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Select Chase Freedom/Flex Cardholders: Paypal, Wholesale Clubs, Select Charities Expired

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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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lazzlazz
09-17-2023 at 08:52 AM.
09-17-2023 at 08:52 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?
If you pay with paypal, you don't get the federal protections you get when you pay directly with your credit card.

Yes, you can dispute things with paypal, but the federal law protections you get on credit cards is really good (you don't get this protection on DEBIT cards.
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09-17-2023 at 09:32 AM.

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09-17-2023 at 09:32 AM.
Quote from radars :
Does it include Walmart?
No. But you can work around that. Pay for walmart.com orders using paypal. You can also buy walmart gift cards online paying through paypal and then use those in store.
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karlmork
09-17-2023 at 10:43 AM.
09-17-2023 at 10:43 AM.
If I recall correctly they took away the ability to pay estimated taxes with this, right? That was nice.
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dewdrops6
09-17-2023 at 10:55 AM.
09-17-2023 at 10:55 AM.
have citi dividend and discover , tempted to apply this one but not gaining much as I usually accumulate in gift cards during each quarter category and use rest of the year...
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diavolo33
09-17-2023 at 11:07 AM.
09-17-2023 at 11:07 AM.
"Select" Freedom cardholders - which ones don't qualify for the quarterly categories?
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MetsFan22
09-17-2023 at 11:29 AM.
09-17-2023 at 11:29 AM.
Quote from JamesW12 :
If you buy gift cards in the warehouse it should work for gas, I believe Costco accepts gift cards
I was just coming to say this, yes, if you buy Costco gift cards in store, they can be used outside at the gas pumps so effectively it is 5% off gas
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Cocolumen
09-17-2023 at 11:37 AM.
09-17-2023 at 11:37 AM.
Costco Apple macbook M2 $899 deal is expiring this month....then Freedom offers 5%. Bad timing
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Stevo21
09-17-2023 at 12:11 PM.
09-17-2023 at 12:11 PM.
Has anyone bought Sam's club gift cards for Sam's club and tried using them at the gas pump?
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Kevin521
09-17-2023 at 01:11 PM.
09-17-2023 at 01:11 PM.
Quote from dapperdeals55 :
Does "wholesale clubs" generally include Costco?

Yes, it is
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x10
09-17-2023 at 02:43 PM.
09-17-2023 at 02:43 PM.
Quote from stevodiaz :
Does this include gas you buy at Sam's club or bjs?
From Chase FAQs

Quote :
Wholesale Club Exclusions:
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.
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09-17-2023 at 02:55 PM.
09-17-2023 at 02:55 PM.
Quote from lazzlazz :
If you pay with paypal, you don't get the federal protections you get when you pay directly with your credit card.

Yes, you can dispute things with paypal, but the federal law protections you get on credit cards is really good (you don't get this protection on DEBIT cards.
Paypal purchases using a credit card as the payment source would include all the member benefits and protections of that particular credit card. You can still file a dispute and apply for all the various buyer protections the same as if you made the credit card payment directly to the merchant. Making a payment through Paypal as in intermediate does not eliminate your rights and benefits of paying with a credit card.
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LuxuryBlue
09-17-2023 at 04:18 PM.
09-17-2023 at 04:18 PM.
How can I use this credit card at Costco? They only accept their own credit card or debit cards
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KnightsofUFC
09-17-2023 at 04:30 PM.
09-17-2023 at 04:30 PM.
Quote from LuxuryBlue :
How can I use this credit card at Costco? They only accept their own credit card or debit cards
That's not true Costco in store accepts any Visa card.

Costco online accepts all major credit cards.
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Cinderblockfist
09-17-2023 at 04:34 PM.
09-17-2023 at 04:34 PM.
Yeah costco 5%. Now I just have to remember to use the chase card instead of my citibank +membership one.
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09-17-2023 at 05:16 PM.
09-17-2023 at 05:16 PM.
Quote from x10 :
Paypal purchases using a credit card as the payment source would include all the member benefits and protections of that particular credit card. You can still file a dispute and apply for all the various buyer protections the same as if you made the credit card payment directly to the merchant. Making a payment through Paypal as in intermediate does not eliminate your rights and benefits of paying with a credit card.
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There are differences; a credit card has the best protections under federal law.
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/06/25/m...hless.html
"Lack of consumer protections
While many use debit, credit and digital payments interchangeably, the transactions don't have the same fraud protection under federal law, Mierzwinski said.

Credit cards have the most robust fraud protection under the Truth In Lending Act and Fair Credit Billing Act, with a $50 limit on losses. Debit card scams, regulated by the Electronic Fund Transfer Act, may have more liability, depending on when someone reports the activity.

Although digital payments have some protections under the EFTA, there may be no recourse for someone who falls victim to a phishing scam or accidentally sends money to the wrong account, said Mierzwinski. "
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