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Select Chase Freedom/Flex Cardholders: Grocery, Gym Memberships, Spa Services Expired

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Chase is offering select Chase Freedom/Freedom Flex Cardholders: 5% Back on Eligible Purchases at Grocery Stores, Fitness Clubs & Gym Memberships, and Self-Care / Spa Services when you activate this offer on your qualifying card (Activate by March 14, 2024). Offer valid from January 1 to March 31, 2024 for these bonus categories.

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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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  • Grocery excludes Walmart and Target
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Chase 5% categories for Q1:

Grocery Stores, fitness clubs/gyms and self-care/spa

Thankfully, they didn't overlap with Discover.

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For gas stations that charge cash and credit prices, using a gift card gets you the "cash" price. Pretty nifty.
Walmart has never been included.
You'd be doing all that loading up on Amazon Gift Cards for just 5%? If that's your approach for Amazon, and you have Prime, I'd recommend just applying for the Amazon Prime credit card (a Visa card from Chase) which gives 5% back on every Amazon purchase anyway, with no dollar limit. (Whereas, Chase Freedom and Discover both limit to $1,500 worth of purchases per quarter for their 5% calendars; anything after $1,500 spent in the quarter only gets you a measly 1% back).
The Prime credit card also occasionally offers sign-up bonuses, such as a $100 Amazon gift card loaded to your account immediately upon approval. You can read up more about it here [amazon.com].

Honestly, for a frequent Amazon shopper who already has Prime, getting that card is a no-brainer. And perhaps more importantly than 5% back, is that since you'd be making your purchases with a Credit card rather than Gift cards, you'd add all the benefits that a Credit card provides which using a Gift card would forfeit (Extended Warranty, purchase protection, etc.)

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Pi.314
12-15-2023 at 05:12 PM.
12-15-2023 at 05:12 PM.
Quote from Chigs84 :
Chase 5% categories for Q1:

Grocery Stores, fitness clubs/gyms and self-care/spa

Thankfully, they didn't overlap with Discover.

https://www.chasebonus.com
the icon for self-care/spa is scissors.
i assume haircuts is included?

And why isn't Walmart grocery stores included anymore? Frown
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phewry
12-15-2023 at 05:42 PM.
12-15-2023 at 05:42 PM.
Quote from Pi.314 :
the icon for self-care/spa is scissors.
i assume haircuts is included?

And why isn't Walmart grocery stores included anymore? Frown

Walmart has never been included.
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laidbackinNC
12-15-2023 at 06:11 PM.
12-15-2023 at 06:11 PM.
Been using Paypal to buy everything online for the current 5%
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12-15-2023 at 06:11 PM.

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12-15-2023 at 06:11 PM.
Quote from AbedO :
Amazon Prime Visa doesn't seem eligible:

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.

This is for the freedom/freedom flex. The other chase cards don't have rotating 5% categories.
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chandu1256
12-15-2023 at 06:35 PM.
12-15-2023 at 06:35 PM.
I wish they had better clarity on what stores are covered too!
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infocynic
12-15-2023 at 06:42 PM.
12-15-2023 at 06:42 PM.
Quote from chandu1256 :
I wish they had better clarity on what stores are covered too!

For grocery, it's going to be most major chains except target, Walmart, anything membership like Costco.. So Meijer, Kroger, Publix, etc. but usually not their gas stations if they have them.

It's hard to know for sure but if it's feasible you can always make a test purchase and wait for it to post before you go all in.
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SturgeonGeneral
12-15-2023 at 07:00 PM.
12-15-2023 at 07:00 PM.
Quote from laidbackinNC :
Been using Paypal to buy everything online for the current 5%
Still? How did you stretch it out this far?
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12-15-2023 at 07:05 PM.
12-15-2023 at 07:05 PM.
Shell app lets you use PayPal to pay gas
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d4dev
12-15-2023 at 07:08 PM.
12-15-2023 at 07:08 PM.
Quote from infocynic :
For grocery, it's going to be most major chains except target, Walmart, anything membership like Costco.. So Meijer, Kroger, Publix, etc. but usually not their gas stations if they have them.

It's hard to know for sure but if it's feasible you can always make a test purchase and wait for it to post before you go all in.

You can buy gift cards from grocery chains and use them at fuel station, not best option bit still feasible to save that way. I have been doing it at Kroger for such deals.
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chandu1256
12-15-2023 at 07:16 PM.
12-15-2023 at 07:16 PM.
Quote from d4dev :
You can buy gift cards from grocery chains and use them at fuel station, not best option bit still feasible to save that way. I have been doing it at Kroger for such deals.

Just have to buy 1500$ worth I guess to get 75$ back?
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jaderxiii
12-15-2023 at 07:50 PM.
12-15-2023 at 07:50 PM.
Quote from chandu1256 :
Just have to buy 1500$ worth I guess to get 75$ back?

Yup lol
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norazi
12-15-2023 at 08:00 PM.
12-15-2023 at 08:00 PM.
Quote from laidbackinNC :
Been using Paypal to buy everything online for the current 5%
I believe there's a max amount though
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