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Q1 2024 5% Quarterly Categories
Activate, Offers & Suggestions
April 1st – June 30, 2024
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Doctor of Credit
Q2 2024 5% Quarterly Categories: Activate, Offers & Suggestions (Freedom/Flex, Discover, Dividend, Cash+ & More)
It’s now possible to activate all 5% category credit cards for the second quarter of 2024, including the Chase Freedom, Chase Freedom Flex, Discover IT, Citi Dividend, US Bank Cash+ and some smaller cards. In this post we’ll provide the activation link for each card and links to track your spend, along with strategies to help increase spend in these categories.
Dates: April 1st – June 30, 2024. Store purchases can usually be done until the last minute while
online purchases should be given a buffer zone of a day or two.
Chase Freedom Categories For Q2 2024: Restaurants, Hotels,
Amazon, Whole Foods
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- Restaurants – Restaurants is always a useful category. Those who have the Freedom flex card always earn 3x on Restaurants; this quarter you’ll earn 7x (1x base point + 2x Flex bonus + 4x quarterly category bonus).
- Hotels – Nice for spring/summer travel. Hotels stays booked through Chase Travel always earn 5x on the Freedom Flex card and so it will now earn 9x for hotel stays booked via Chase Travel (1x base point + 4x Chase Travel bonus + 4x quarterly category bonus).
- Amazon – Some people will value 5x Ultimate Rewards even more than 5% back which Prime members get on their Amazon Prime Visa card. You can also reload up your Amazon balance with $1,500 and spend it down after the quarter is over.
- Whole Foods – Grocery store deals are always nice. You can usually buy third party gift cards at Whole Foods stores as well.
Tip: Click
this link (login required) to check how far you are along the $1,500.
Citi Dividend Q2 5% 2024: Grocery, Drugstores
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With your Dividend card, activate to earn 5% back this quarter on Grocery stores and Drugstores. Citi is different than the other cards in that you have a $6,000 annual cap rather than a $1,500 quarterly cap. You can get 5% back on up to $6,000 in this quarter or you can save the entire amount for a different quarter, or you can use part up each quarter.
- Grocery Stores
- Drugstores
Citi Shop Your Way Mastercard: Various Offers
Get 250,000 Bonus Shop Your Way Points when you make eligible online purchases totaling $1,000 or more
Check this post and comments to find out what counts as an online purchase.
Expires 4/14/24.
DoC
Discover Q2 2024 5% Categories: Gas Stations & Electric Vehicle Charging Stations, Home Improvement Stores, and Public Transit ~
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- Gas and EV charging – Useful for gas and also for buying gift cards inside some gas stations and similar convenience stores
- Home Improvement stores – useful category for spring home improvements
- Public Transit
Tip: Login, then click
this link to see you how far along the $1,500 you are.