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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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bigballs
09-25-2023 at 08:36 PM.
09-25-2023 at 08:36 PM.
Can I pay NY state property tax with this? NY gov portal charges 2% fee for using Paypal but if I can collect 5% back up to $75, I will still come out ahead. Did I miss anything?
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Knightshade
09-25-2023 at 09:27 PM.
09-25-2023 at 09:27 PM.
Quote from youneverknow1122 :
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?

In the post you quote he states he's buying the phone from Apple, not Costco.
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iLLektronikz
09-26-2023 at 03:19 AM.
09-26-2023 at 03:19 AM.
Yep, Freedom Unlimited is a No-Go on this deal.
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Knightshade
09-26-2023 at 07:26 AM.
09-26-2023 at 07:26 AM.
Quote from iLLektronikz :
Yep, Freedom Unlimited is a No-Go on this deal.

Probably why it's not one of the cards in either the deal title or the original post of the thread.

Not sure why people think this is worth bringing up over and over-- the deal is also a no go on lots of OTHER cards not named in the deal.
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iLLektronikz
09-26-2023 at 05:17 PM.
09-26-2023 at 05:17 PM.
Quote from Knightshade :
Probably why it's not one of the cards in either the deal title or the original post of the thread.

Not sure why people think this is worth bringing up over and over-- the deal is also a no go on lots of OTHER cards not named in the deal.

It is worth it because it is helpful to others that don't feel like searching all throughout the comments!
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Knightshade
09-26-2023 at 06:47 PM.
09-26-2023 at 06:47 PM.
Quote from iLLektronikz :
It is worth it because it is helpful to others that don't feel like searching all throughout the comments!

Why would they need to search anything? They can just look at the thread title and it's clearly called out which 2 specific cards the deal is for.

Likewise the same info is clearly called out in the very first post- here it is in case you skipped over the first post for some reason:

Quote from unknownanonymous :
Chase Freedom/Freedom Flex 5% bonus cashback categories for Oct-Dec 2023 are


Both seem much easier and clearer than your mentioning one of the many, many, cards the deal does NOT apply to for some reason on page 7 of the thread.
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i_max2k2
09-28-2023 at 12:53 PM.
09-28-2023 at 12:53 PM.
Quote from Knightshade :
Yup-including buying costco giftcards at costco.com making this quarter pretty terrific and damn easy to max both of my Freedom cards.

With PayPal I've been maxing my cards last few years.
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sabin
09-29-2023 at 04:05 AM.
09-29-2023 at 04:05 AM.
Quote from i_max2k2 :
With PayPal I've been maxing my cards last few years.

Bring back PayPal Key!
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SeriousMeerkat5950
09-29-2023 at 11:39 AM.
09-29-2023 at 11:39 AM.
Quote from sabin :
Bring back PayPal Key!
Duh. And Amazon personal payments for easy manufactured spend. Alas, good things do not last long.
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szefte
09-29-2023 at 01:16 PM.
09-29-2023 at 01:16 PM.
Bunch of bullabit information here. NO 'paid' card is needed. Zero fee chase freedom card has the PayPal deal once a quarter, every year for last 10years I had.
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Knightshade
09-29-2023 at 02:18 PM.
09-29-2023 at 02:18 PM.
Quote from szefte :
Bunch of bullabit information here. NO 'paid' card is needed. Zero fee chase freedom card has the PayPal deal once a quarter, every year for last 10years I had.

Can you quote where you saw someone claim you need a paid card for the 5x quarterly deals?
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Walstar2
09-29-2023 at 04:51 PM.
09-29-2023 at 04:51 PM.
Simpleton question, but how does it work on PayPal? Do I just add my CC to PayPal and then use the "Pay with PayPal" feature on websites and pay through PP with the card?
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RMJ25
09-29-2023 at 07:07 PM.
09-29-2023 at 07:07 PM.
I have never been able to activate such offers on my chase freedom except for once. I always get this message "Thank you for your interest
We are currently unable to identify your account. Please contact us using the number on the back of your card." Anyone else faced this issue?

Or this

We can't enroll you with the information you provided.
Please make sure you entered the primary cardmember's last name exactly as it appears on the credit card.
If your name includes a suffix such as Jr., Ill, Esq., etc., please include it in the last name field.
If you've recently changed your address or replaced a lost or stolen card, please enter your previous ZIP Code or your previous card's last 4 digits.
Please try entering your information again or call the number on the back of your card for assistance.
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youneverknow1122
10-01-2023 at 06:11 AM.
10-01-2023 at 06:11 AM.
Quote from Knightshade :
In the post you quote he states he's buying the phone from Apple, not Costco.

How to buy from Apple (store or online) using PayPal? Paypal can't be added to Apple Wallet as far as I can see that option is not available. You can certainly add to Apple ID but that's only for Apple app store or subscription purchases not the store itself.
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kfpanda
10-01-2023 at 06:42 AM.
10-01-2023 at 06:42 AM.
Does pumping Gas at Costco count as Ware house purchase?
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