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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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Knightshade
10-01-2023 at 07:03 AM.
10-01-2023 at 07:03 AM.
Quote from youneverknow1122 :
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.

https://www.apple.com/shop/help/payments

Quote from Apple :
Payment methods
Apple accepts a variety of payment methods online. Click on a payment method below to find out more:

Apple Pay
Apple Card
Credit Cards or Debit Cards
PayPal
Apple Business Lease (AFS Commercial Credit)
Apple Gift Cards
Apple Account Balance
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diavolo33
10-01-2023 at 07:12 AM.
10-01-2023 at 07:12 AM.
Quote from kfpanda :
Does pumping Gas at Costco count as Ware house purchase?

Nope.
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meme10
10-01-2023 at 07:52 AM.
10-01-2023 at 07:52 AM.
If I buy something at Costcowarehouse with Costco gift card, and need to return it then do I get back another costco gift card?
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ps200901
10-01-2023 at 12:10 PM.
10-01-2023 at 12:10 PM.
Anyone knows if stamps on Costco online will also get 5% cashback? Or should I just buy before giftcards to make sure I get 5% cashback?
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sgb
10-01-2023 at 01:07 PM.
10-01-2023 at 01:07 PM.
Quote from meme10 :
If I buy something at Costcowarehouse with Costco gift card, and need to return it then do I get back another costco gift card?
Yes, they give you a Costco Shop card
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diavolo33
10-01-2023 at 04:04 PM.
10-01-2023 at 04:04 PM.
Quote from ps200901 :
Anyone knows if stamps on Costco online will also get 5% cashback? Or should I just buy before giftcards to make sure I get 5% cashback?

Sure. Chase doesn't care what you buy, so long as it's a purchase from Costco B&M or online.
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eneka
10-01-2023 at 04:21 PM.
10-01-2023 at 04:21 PM.
Maxed out my $1500 today hah. Had to purchase a dryer and washer set. PayPal checkout was actually nice being able to split the payment; only charged $1500 of the balance to the freedom and the rest on another card. !
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Minger
10-01-2023 at 10:04 PM.
10-01-2023 at 10:04 PM.
Quote from kfpanda :
Does pumping Gas at Costco count as Ware house purchase?
suggestion: get a shopcard, use that for the gas.
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freefun4every1
10-02-2023 at 03:00 AM.
10-02-2023 at 03:00 AM.
Good deal! I have a question. Does anyone know if cash card can be returned? I forgot about $1500 limit during last deal and overbought… can I get refund online or at warehouse

Quote from eneka :
Maxed out my $1500 today hah. Had to purchase a dryer and washer set. PayPal checkout was actually nice being able to split the payment; only charged $1500 of the balance to the freedom and the rest on another card. !
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fandrew7
10-02-2023 at 04:22 AM.
10-02-2023 at 04:22 AM.
Does anybody know of a merchant that sells visa gift cards and allows for payment with PayPal?
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unknownanonymous
10-02-2023 at 04:28 AM.
10-02-2023 at 04:28 AM.
Quote from freefun4every1 :
Good deal! I have a question. Does anyone know if cash card can be returned? I forgot about $1500 limit during last deal and overbought… can I get refund online or at warehouse

I don't think cash card can be returned. Kindly check with costco guest services
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shopperuvdealz
10-02-2023 at 05:58 AM.
10-02-2023 at 05:58 AM.
Quote from fandrew7 :
Does anybody know of a merchant that sells visa gift cards and allows for payment with PayPal?
You can buy Visa egiftcards at Walmart and pay with paypal.
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eneka
10-02-2023 at 06:16 AM.
10-02-2023 at 06:16 AM.
Quote from unknownanonymous :
I don't think cash card can be returned. Kindly check with costco guest services
At one point, I had family memebers use the cash card as a non-member, they would refund whatever was left on the card as cash after the payment. Though seems to be different store to store. Also the change from Cash Card to Shop Card will make a difference too.
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ProVic
10-03-2023 at 08:12 AM.
10-03-2023 at 08:12 AM.
Anyone having issues trying to buy costco GCs online?
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mrgamers
10-03-2023 at 05:15 PM.
10-03-2023 at 05:15 PM.
Do you buy the physical giftcards(max $500 each) or the electronic giftcards at total of $1500 to max out the bonus?

How does the electronic giftcard works in-store? Do you just show it on your e-mails?

Lastly, does Costco tires center and tires.costco.com accept Costco giftcard as payment(even if the purchase of a single transaction is more than 500 dollars? Do you just show the cashier the two giftcards?)
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