Chase Freedom has announced the 5% rotating categories for the Freedom card for the first quarter of 2019:
- Gas stations
- Drugstores
- Tolls
This is for the first Quarter that starts in January and ends March 31, 2019. You must activate no later than March 14, 2019. They will announce the rest of the 5% such as restaurants, grocery stores, and rideshare soon.
The Chase Freedom card is available directly on the Chase Bank website, in Chase branches, and through our application link here for the up to $175 in bonuses offer.
Gas is always a popular category and they added tolls which can get expensive when you commute to work and pay hefty tolls. Some people pay more in tolls than on gas. At Drugstores you can buy things such as gift cards to help max out the $1,500 limit.
Chase Pay is one of the biggest new features for the Chase Freedom Card. Here were some of the recent benefits of this on top of the 5% or 1% on purchases you get cash back on:
- $5 off during Chase Pay Happy Hour which happens a few times a month when ordering togo.
- $10 off using Chase Pay 3 times with pick-up orders.
- $7 off a movie ticket.
- 475 Starbucks Bonus Stars using Chase Pay to reload.
So you’ll earn 5X Chase Ultimate Rewards points per $1 AND get the discounts.
While these are great 5% categories we do hope that Chase Freedom adds back Chase Pay and mobile payments for a full five percent cash back like they did in a few quarters in 2018. They drip out the announcements unlike Discover which have already announced theirs for 2019. Discover will run their 5% back on Gas and rideshare starting in April.
