Chase Freedom Card waited until the last minute this coming quarter to announce their 5% back categories and it was worth the wait. They included not only grocery store purchases but also Paypal and Chase Pay. The Chase Pay will continue from the first quarter where we got to get 5% back at purchases at retail stores such as Best Buy and gas stations such as Shell with a bigger bonus.
5% Back on Paypal, Grocery Stores, & Chase Pay
Earn 5% back on Paypal, grocery stores, and Chase Pay during the months of April, May, and June, up to $1,500 maximum. All of these are useful categories:
Paypal. This includes regular online Paypal payments as well as in-store app payments with Paypal. It even includes if you use the Send Money feature in Paypal. If you owe a friend money for concert tickets or for dinner now is the time to send it and get 5% back.
Grocery Stores. Includes all regular grocery stores such as Whole Foods, H-E-B, Kroger, Albertsons and more. It does not include purchases made at Walmart, Target, discount stores, or warehouse clubs. You could double up on your cash back by signing up for Ibotta here.
Chase Pay. You can use Chase Pay at select merchants online and in-store. While it’s not as good as last quarter with mobile wallets like Samsung Pay and Apple Pay there are a few options such as Walmart and Potbelly sandwiches that take the payment option.
Discover IT Card is also offering the grocery stores category for the second quarter.
$150 Bonus for New Accounts
If you’re new to the Chase Freedom Card you can get a $150 Bonus by applying here. You’ll get a $150 bonus after spending $500 on purchases within the first 3 months from account opening.
Check out this cool new offer being promoted by Pepsi. You can score some great free stuff from Pepsi such as Trucker Hats, Magnets, Coaster Sets, T-Shirts, Glassware Sets and more. To get stared with this promo, just create a free account with them on their rewards page which is linked below.
You can use the promo code STUFF10 to get 10 free points. The offer is live now through 12/31/18. Join now before all the good prizes are gone. Just fill out the request form.
Some of the prizes are incredible if you drink tons of Pepsi. They have a meet and greet with mega-Pop Star Britney Spears at the Hard Rock. They also have coolers, old school vending machines, and picnic tables for the ultimate soda fans.
This freebie, like most others can take up to 8 weeks to arrive. Head over to PepsiStuff.com to sign up. If you like this deal you’ll love (or dislike) the Coke Rewards program.
To celebrate National Deep Dish Pizza Day – BJ’s Restaurants is partnering with DoorDash to give away 30,000 free mini cheese and pepperoni deep dish pizzas on Thursday, April 5.
To score one for yourself, all you have to do is download the DoorDash delivery app and enter the promo code DEEPDISH at checkout for one free mini cheese or pepperoni deep dish pizza to be delivered to your house until 9 p.m. local time on April 5.
DoorDash $7 Sign-Up Bonus & First Delivery Free
When you sign up for DoorDash to get your first delivery for free you’ll get a $7 free credit to your account. This is a great time to try out DoorDash because this is the biggest sign-up freebie we’ve seen from them.
If you miss out on the April 5 deal, DoorDash is also offering a free week of delivery on all orders that are at least $10 from BJ’s Restaurant from April 6 until April 12. No promotion code is necessary to get this deal.
To see if a BJ’s Restaurant near you is participating, visit DoorDash.com or download the app. Read our full review of DoorDash.
Here is a list of Coupon Codes for the month of April on Orbitz, Expedia, Travelocity, Priceline and Shared rooms such as AirBnb:
FEATURED DEAL: $25 Hotel Booking Offer when you use the Dosh App to book your travel plus a $5 bonus for adding a credit card.
$40 Off Plus 8% OFF at Hotels.com with a $300+ Booking, Stackable Promo. Save 8% Off Get an extra 8% off with code SAVE8MAY17 while earning up to 20% cash back with Swagbucks on Hotels.com this week. You will also get a $5 bonus for signing up with Swagbucks.
$40 NEW! in AirBnB Travel credits. Plus, Earn up to $100 for everyone you invite. Read more about AirBnb here. There’s also a competing service called MisterBnb geared towards the LGBT community but friendly to everyone.
