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Chase Freedom Restaurant?

Desmoire — Thu, 04 Jun 2015 16:11:48 GMT

Is the cash back recognition pretty darn good for this category? Like any and all restaurants should trigger the cash back whether it be McDonalds or some 5 star steakhouse?

Re: Chase Freedom Restaurant?

Anonymous — Thu, 04 Jun 2015 16:18:30 GMT

It was for me! But the deal ends this month on the 15th I think. I could be wrong, but sometime around then. Gas is up next. I don't drive much so I am SD that card. Right now the Venture card gets a ton of usage. I travel so the travel perks is best for me.

Re: Chase Freedom Restaurant?

Anonymous — Thu, 04 Jun 2015 16:23:28 GMT

Ends on the 30th, not 15th. Everything is in quarters. The 15th is when you can activate your card for next quarter

Re: Chase Freedom Restaurant?

newhis — Thu, 04 Jun 2015 16:25:23 GMT

The rewards are for the whole quarter, so it will end June 30th. On June 15th you can sign up for next quarter categories.

Re: Chase Freedom Restaurant?

Anonymous — Thu, 04 Jun 2015 16:26:00 GMT

Anything that could reasonably be considered a restaurant will workable even something's that I normally wouldn't like Starbucks...fast food to 5 star

Re: Chase Freedom Restaurant?

Anonymous — Thu, 04 Jun 2015 16:26:43 GMT

@Desmoire wrote:
Is the cash back recognition pretty darn good for this category? Like any and all restaurants should trigger the cash back whether it be McDonalds or some 5 star steakhouse?

McDonald's and Chik-Fil-A worked for me as did our local BBQ carryout (no dine-in) and a Jamaican carryout.

What didn't work was a bar that serves food...LOL.

Re: Chase Freedom Restaurant?

Anonymous — Thu, 04 Jun 2015 16:32:17 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:
@Desmoire wrote:
Is the cash back recognition pretty darn good for this category? Like any and all restaurants should trigger the cash back whether it be McDonalds or some 5 star steakhouse?
McDonald's and Chik-Fil-A worked for me as did our local BBQ carryout (no dine-in) and a Jamaican carryout.

What didn't work was a bar that serves food...LOL.

The NOLA Sheraton's bar worked for me!

Re: Chase Freedom Restaurant?

Anonymous — Thu, 04 Jun 2015 16:33:54 GMT

Yeah I had a lot of bars work for me too...some that barely even served food just some apps...actually I didn't have a single place I used it this quarter not work

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Anonymous — Thu, 04 Jun 2015 16:39:41 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:
Yeah I had a lot of bars work for me too...some that barely even served food just some apps...actually I didn't have a single place I used it this quarter not work

This particular bar is attached to a liquor store and a carry-out restaurant so I think the whole establishment ends up coding under general merchandise because the name of the place is under the liquor store.

I had success with other bars, just not this one.

Re: Chase Freedom Restaurant?

Anonymous — Thu, 04 Jun 2015 16:43:50 GMT

Now if we could get a liquor store to code as a restaurant I would have to get the dw to get her own freedom

Re: Chase Freedom Restaurant?

taxi818 — Thu, 04 Jun 2015 16:47:00 GMT

@Desmoire wrote:
Is the cash back recognition pretty darn good for this category? Like any and all restaurants should trigger the cash back whether it be McDonalds or some 5 star steakhouse?

As long as their billing is coded restaurants. A street cart vendor would be ok. So yes Mcd's all good. Use them all the time.

Re: Chase Freedom Restaurant?

Anonymous — Thu, 04 Jun 2015 17:01:43 GMT

Pretty much universal unless they mess up their specific code.

Things I discovered were "restaurants" this quarter:

The news stand at work

The Spearmint Rhino in Vegas.

I hit my $1,500 spend real fast...from the news stand, clearly...