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Select Chase Cardholders: Bonus Offer on Tax Preparation & Insurance

5% Back
(up to $1500 Spend; Valid thru 3/31)
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Chase offers Select Chase Credit CardholdersBonus Quarterly Category Offer: 5% Back on Tax Preparation & Insurance (up to $1,500 in combined purchases in this quarter's categories) when you click the link and enter your information to activate your offer on your card. Offer is valid through March 31, 2025.

Thanks to community member Geckohands for sharing this deal.

Note: Activate by March 14, 2025. This is a targeted offer for select cardholders only; enter your information on the promotion page to see if you qualify for this promotion. Other offers may be available for different cards/accounts.

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For those who don't know, Chase [chase.com] is celebrating 15th anniversary of the Chase Freedom card.
To that end, for Chase Freedom and Chase Freedom Flex card holders, there is an additional 5% bonus category for March only, which is Tax Preparation and Insurance. This is in addition to NCL, Grocery Stores, Gyms, and Hair/Nail/Spa.

Hopefully, this helps those that still need to file their taxes. And 5% off those large insurance premiums is always appreciated.


from FAQ:
What is included in the BDAY Surprise category Tax Preparation & Insurance?
Merchants in these categories provide tax preparation services and insurance. Tax preparation merchants in this category provide consumer in-person or digital tax preparation services. Insurance merchants in this category provide health, automobile, homeowners, renters, medical and life insurance. Product warranties and trip insurance purchases will not qualify in this category.

Tax Preparation & Insurance Inclusions
Merchants in these categories provide tax preparation services and insurance. Tax preparation merchants in this category provide consumer in-person or digital tax preparation services. Insurance merchants in this category provide health, automobile, homeowners, renters, medical and life insurance.

Tax Preparation & Insurance Exclusions
Product warranties and trip insurance purchases will not qualify in this category.
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NO. You do not have to re-activate to be eligible for this offer. As long as you activated the first quarter 2025, you are also activated for the March-only tax prep and insurance offer.

If you have not activated first quarter 2025, then yes, you must activate. Deadline is March 14:
https://www.chasebonus.com/
That last part of the statement you made doesn't match the FAQ:

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pej7445
03-04-2025 at 10:38 AM.
03-04-2025 at 10:38 AM.
Unable to register any of my 8 Chase cards... wtf?
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nanda.slicktogo
03-04-2025 at 10:55 AM.
03-04-2025 at 10:55 AM.
Quote from patricktown :
Just a data point for others:
GEICO auto didn't credit 5x for me despite being recorded as "Merchant type:
Insurance sales, underwriting and premiums"

Please let us know if you can fix it.. I already paid with unlimited last week and activated this now.. may be I can ask them to revert the old transaction and I can pay with this card if it works
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patricktown
03-04-2025 at 11:08 AM.
03-04-2025 at 11:08 AM.
Quote from nanda.slicktogo :
Please let us know if you can fix it.. I already paid with unlimited last week and activated this now.. may be I can ask them to revert the old transaction and I can pay with this card if it works
I called and they said you'll need to wait up to 14 days to see the rewards credit or wait to see it on my statement. Doesn't make sense to me because all other times I can see it apply right away and all I see now is 1%. I hate calling banks so much. I'd rather stub my toe continuously for the same amount of time as being on the phone with a bank.

+ 1% (1 Pt)/$1 earned on all purchases
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MordyNYC
03-04-2025 at 11:13 AM.
03-04-2025 at 11:13 AM.
Here is 5 cents from the house of morgan yey
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sirrebral
03-04-2025 at 11:16 AM.
03-04-2025 at 11:16 AM.
Quote from DrJasonRN :
Same, I've tried a few times with my Freedom Unlimited on the previous category and no go. Has anyone had success calling in?

Calling in won't help since quarterly bonus categories are not a part of how that card is structured (i.e. "unlimited" purchases at 1.5x earnings, as opposed to 5x on certain rotating categories and 1x on everything else).
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slickdude99
03-04-2025 at 11:41 AM.
03-04-2025 at 11:41 AM.
Can I also stack the 5% bonus category with Turbotax $20 cash back from Freedom and Fidelity 30% discount?
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jerry79304
03-04-2025 at 11:44 AM.
03-04-2025 at 11:44 AM.
damn I paid all auto and home insurance for the whole year in Jan. Should have announce earlier!!!!
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chrisinfinity911
03-04-2025 at 12:07 PM.
03-04-2025 at 12:07 PM.
Quote from patricktown :
Just a data point for others:
GEICO auto didn't credit 5x for me despite being recorded as "Merchant type:
Insurance sales, underwriting and premiums"

I got 5% for geico auto
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qwertyaas
03-04-2025 at 12:56 PM.
03-04-2025 at 12:56 PM.
my geico renewal is end of april, and they said I can't pre-pay before the renewal invoice is processed, which is generally 2-4 weeks prior.

looks like I might just miss the 5%. ugh
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SociableApparel8964
03-04-2025 at 03:49 PM.
03-04-2025 at 03:49 PM.
Okay, I probably know the answer, but if I pay my taxes through my tax prep software, freetaxusa, does that count towards the tax prep category?
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DannyD2637
03-04-2025 at 04:12 PM.
03-04-2025 at 04:12 PM.
Not sure why the post is framed as "select Chase cardholders" when it's really "Chase Freedom cardholders" or any other card that has the quarterly 5% bonus categories.
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sirrebral
03-04-2025 at 05:40 PM.
03-04-2025 at 05:40 PM.
Quote from DannyD2637 :
Not sure why the post is framed as "select Chase cardholders" when it's really "Chase Freedom cardholders" or any other card that has the quarterly 5% bonus categories.

Great point. Those of us deep in the points & miles game know that it's only:
- Chase Freedom
- Chase Freedom Flex
...but reading through the thread, it's clear that the unspecific title "Select Chase cardholders" created confusion for a lot of people.
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MisterBill
03-04-2025 at 06:31 PM.
03-04-2025 at 06:31 PM.
NM, I was wrong.
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Last edited by MisterBill March 4, 2025 at 06:49 PM.
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MisterBill
03-04-2025 at 06:31 PM.
03-04-2025 at 06:31 PM.
Quote from slickdude99 :
Can I also stack the 5% bonus category with Turbotax $20 cash back from Freedom and Fidelity 30% discount?
Sure.
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MisterBill
03-04-2025 at 06:40 PM.
03-04-2025 at 06:40 PM.
Quote from SociableApparel8964 :
Okay, I probably know the answer, but if I pay my taxes through my tax prep software, freetaxusa, does that count towards the tax prep category?
I've never used them, but I'm almost positive that the answer is no. Also, they apparently charge a 2.5% fee for paying your taxes by credit card, and you can do much better elsewhere.
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