$35 credit on Travel Pony which you can sign-in your Facebook to book hotels easily.
3,000 Free AAdvantage Miles using Rocketmiles (Bonus) to book hotel for one night Sign up through and book a hotel through a Rocketmiles link to get 3,000 bonus miles after your first stay plus any other miles you accrue.
12% Off Hotels + 8% Cash Back at Travelocity using Be Frugal link here. You would also need to enter promo code “TravelocitySave12″ to save 12% off participating hotels at Travelocity once you click on that site from Be Frugal’s Portal.
Raise.com is a second-hand exchange selling discounted gift cards. Raise.com is offering 5% off site-wide this weekend with promo code: GAME. This 5% will stack on top of whatever discount is already showing on the site such as 2.4% on Uber Gift Cards.
Max $10 discount
Expires on 3/25 at 11:59 pm CST
One-time use
You can max this out with a $200 purchase. Raise has been running lots of promos this past month and these gift cards from places such as Walmart will go fast! They seem to have plenty of Uber Cards right now. We got 12.4 percent back on Uber by using the Chase Freedom Card at 5% using Apple Pay and this Promo at 5% and 2.4% on Uber savings they usually have.
Remember to use your Chase Freedom card and a mobile payment method in the Raise app if you haven’t maxed out your Freedom Card at $1500 spend yet. Or goto Raise.com and use a shopping portal on the purchase. There’s usually a lifetime max of how much you can earn across all shopping portals on Raise purchases, but it never hurts to try.
Make sure that you add the promo code before you check out and note that they do not add the promo savings until AFTER the purchase:
The new 5% cash back bonus categories have been announced . Those cardholders will be able to earn cashback on up to $1,500 in purchases at Gas Stations & Wholesale Clubs from January – March. Activation is available now, and you can also activate your Q4 if you haven’t done so. Simply log into your Discover account to activate your 4th Quarter 5% Cash Back Categories!
Tip: If you are not signed up for Discover IT then use our Discover $50 Bonus link. Simply make one purchase to get your $50 bonus! Don’t forget double cash back for the first year, which means you can get $100 referral bonus along with double for 5% cash back categories.
Discover 5% Cashback Q1 Categories:
Gas Station – Standalone only. Those affiliated with superstores and supermarkets may not be eligible.
Wholesale Clubs – Make sure your Discover card is accepted. You can use it at Sam’s Club but not Costco for example. Purchases made using tap-and-pay, mobile or wireless card readers, virtual wallets or similar technology may not be eligible. TIP: You can always buy gift cards at Sam’s Club to shop at Walmart or other retailers.
Discover It 5% Cashback Categories:
January-March: Gas Stations, & Wholesale Clubs (valid through 3/31/2018)
April-June: Grocery Stores (valid through 6/30/2018)
July-September: Restaurants (Valid through 9/30/2018)
10% CASHBACK BONUS at any Starbucks store when you use your Discover card in store, on up to $50 in purchases. No activation required, just use your card.
Offer valid now through 5/6/18.
Offer is non-transferable and excludes Starbucks.com purchases.
If you don’t have the Discover It Card, you might be excited to hear that it has 0% APR for 14 months on purchases, no annual fee, no fee for your first late payment, no over limit fee, no fee for payments by phone, and no foreign transaction fees. In addition to these already great features, all eligible purchases made with your Discover card are protected for up to $500 during the first 90 days if they’re stolen or accidentally damaged.
An easy way to earn Elite Status with Marriott Rewards is through credit cards. Normally speaking, you can obtain your status immediately as you open your credit card, or you can also obtain your status after spending a certain amount of money.
Two kinds of credit cards are launched by Marriott and Chase together:
You get 15 eligible nights every year when you open the Chase Marriott or the Chase Business Marriott. As the requirement of Silver card amounts to 10nights, your card will become Silver card automatically every year. Beyond that, ever $3,000 in spend gets you one qualifying night.
