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

Miles December 10, 2020 Chase 5 Comments

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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

Chase Freedom Category Bonsu

Step 1: Log in to your Chase account

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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.

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5 Comments

  1. Wendy Umble Reply
    January 28, 2021 at 2:37 pm

    According to Chase total monthly spending chart,
    There’s $1299.93 unaccounted for?
    And now they closed my account!!!

  2. Les Doncaster Reply
    December 11, 2020 at 5:22 pm

    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

  3. patrick Reply
    December 10, 2020 at 5:43 pm

    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.

  4. Susan Lew Reply
    September 8, 2019 at 11:05 pm

    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

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