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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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PaulS1105
09-21-2023 at 07:49 AM.
09-21-2023 at 07:49 AM.
Quote from unknownanonymous :
You can get on both of those. It is a separate $75 on each.
Thanks
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Pendolf
09-21-2023 at 06:20 PM.
09-21-2023 at 06:20 PM.
Quote from unknownanonymous :
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.
Sam's Club gift cards are accepted at Walmart too.
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Pendolf
09-21-2023 at 06:21 PM.
09-21-2023 at 06:21 PM.
Quote from stevodiaz :
Has anyone bought Sam's club gift cards for Sam's club and tried using them at the gas pump?
Yes. You can use Sam's Club gift cards at the pump.
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duhmel
09-21-2023 at 06:43 PM.
09-21-2023 at 06:43 PM.
Quote from MetsFan22 :
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

The Costco VISA card give you 4% at any gas station (including Costco) all year round, so use this rebate on other purchases.
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MetsFan22
09-21-2023 at 06:50 PM.
09-21-2023 at 06:50 PM.
Quote from duhmel :
The Costco VISA card give you 4% at any gas station (including Costco) all year round, so use this rebate on other purchases.
true, I have that card as well, but you have to wait a whole year to get your money back
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ThumperSD
09-21-2023 at 09:46 PM.
09-21-2023 at 09:46 PM.
Would this work on apple purchases (iphone 15 pro) starting on oct 1?
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unknownanonymous
09-22-2023 at 03:26 AM.
09-22-2023 at 03:26 AM.
Quote from ThumperSD :
Would this work on apple purchases (iphone 15 pro) starting on oct 1?
Do you mean Apply pay?
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twi1ight
09-22-2023 at 06:41 AM.
09-22-2023 at 06:41 AM.
Quote from tygron :
I haven't tried this, but I am curious if using Apply/Samsung Pay to pay with the Freedom Flex would work? I assume those payment processors tell the PoS system the CC type (VISA, MC, AMEX, etc)? So my guess is no.

TIA.
Using electric payment is a no go, as I've accidentally clicked on the non visa card while using Google pay in the warehouse and got denied automatically
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ThumperSD
09-22-2023 at 10:56 AM.
09-22-2023 at 10:56 AM.
Quote from unknownanonymous :
Do you mean Apply pay?
No, I don't want to sign up for apple pay. Rather just pay it in full via paypal with 5% off.
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09-22-2023 at 12:20 PM.
09-22-2023 at 12:20 PM.
Quote from ThumperSD :
No, I don't want to sign up for apple pay. Rather just pay it in full via paypal with 5% off.
That should work.
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Nattefrost
09-22-2023 at 04:26 PM.
09-22-2023 at 04:26 PM.
Costco.com will not take discover after Nov 15th
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shopperuvdealz
09-23-2023 at 04:20 AM.
09-23-2023 at 04:20 AM.
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.
I'm only using it for this deal to get 5% back on utility bills.
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LivelyPear804
09-23-2023 at 12:01 PM.
09-23-2023 at 12:01 PM.
Thanks! Going to use PayPal to order my iPhone at Apple next month
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MidnightX
09-23-2023 at 01:39 PM.
09-23-2023 at 01:39 PM.
Quote from Kr3456 :
Does charity include gofundme?
From the FAQs. What is included in the Select Charities category:
  • American Red Cross
  • Equal Justice Initiatives
  • Feeding America
  • Habitat for Humanity
  • International Medical Corps
  • International Rescue Committee
  • Leadership Conference Education Fund
  • NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund
  • National Urban League
  • Thurgood Marshall College Fund
  • United Negro College Fund
  • UNICEF USA
  • United Way
  • World Central Kitchen
  • GLSEN
  • Out and Equal
  • Sage
To ensure your charitable donation is eligible for the 5% Cash Back reward, be sure to donate directly to the charity's parent organization. Local chapters may not be eligible due to transaction processing procedures.
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youneverknow1122
09-23-2023 at 06:30 PM.
09-23-2023 at 06:30 PM.
Quote from LivelyPear804 :
Thanks! Going to use PayPal to order my iPhone at Apple next month

Why do you need to use PayPal? Normal chase card transaction on Costco.com should make it eligible for 5% cashback as Wholesale club category purchase, right?
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