In the first year of the Ritz Carlton card, you get gold status for free. After that, spending $10K/yr will keep Gold status and spending $75k/yr will get you Platinum status. When it comes to the annual fee of 395 dollars, few people may hold the latter for a long period. Remember that the Amex Platinum has a higher fee ($550) but really a $150 net fee after benefits, and this auto grants you Marriott Gold via SPG Gold status.
American Express has your ticket to Gold!
One of the best ways for me was to get the Platinum Card from American Express and get Gold Status automatically. The only bad thing is paying the $550 or $450 annual fee for either the personal or business versions of the card.
Another card is the Starwood Preferred Guest from American Express which may not be around too much longer so it’s best to get it while you still can with a bonus of around 35,000 points. This card gets you into the Starwood lounges and automatic Starwood Gold which translates to Marriott Gold.
In addition, you may find that achieving United Premier status could also win you Marriott elite so you could get one of the United Mileage Plus credit cards from Chase. See here for more fast-track to Marriott elite ideas.
Shell Fuel Rewards offers $0.35 Off per Gallon on your next Fill-up when you First use Chase Pay and fill-up at least 5-Gallons to activate the offer (follow the instructions below).
Just add your Shell Fuel Rewards loyalty card to your Chase Pay app, then fill-up at least 5 gallons, then you’ll get $.35 off per gallon on your second fill-up. The maximum benefit from this deal is $7 if you fill-up a full 20 gallons. Some people use Shell with Fuel Rewards regularly for the $.15 grocery bonus or Giant/SS/Kroger/Martins earnings.
Furthermore, you can get $.05 off per gallon with Gold status for new sign-ups or as a Chase Freedom and Sapphire cardholder instantly. Chase Freedom Card also has a 5% back on gas and Chase Pay purchases this quarter. You can also stack this offer with T-mobile Tuesdays.
Instructions:
Sign-up for Fuel Rewards from Shell if you have not already.
Download the Chase Pay App and Log in to your Chase Account
From the home screen, tap the “Wallet” icon and select the “Loyalty cards” tab
Now press “+”, then select Shell from the merchant list.
Enter your Shell Fuel Reward loyalty card number or Alt ID
Tap the “Add card” button – This will link your Fuel Reward Account with Chase Pay
Now you may start using the Chase Pay app at a participating Shell Station.
Open the Chase Pay App and tap the “Pay” button, then tap “At the pump.”
Enter the pump number and approve the transaction.
Enter your unique code at the pump and start fueling up.
Must make an initial fill-up of at least 5-Gallons using Chase Pay to activate the offer
You will then receive a $0.35 off per gallon offer to use on your next fill-up w/ Chase Pay
BP and United Airlines are offering BP Driver Rewards and United MileagePlus members the option of earning and using miles on fuel purchases at participating BP U.S. retail locations. You must register for this program to earn or redeem the miles.
You can Earn 200 bonus award miles after joining and making your first fuel purchase with a linked debit or credit card. Members can multiply their earnings through the following options:
One award mile for every gallon of fuel purchased
Two award miles for every gallon of fuel purchased with a linked debit or credit card
Three award miles for every gallon of premium-grade fuel purchased with a linked debit or credit card
In addition, BP Driver Rewards and MileagePlus members will be able to use 60 MileagePlus award miles per gallon for $0.50 off per gallon on a maximum of 20 gallons (for a maximum of $10 off) per fuel purchase. To be eligible to use miles at participating BP stations, you must have an eligible form of payment linked to your Driver Rewards account and have at least 1,200 miles in your MileagePlus account at the time of purchase.
We tried to sign-up for the program and had no problems with the driver rewards but then tried to connect United Airlines and it kept giving us errors telling me to call an 800 number. I don’t have enough BP stations for the need to do that but if I plan on a big road trip this summer I will call and make sure it’s connected first to earn the miles on gas.
