{"id":372,"date":"2013-03-18T12:50:17","date_gmt":"2013-03-18T19:50:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevaluetraveler.com\/?p=372"},"modified":"2014-09-03T01:22:51","modified_gmt":"2014-09-03T01:22:51","slug":"chase-freedom-5-cash-back-bonus-category","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/thevaluetraveler\/2013\/03\/18\/chase-freedom-5-cash-back-bonus-category\/","title":{"rendered":"Chase FREEDOM 5% Cash Back Bonus Category"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The bonus categories activation for the <a href=\"https:\/\/creditcards.chase.com\/freedom\/Activate.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Chase FREEDOM card is now live<\/a>. Looks like if you spend at Lowe\u2019s, restaurants, and movie theaters, you will get 5% cash back on your purchases.\u00a0 There is a $1,500 limit though.\u00a0 I personally have never met that threshold, but not to say there are people who won\u2019t.\u00a0 If you have a home project you are working on, now is the time to make those purchases for materials and get cash back.\u00a0 You earn 1% on all other purchases with this card anyways.\u00a0 The last bonus category I thought was nice, as you earned 5% on gas, drugstore purchases, and Starbucks\u00ae.\u00a0 \u00a0If you do not have this card, you should add it to your portfolio of cards because the current sign up bonus is 10,000 Ultimate Rewards\u00ae points, which is <strong>$100 cash back<\/strong>, or 10,000 miles, if you throw it into your United Mileage PLUS, British Airways AVIOS, Southwest Airline Rapid Rewrds, \u00a0or Korean Air SKYPASS account.\u00a0 The card has <strong>NO ANNUAL fee<\/strong>, and comes with great benefits courtesy of VISA.\u00a0 There is also a MasterCard verion of the card as well. A sign up link is available for you if you want in my <a title=\"My Favorite Credit Cards\" href=\"http:\/\/thevaluetraveler.com\/my-favorite-airline-credit-cards\/\" target=\"_blank\">Favorite Credit cards <\/a>page.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/Onls8VA.png\" width=\"395\" height=\"202\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The bonus categories activation for the Chase FREEDOM card is now live. 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