topic Re: Chase Freedom 5% categories July-September Amazon.com and Whole Foods in Credit Cards

Chase Freedom 5% categories July-September Amazon.com and Whole Foods

delaney1 — Sun, 14 Jun 2020 16:39:36 GMT

Welp, guess I won't be using Freedom too much for the next 3 months.

Re: Chase Freedom 5% categories July-September Amazon.com and Whole Foods

Ficoproblems247 — Sun, 14 Jun 2020 12:57:45 GMT

I about maxed out my Disco 5% category on Amazon the last quarter they ran it, but they run theirs during the holiday season so that's WAY more convenient. It's definitely still nice to have an additional quarter of 5% for those of us without an Amazon credit card, though. Thank you for posting, I had not seen this update yet.

Re: Chase Freedom 5% categories July-September Amazon.com and Whole Foods

Remedios — Sun, 14 Jun 2020 13:13:02 GMT

I didn't receive anything, either.

Mixed feelings about this one, but I do a decent chunk of xmas shopping on Amazon, so I suppose I could start early.

🤷‍♀️

Re: Chase Freedom 5% categories July-September Amazon.com and Whole Foods

VanderSnoot — Sun, 14 Jun 2020 13:25:46 GMT

Dimon is sucking up hard to Bezos. I wonder if this means there will be changes to the Amazon card before the end of the year.

Re: Chase Freedom 5% categories July-September Amazon.com and Whole Foods

Anonymous — Sun, 14 Jun 2020 13:48:36 GMT

@VanderSnoot wrote:
Dimon is sucking up hard to Bezos. I wonder if this means there will be changes to the Amazon card before the end of the year.

It didn't take long for some unhinged speculation to surface.

The most reasonable explanation is that Chase doesn't want the Freedom card to compete with Discover for Amazon spend during the Christmas shopping season, especially when they already offer a dedicated Amazon credit card.

Re: Chase Freedom 5% categories July-September Amazon.com and Whole Foods

Anonymous — Sun, 14 Jun 2020 13:32:27 GMT

Thank God it wasn't restaurants. I'll get some use from this. Thanks for posting.

Re: Chase Freedom 5% categories July-September Amazon.com and Whole Foods

VanderSnoot — Sun, 14 Jun 2020 14:21:56 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:
@VanderSnoot wrote:
Dimon is sucking up hard to Bezos. I wonder if this means there will be changes to the Amazon card before the end of the year.
It didn't take long for some unhinged speculation to surface.

It didn't take long for the ad hominem attacks to start.

Re: Chase Freedom 5% categories July-September Amazon.com and Whole Foods

Remedios — Sun, 14 Jun 2020 14:26:15 GMT

Let's not do this. I havent had enough coffee to be forum police.

Re: Chase Freedom 5% categories July-September Amazon.com and Whole Foods

Anonymous — Sun, 14 Jun 2020 16:17:26 GMT

We spend at least 800/mon on amazon, this will get used, if no better deal from other cards.

Re: Chase Freedom 5% categories July-September Amazon.com and Whole Foods

K-in-Boston — Sun, 14 Jun 2020 16:51:59 GMT

Even though I have an Amazon store card with 5% back, this is actually useful to me for a change since I redeem URs for travel instead of cash! I'm not sure how Whole Foods fits into "Coming Soon - Summer Fun," but would have been able to easily max it out on either Amazon or Whole Foods.

Re: Chase Freedom 5% categories July-September Amazon.com and Whole Foods

simplynoir — Sun, 14 Jun 2020 17:04:45 GMT

@K-in-Boston wrote:
Even though I have an Amazon store card with 5% back, this is actually useful to me for a change since I redeem URs for travel instead of cash! I'm not sure how Whole Foods fits into "Coming Soon - Summer Fun," but would have been able to easily max it out on either Amazon or Whole Foods.

This is probably why we'll shift spend from AMEX Amazon biz card til we reach the cap since URs are more valuable. If we had a Whole Foods relatively close that would be the better option but alas it's quite a drive from where we live for the nearest one 🤷‍♂️

Re: Chase Freedom 5% categories July-September Amazon.com and Whole Foods

Remedios — Sun, 14 Jun 2020 17:11:10 GMT

I'm not pretentious enough for Whole Foods and I'm not driving to Seattle to find asparagus that's been grown on Mars, because that's the only thing that would explain prices

Re: Chase Freedom 5% categories July-September Amazon.com and Whole Foods

MyFault — Sun, 14 Jun 2020 17:14:20 GMT

This makes me realize, again, that I'm not missing much, not having the Freedom.

Re: Chase Freedom 5% categories July-September Amazon.com and Whole Foods

simplynoir — Sun, 14 Jun 2020 17:16:59 GMT

With their cow prices they've better been hanging out with pet tigers before being processed

Re: Chase Freedom 5% categories July-September Amazon.com and Whole Foods

Remedios — Sun, 14 Jun 2020 17:17:25 GMT

This made me realize because I have tinfoil in my hair, evil Chase signals are being blocked.

Re: Chase Freedom 5% categories July-September Amazon.com and Whole Foods

K-in-Boston — Sun, 14 Jun 2020 17:24:38 GMT

LOL We've had the Whole Paycheck discussion before, and it seems to be a regional thing. Here, they're easily comparable in price to all of the other grocery chains, with the added bonus that the produce usually lasts more than 3 hours after you get home.

Re: Chase Freedom 5% categories July-September Amazon.com and Whole Foods

simplynoir — Sun, 14 Jun 2020 17:26:46 GMT

Think that's more because you live in the city for the prices regardless of where you shop. If I lived in Houston or Austin I would cry at the monthly bill

Re: Chase Freedom 5% categories July-September Amazon.com and Whole Foods

Anonymous — Sun, 14 Jun 2020 17:32:22 GMT

I've only been to a Whole Foods once passing though somewhere, and all I could think of was that I'd rather be over at Food 4 Less.

At least until someone opens up a Half Foods, and seel the same stuff for half the price!

It amazes me how costly it can be to eat healthy, and yet some poeple wonder why there's an obesity problem in America?

Protein bar $2.99, Snickers bar 2 for $1.25!

Re: Chase Freedom 5% categories July-September Amazon.com and Whole Foods

TSlop — Sun, 14 Jun 2020 17:32:40 GMT

This will allow me to drop the Freedom from my wallet for 3 months to use online. I usually only spend less than $100 a month on Amazon, so I definitely won't be maxing this category. This will steal a little bit away from my BoA CR, which is set to online at 3%.

Re: Chase Freedom 5% categories July-September Amazon.com and Whole Foods

Remedios — Sun, 14 Jun 2020 17:38:19 GMT

@K-in-Boston wrote:
LOL We've had the Whole Paycheck discussion before, and it seems to be a regional thing. Here, they're easily comparable in price to all of the other grocery chains, with the added bonus that the produce usually lasts more than 3 hours after you get home.

"The quality" defense...

I can snob with the best of them, but not when it comes to wallet.

Last time I went, everything was double compared to Safeway. I cannot rationalize paying double for peanut butter, other than "But these are hand picked peanuts, harvested exactly at 3:00 am by people whose astrological sign closely aligns with yours. Free horoscope and healing crystal when you buy 3".

Also, I have two teenagers. Nothing lasts three hours if they like it.