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5% categories for fourth quarter of 2017:
Dept. stores and Walmart

There are three possibilities for how many points are earned. In the following examples, the effective rates are assuming you cash out the points for 1 cent each, but if you can transfer them to Sapphire Preferred or Ink, the effective rate could be much higher.
  • Cardholders without a Chase checking account
    1 base point per dollar for all spending. Additional 4 bonus points per dollar for spending up to $1500 in quarterly categories.
    Example 1: Spend $1 on a parking meter. Earn 1 point, an effective rate of 1%.
    Example 2: Spend $10 to refill a Metrocard in 2016 Q1. Earn 50 points, an effective rate of 5%.
    Example 3: Spend $100 to buy a Long Island Rail Road Peak Ten-Trip ticket between zones 1 and 3 in 2016 Q1. Earn 500 points, an effective rate of 5%.
    Example 4: Spend $1500 at 7-Eleven in 2016 Q1. Earn 7500 points, an effective rate of 5%.
  • Cardholders with a Chase checking account in older program
    1 base point per dollar plus 10% of the base points plus 10 points per transaction for all spending. Additional 4 bonus points per dollar for spending up to $1500 in quarterly categories.
    Example 1: Spend $1 on a parking meter. Earn 11.1 points, an effective rate of 11.1%.
    Example 2: Spend $10 to refill a Metrocard in 2016 Q1. Earn 61 points, an effective rate of 6.1%.
    Example 3: Spend $100 to buy a Long Island Rail Road Peak Ten-Trip ticket between zones 1 and 3 in 2016 Q1. Earn 520 points, an effective rate of 5.2%.
    Example 4: Spend $1500 at 7-Eleven in 2016 Q1. Earn 7660 points, an effective rate of 5.11%.
  • Cardholders with a Chase checking account in newer program
    1 base point per dollar for all spending. Additional 4 bonus points per dollar for spending up to $1500 in quarterly categories. Annual bonus of 10% of the total of base and bonus points (until February 2016).
    Example 1: Spend $1 on a parking meter. Earn 1 point on the next statement and .1 points at year's end, an effective rate of 1.1%.
    Example 2: Spend $10 to refill a Metrocard in 2016 Q1. Earn 50 points on the next statement and 5 points at year's end, an effective rate of 5.5%.
    Example 3: Spend $100 to buy a Long Island Rail Road Peak Ten-Trip ticket between zones 1 and 3 in 2016 Q1. Earn 500 points on the next statement and 50 points at year's end, an effective rate of 5.5%.
    Example 4: Spend $1500 at 7-Eleven in 2016 Q1. Earn 7500 points on the next statement and 750 points at year's end, an effective rate of 5.5%.

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Re: Chase Freedom Master Thread
« Reply #2460 on: January 02, 2017, 12:23:59 PM »
Does 7/11 accept CC for VGC?
The system does. As far as the person... ;)

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Re: Chase Freedom Master Thread
« Reply #2461 on: January 02, 2017, 12:26:38 PM »
Does 7/11 accept CC for VGC?
No. They hard coded their systems.
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Re: Chase Freedom Master Thread
« Reply #2462 on: January 02, 2017, 12:44:51 PM »
No. They hard coded their systems.
I just did it yesterday, in 2 stores.

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Re: Chase Freedom Master Thread
« Reply #2463 on: January 02, 2017, 01:45:51 PM »
I just did it yesterday, in 2 stores.
Interesting. Could've sworn that there were many dp's of system not allowing it. Maybe those were for ppmc.
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Re: Chase Freedom Master Thread
« Reply #2464 on: January 02, 2017, 10:45:02 PM »
Interesting. Could've sworn that there were many dp's of system not allowing it. Maybe those were for ppmc.
I did it in another 7 11 today. :)

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Re: Chase Freedom Master Thread
« Reply #2465 on: January 02, 2017, 10:47:41 PM »
I did it in another 7 11 today. :)
Which 7/11 are you using, wherever I go, they say cash only  :-[

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Re: Chase Freedom Master Thread
« Reply #2466 on: January 02, 2017, 11:23:00 PM »
I did it in another 7 11 today. :)
All 7/11's code as gas?
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Re: Chase Freedom Master Thread
« Reply #2467 on: January 02, 2017, 11:48:39 PM »

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Re: Chase Freedom Master Thread
« Reply #2468 on: March 01, 2017, 11:11:52 PM »
Guys,

Freedom is 10% for a month for hotels and Car rentals. Dan posted that there are ways to MS to help max out these opportunities. Would someone care to point me in the right direction? (Basically MS for maxing out 10% on hotels/car rentals).

TIA

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Re: Chase Freedom Master Thread
« Reply #2469 on: March 02, 2017, 12:06:26 AM »
Will buying BP gas gift cards at BP gas stations qualify for the 5x quarterly bonus?

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Re: Chase Freedom Master Thread
« Reply #2470 on: March 02, 2017, 01:38:43 AM »
Guys,

Freedom is 10% for a month for hotels and Car rentals. Dan posted that there are ways to MS to help max out these opportunities. Would someone care to point me in the right direction? (Basically MS for maxing out 10% on hotels/car rentals).

TIA

Ditto, please and thanks  ;)

Will buying BP gas gift cards at BP gas stations qualify for the 5x quarterly bonus?

Yes.

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Re: Chase Freedom Master Thread
« Reply #2471 on: March 08, 2017, 03:06:54 AM »
Got my bouns already in the pending status
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Re: Chase Freedom Master Thread
« Reply #2472 on: March 08, 2017, 03:45:30 AM »
Got my bouns already in the pending status
How long ago did you book?

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Re: Chase Freedom Master Thread
« Reply #2473 on: March 08, 2017, 02:53:56 PM »
Every time I try to book through the site I get an error. Any ideas what may be the issue?

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Re: Chase Freedom Master Thread
« Reply #2474 on: March 08, 2017, 03:00:46 PM »
Every time I try to book through the site I get an error. Any ideas what may be the issue?
Do you have ad blocker enabled? some sites can't function properly with ad blocker (like certain feauters in Groupon, Citibank etc.), Pause your ad blocker and try again, keep us updated with your results

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Re: Chase Freedom Master Thread
« Reply #2475 on: March 08, 2017, 03:02:44 PM »
Do you have ad blocker enabled? some sites can't function properly with ad blocker (like certain feauters in Groupon, Citibank etc.), Pause your ad blocker and try again, keep us updated with your results
No ad blockers that I know of

Here's a screenshot

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Re: Chase Freedom Master Thread
« Reply #2476 on: March 08, 2017, 03:17:34 PM »
No ad blockers that I know of

Which web browser are you using?
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Re: Chase Freedom Master Thread
« Reply #2477 on: March 08, 2017, 03:23:45 PM »
Which web browser are you using?
Its not a browser issue, because my wife's account works

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Re: Chase Freedom Master Thread
« Reply #2478 on: March 08, 2017, 03:28:03 PM »
Its not a browser issue, because my wife's account works
When logging out of a Chase account, they always warn to close browser (for security reasons), maybe try closing browser and reopen it, let us know if this helped.

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Re: Chase Freedom Master Thread
« Reply #2479 on: March 08, 2017, 03:31:32 PM »
No ad blockers that I know of

Here's a screenshot

i tried with chrome had the same issue, switched to Explorer(gasp) and it worked.

when booking a united ticket through chase if i want to cancel the ticket within 24 hrs do i go through chase or united? 
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