We know it says $2 in the photo above but stay tuned we’ll show you $3. Shop Your Way (SYW) and Uber have teamed up to give SYW members the opportunity to earn SYW points for their Uber rides. Shop Your Way is a points currency where you can redeemed at Sears, Kmart and/or at shopyourway.com. You cannot redeem SYW points as payment for an Uber ride. You can redeem your rewards at Sears, Kmart, Lands’ End, or online for clothing, electronics, entertainment and much more.
Not only can you earn cash back from UBER rides with Shop Your Way but you can also connect the Ibotta app for an extra dollar per ride! This gets you three dollars per ride. You’d be amazed at the thousands of points I’ve redeemed since November last year on ShopYourWay on things such as a George Foreman Grill and kitchen utensils paying no shipping and not even connecting a credit card.
Step 2: Connect Shop Your Way with the UBER App. This automatically earns you $2 per ride.
Step 3: To earn the $1 extra cash back, download Ibotta (YOU GET $10 to start you off with Referral Code UNCVEUI). Here are more details on Ibotta. You must open the Ibotta app before booking the UBER ride and it stacks with with Shop Your Way promo.
Bonus: Earn 10 points per $1 (1%) with the Drop app. This also stacks on top of the $3 per ride you’re earning above. This really doesn’t take much time to all set-up and then you are banking on each UBER ride! You can also get the same points per ride on Lyft with this app.
ShopYourWay and Uber Points Work When You Least Expect It
A few things we discovered with the $2 per ride cash back from ShopYourWay is that not only do you get it for U.S. rides but it has worked for Europe and Australia and other destinations when traveling. We’ve also discovered that you can earn points on Uber Eats transactions which is a huge deal if you order on-demand often. Another plus is that it works using points such as Membership Rewards from AMEX and gift cards and credits — so basically any transaction out of the Uber or Uber Eats app will earn you SYW points.
I’ve earned over $300 in SYW points since I connected the shopping portal to Uber just a few months ago. This is mainly because they had a $4 bonus a few times per Uber ride so I’ve been extremely happy with this new found earning treasure chest because it’s FREE MONEY.
Earn 3 Additional Points Per Dollar on Uber Rides
We’ve discussed the amazing Uber Credit Card which is one of our favorite rewards cards out on the market now from any bank. You can read a full review here for the Uber Visa. We have also discussed maximizing the Altitude Visa and Citi Thank You Cards for 3x on Uber Rides which count as Travel.
Chase Freedom Card waited until the last minute this coming quarter to announce their 5% back categories and it was worth the wait. They included not only grocery store purchases but also Paypal and Chase Pay. The Chase Pay will continue from the first quarter where we got to get 5% back at purchases at retail stores such as Best Buy and gas stations such as Shell with a bigger bonus.
Check out this cool new offer being promoted by Pepsi. You can score some great free stuff from Pepsi such as Trucker Hats, Magnets, Coaster Sets, T-Shirts, Glassware Sets and more. To get stared with this promo, just create a free account with them on their rewards page which is linked below.
To celebrate National Deep Dish Pizza Day – BJ’s Restaurants is partnering with DoorDash to give away 30,000 free mini cheese and pepperoni deep dish pizzas on Thursday, April 5.
Raise.com is a second-hand exchange selling discounted gift cards. Raise.com is offering 5% off site-wide this weekend with promo code: GAME. This 5% will stack on top of whatever discount is already showing on the site such as 2.4% on Uber Gift Cards.
BP and United Airlines are offering BP Driver Rewards and United MileagePlus members the option of earning and using miles on fuel purchases at participating BP U.S. retail locations. You must register for this program to earn or redeem the miles.
We know it says $2 in the photo above but stay tuned we’ll show you $3. Shop Your Way (SYW) and Uber have teamed up to give SYW members the opportunity to earn SYW points for their Uber rides. Shop Your Way is a points currency where you can redeemed at Sears, Kmart and/or at shopyourway.com. You cannot redeem SYW points as payment for an Uber ride. You can redeem your rewards at Sears, Kmart, Lands’ End, or online for clothing, electronics, entertainment and much more.
Bonus: Earn