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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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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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chowar01
12-15-2023 at 09:57 PM.
12-15-2023 at 09:57 PM.
How in the world is legit just routine chase freedom cashback category a front page "deal". Slickdeals is getting sad
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sierra_skyline
12-15-2023 at 10:58 PM.
12-15-2023 at 10:58 PM.
Quote from hle078 :
Why not get the Amazon prime card and get 5% on all Amazon purchases all-year round?

If you convert points to chase sapphire it might be more worth it to stick with freedom. With chase Sapphire reserved it's more like 7.5% back after conversation
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bluedragonvn
12-15-2023 at 11:56 PM.
12-15-2023 at 11:56 PM.
Quote from crazeedave :
Walmart has never been included.

Walmart supercenter and neighborhood stores are coded as grocery stores
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kdublam
12-16-2023 at 12:21 AM.
12-16-2023 at 12:21 AM.
Quote from johnnyma45 :
Anyone know if a Peloton membership counts under the fitness category?

Curious about this as well so I can switch my payment to the freedom
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twinbird
12-16-2023 at 12:58 AM.
12-16-2023 at 12:58 AM.
Quote from stevodiaz :
Looks like I'm buying Amazon gift cards at Whole Foods. Hopefully that's not excluded
Buy gift cards at Albertsons/Safeway chain stores to receive rewards. Every $50 GC equal to 1 reward (No rewards for chain store and Prepaid Visa/Mastercard GC). $600 Amazon GC for 12 rewards that converter to $20 off grocery over $20.01.
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Magicpants217
12-16-2023 at 02:14 AM.
12-16-2023 at 02:14 AM.
A bit unrelated but does anyone know if Freedom Flex points and Amz Prime Visa points could be converted/transferred to UR points? I have some Amz Prime Visa points and was wondering if I could use those in UR portal. TIA!
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SjQ
12-16-2023 at 03:37 AM.
12-16-2023 at 03:37 AM.
Quote from bluedragonvn :
Walmart supercenter and neighborhood stores are coded as grocery stores
good to know so basically it's just walmart online that doesn't count as grocery
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General_Klinger
12-16-2023 at 05:35 AM.
12-16-2023 at 05:35 AM.
Quote from norazi :
I believe there's a max amount though

Yes there is $1500. I maxed mine out last month. This person probably doesn't know that and is gonna get an interesting statement 😂
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royalrock
12-16-2023 at 06:47 AM.
12-16-2023 at 06:47 AM.
Quote from laidbackinNC :
Been using Paypal to buy everything online for the current 5%
What about in store purchases with paypal?
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laidbackinNC
12-16-2023 at 07:03 AM.
12-16-2023 at 07:03 AM.
Quote from royalrock :
What about in store purchases with paypal?

Does that require using the PayPal app? If so, I haven't tried it yet. Maybe someone can confirm.
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greymoose
12-16-2023 at 07:23 AM.
12-16-2023 at 07:23 AM.
Quote from bluedragonvn :
Walmart supercenter and neighborhood stores are coded as grocery stores
This is misleading and you will NOT get 5% back.

Walmart is an exclusion, whether you're buying peanut butter, paper towels, pajamas, or paint -- in store or online -- despite how the purchase is 'coded.' Chase has had Walmart as a category before and then you would get 5% back. Chase has had grocery stores as a category before and I have NEVER gotten 5% back on groceries at Walmart (or Target FWIW).
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klau25
12-16-2023 at 08:12 AM.
12-16-2023 at 08:12 AM.
Quote from kneeldeal :
Or 7500 pts which can be worth more than $75...

Yup. People who are using them for cash back only are doing it wrong. I get so much better value for transferring to airlines.
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Rdaka
12-16-2023 at 09:09 AM.
12-16-2023 at 09:09 AM.
Quote from klau25 :
Yup. People who are using them for cash back only are doing it wrong. I get so much better value for transferring to airlines.

Exactly. Off late I am loving the combination of Freedom flex and Sapphire Preferred. I can transfer all the points earned from 5% calendar to sapphire card for 25% more value at ultimate rewards portal. If you transfer to airline, it could be more than 25%
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DavidB8770
12-16-2023 at 11:02 AM.
12-16-2023 at 11:02 AM.
Pretty sure this would stack with the 5% grocery bonus for freedom flex if you opened it recently.
Should come out to 9% off on groceries (+4% signup, +4% rotating category)
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angle123
12-16-2023 at 11:17 AM.
12-16-2023 at 11:17 AM.
When to activate January deal?
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