Comments on: $250 worth of snowflake money with Chase Freedom

By: rocketc

rocketc — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 20:01:26 +0000

@ Philip, you are correct – however, we split the $1000 over two statement periods. Obviously, the timing will not work out for everyone.

If all the spending had occurred during one period, I would have switched to my Discover Miles card half-way through.

By: Philip

Philip — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 19:55:56 +0000

One thing to note that the 3% is limited to the first $600 that you spend, then it drops to 1%. So that $1000 in gas was 3% for the first 600 then only 1% on the rest and force only 1% on all other purchases that month.

Just thought you might want to remind/remember that.

By: rocketc

rocketc — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 22:49:46 +0000

lulugal11, be patient. 3% cash back is not a reason to spend more. Gasoline is where the savings really add up – if you don’t spend much there. . .well, consider yourself blessed. Another area to check is the the electronics/communications category – your wireless, cable or internet bills might get 3% cash back.

By: lulugal11

lulugal11 — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 14:47:16 +0000

I use my Chase card too and I am working on getting that bonus $50 after reaching the $200 mark.

My problem is that a lot of the places I use my card are classified as ‘other’ so I don’t get the big cash back. eg I get all my groceries at Walmart (other) and only spend about $50 on gas (I live close to work and don’t go out much).

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