoxfan
09-15-2023 at 01:55 AM.
09-15-2023 at 01:55 AM.
Quote from unknownanonymous :
I dont think so as those bill as gas station
One more observation if Costco gas stations are viewed the same as BJ's gas station when using Discover. it is neither fish nor fowl for the 5% awards. It does not count for the 5% bonus when the category is gas stations or wholesale clubs. At least it does not count for Discover, so it may have the same limitation with Chase.
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unknownanonymous
09-15-2023 at 01:57 AM.
09-15-2023 at 01:57 AM.
Quote from BigSoxfan :
One more observation if Cotsco gas clubs will be viewed the same as BJ's gas station when using Discover. it is neither fish nor fowl for the 5% awards. It does not count for the 5% bonus when the category is gas stations or wholesale clubs. At least it does not count for Discover, so it may have the same limitation with Chase.
Costco gas station is eligible for 5% cashback for Freedom visa cards. I got 5% back this quarter.
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LeviathanUltima
09-15-2023 at 02:35 AM.
09-15-2023 at 02:35 AM.
Quote from newbharry :
Hopefully Costco will have more Pamp Gold 24k for sale so I can turn the gold to dealer for a fast return
Note the $1500 qualified purchase limit. The max you will get will be $75.
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shopperuvdealz
09-15-2023 at 02:52 AM.
09-15-2023 at 02:52 AM.
How is this used with paypal? Do I just add my Chase Freedom card to my paypal account? Will I get 5 % back if I can pay my utility bills through paypal using the Chase Freedom card?
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unknownanonymous
09-15-2023 at 02:57 AM.
09-15-2023 at 02:57 AM.
Quote from shopperuvdealz :
How is this used with paypal? Do I just add my Chase Freedom card to my paypal account? Will I get 5 % back if I can pay my utility bills through paypal using the Chase Freedom card?
Activate the cashback, add your card to paypal and use that to pay. You can pay anywhere paypal is accepted
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09-15-2023 at 03:07 AM.
09-15-2023 at 03:07 AM.
Quote from unknownanonymous :
Activate the cashback, add your card to paypal and use that to pay. You can pay anywhere paypal is accepted
So, I'll get 5% back using Freedom through Paypal anywhere paypal is excepted? Are you sure?
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Knightshade
09-15-2023 at 04:56 AM.
09-15-2023 at 04:56 AM.
Quote from shopperuvdealz :
So, I'll get 5% back using Freedom through Paypal anywhere paypal is excepted? Are you sure?

Of course- why wouldn't you? Paypal is specifically a 5x category in Q4.


Quote from LeviathanUltima :
Note the $1500 qualified purchase limit. The max you will get will be $75.

Well-- 7500 UR points. Which if used for travel, esp. transfers to partners, can be worth considerably more than $75.



Quote from unknownanonymous :
Costco gas station is eligible for 5% cashback for Freedom visa cards. I got 5% back this quarter.

because the categories this quarter include gas stations

You won't get that next quarter where the category is warehouse clubs.

Hence why people suggest you can just buy costco gift cards which WILL get 5x, and use those to pay for gas at costco next quarter.

Same thing for folks with the flex mastercard (or discover they do warehouse clubs as a category)- buy costco cash cards online to get around the visa-only restriction in the warehouse.
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09-15-2023 at 11:15 AM.
09-15-2023 at 11:15 AM.
Quote from Knightshade :
Of course- why wouldn't you? Paypal is specifically a 5x category in Q4.





Well-- 7500 UR points. Which if used for travel, esp. transfers to partners, can be worth considerably more than $75.






because the categories this quarter include gas stations

You won't get that next quarter where the category is warehouse clubs.

Hence why people suggest you can just buy costco gift cards which WILL get 5x, and use those to pay for gas at costco next quarter.

Same thing for folks with the flex mastercard (or discover they do warehouse clubs as a category)- buy costco cash cards online to get around the visa-only restriction in the warehouse.
I have never done a transfer or UR points to partners. Do you have any recommendation or reference which would give more idea on how to get max from that?
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