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Activate your Chase Freedom 4th Quarter Category Bonus 2017

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WalMart and Department Stores

Chase has announced their Freedom 4th Quarter Bonus categories, and made the activation links live. I hope you’ve been able to max out your 3rd quarter bonus categories in food and movies. Those were two of my favorite things. But time waits for no one, and we must start strategizing how to max out our 4th quarter bonus categories. In case you’re unfamiliar with Chase Freedom category bonuses, they up the bonus points you can earn to 5x on every dollar spent in said category. That means that as Christmas and holiday gift giving season nears, you’ll be able to earn 5 points for every dollar you spend at WalMart and Department stores. This is going to be a good quarter…

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Chase Freedom 4th Quarter Bonus 2017

For WalMart and Department Stores

Chase Freedom 4th Quarter Bonus 2017

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Chase Freedom 4th Quarter Bonus 2017

Don’t have a Chase Freedom? You’re missing out and should get one.

Here’s a quick reminder. Chase Freedom is a cash back card UNLESS you also have a premium Chase Ultimate Rewards earning card like a Chase Sapphire Preferred, Reserve, or Ink Business Preferred ( Ink Plus or Bold too if you have one). When you have one of the premium cards you can transfer your Chase Freedom Points into the Ultimate Rewards earning account and redeem them with transfer partners.

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Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card


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The Chase Sapphire Preferred® is a great starter card that earns Premium Ultimate Rewards that can be transferred into over a dozen partners many of which are US based including Hyatt, Southwest, United, IHG, and Marriott.

Welcome Offer

60k Points after $4k spend in 3 months

Annual Fee

$95

Points Earned

Transferrable Chase Ultimate Rewards

  • 3x on dining
    •  including eligible delivery services for takeout
  • 3x on select streaming services
  • 3x on online grocery purchases
    • (excluding Target, Walmart and wholesale clubs)
  • 5x on all travel purchased through Chase Travel Portal
  • 2x on all other travel
  • $50 Annual Credit on hotel stays purchased via Chase Travel
    • The begins immediately for new cardmembers and after your account anniversary for existing cardmembers
  • 10% Anniversary Bonus
    • Every year you keep the card, your total spend will yield a 10% points bonus. If you spend $10k in a year, you’ll get 1k bonus points
  • Chase Sapphire Preferred® continues to redeem at 1.25c in the Chase Travel Portal and the slew of other benefits remain in tact including primary rental car insurance, purchase protections, etc.
  • Points are transferrable to 13 Ultimate Rewards partners
  • Redeem in the Chase Travel center for 1.25 cents per point
  • No foreign transaction fees
  • Suite of Travel and Purchase Coverage
    • Primary rental car coverage is my favorite

We keep an up to date spreadsheet that lists the best ever offers: You can find that spreadsheet here.

Historically 80k is a very, very good offer and hit in both 2022 and 2023. In 2021, we saw the offer hit an all time high of 100k. Who knows if that will ever come back.

Main Cast: 

Cards that earn flexible points and should be used on the bulk of your purchases.

Supporting Cast:

Cards that earn fixed points in the currency of the airline/hotel and can not be transferred at attractive rates. These cards yield benefits that make it worth keeping, but not necessarily worth putting a lot of your everyday spend on. 

The Chase Sapphire Preferred® is exceptional starter card and offers transferrable Ultimate Rewards, and pairs well with other Chase cards.

If you carry this card alongside Chase’s cashback cards like the Chase Freedom Flex℠and Chase Freedom Unlimited® or the business versions: Ink Business Cash® , Ink Business Unlimited® you can combine the points into Preferred account and transfer into hotel and airline partners

Annual fee is quite low at $95 a year + you get a 10% anniversary bonus on points + $50 hotel credit in Chase travel.

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