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In case you’re unfamiliar with Chase Freedom Flex 5x Category bonus:
Every quarter the Chase Freedom or Freedom Flex 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 Flex 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
Here’s the current 2020 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 Sapphire Preferred | 100k after $4k spend 5x Chase Travel 3x dining + select streaming 3x groceries |
|---|---|---|
 | Chase Ink Business Preferred | 100k after $15k spend 3x Travel/Internet/Cable Free Cell phone insurance $95 Annual Fee |
 | Chase Freedom Flex | $200 after $500 spend 5x rotating categories No Annual Fee |
 | Chase Ink Business Unlimited | Earn $750 after $7500 spend in 3 months. Earn 1.5x on every purchase |
 | Chase Freedom Unlimited | Earn $200 after $500 spend in 3 months |
Referrals help us a lot. In fact, it’s how we can keep flying and reviewing.
Leave your links, questions, comments. We love to hear from you!
Chase Sapphire Preferred
A Monkey Miles favorite for beginners and point pros alike – a staple of our wallet that earns Premium transferrable Ultimate Rewards. $95 annual fee
♥ Earn 60k Bonus Points after $4k Spend in 3 months
♥Points are transferrable to over dozen partners, or redeemable for 1.25c in Chase travel
♥5x on travel purchased via Chase Travel and 2x everywhere else (beginning 8/16/21)
♥3x on dining, including eligible delivery services, takeout and dining out (previously 2x – beginning 8/16/21)
♥3x on select streaming (beginning 8/16/21)
♥ 3x points on online grocery purchases (excluding Target, Walmart and wholesale clubs -(beginning 8/16/21)
♥ $50 Annual Credit on hotel stays purchased via Ultimate Rewards. *New cardmembers can get this credit immediately – existing cardmembers get it after anniversary (beginning 8/16/21)
♥ 10% Anniversary Point Bonus. Spend $10k in a year, get 1k bonus points. (beginning 8/16/21)
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According to Chase total monthly spending chart,
There’s $1299.93 unaccounted for?
And now they closed my account!!!
Thanks for the information, very helpful.
Earn 60,000 bonus points with Chase Sapphire Preferred. I can be rewarded, learn more.
https://www.referyourchasecard.com/6a/N8CDGD5QNR
This works to a point. It is only updated every statement. So you could finish your 1500 spend midway thru the 2nd month and not know it until the statement closes.
Love the opportunity to leave my referral link here ~ Thank you if you choose to use it. I signed up for the Chase Sapphire Preferred Visa Card using Miles’ referral link last year! If you spend $4,000 in the 1st three months of having the card, you’ll receive 60,000 bonus points. This is ideal if you have a large purchase coming up or want to start your holiday shopping early! I use this as my primary card and there are extra point promotions for purchasing food, gas, using Apple Pay, etc. so there is usually an opportunity to earn more than 1 point per mile.
https://www.referyourchasecard.com/6a/I7GBGQXXVE