Tutorial: How to check how much you’ve spent on a Chase Freedom 5x Category

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In case you’re unfamiliar with Chase Freedom 5x Category bonus:

Every quarter the Chase Freedom Card gives a quarterly bonus on specific categories. The bonus applies to the first $1500 that you spend on those categories, each quarter, earning you $75 cash back or 7500 Ultimate reward points. It’s an absolutely fantastic way to earn bonus points on money that you would ordinarily spend. If you were to max out the categories each quarter you’d earn a total of 30,000 points on $6000 spend. A great way to earn more points and get you closer to some aspirational travel!

Technically the Chase Freedom card is a cash back card, so if getting a statement credit is your top priority you can use the credit you earn to get cash back on your statement. But, if you hold a premium, Ultimate Rewards earning credit card ( Sapphire Preferred, Ink Business Preferred, Sapphire Reserve ) and you’re more interested in using the points on travel, then you can transfer your accrued ‘cash back’ to one of those other cards and redeem Chase Ultimate Reward points.

$100 of cash back = 10,000 Ultimate Rewards

You can then use those Ultimate Rewards to transfer 1:1 to their Air and Hotel partners

• Air
  1. United Mileage Plus
  2. British Airways Avios
  3. Iberia Avios
  4. Aer Lingus
  5. Singapore Krisflyer
  6. Virgin Atlantic Flying Club
  7. Air France Flying Blue
  8. Southwest Rapid Rewards
• Hotel
  1. Hyatt
  2. Marriott
  3. Ritz Carlton
  4. IHG

Here’s the current 2019 Calendar

How much have you spent on a Freedom 5x category so far this quarter?

It’s getting towards the end of August and you’re probably wondering: how much do you have left to spend in a specific category and still get the 5x bonus? I haven’t shopped at Wholesale Clubs this quarter so I’ll show you how I checked my Grocery Spend

Step 1: Log in to your Chase account

Step 2: Find your Freedom Account:

Step 3: Click on details…and you’ll see

I’ve been horrible on maxing out this quarter’s bonuses

Step 4: Track your spending by category

Click on the Pie Chart

Step 5: Select the Category

Voila…you can see detailed information for each category.

Don’t forget that a great way to pick up extra Chase points is via referral

Feel free to leave your referrals below.

	Chase Ink Business Preferred	80k after $5k spend 3x Travel/Internet/Cable Free Cell phone insurance $95 Annual Fee
	Chase Sapphire Preferred	60k after $4k spend 2x dining, travel $95 Annual Fee
	Chase Freedom	$150 after $500 spend 5x rotating categories No Annual Fee
	Chase Ink Business Unlimited	Earn $500 after $300 spend in 3 months. Earn 1.5x on every purchase
	Chase Freedom Unlimited	Earn 3% back on all purchases up to $20k
	Chase IHG Premier	Earn 80k after spending $2k in 3 months

Referrals help us a lot. In fact, it’s how we can keep flying and reviewing.

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