I also just got the card, and called to activate. At the same time, I asked about this promo and the girl confirmed I will get $300 back if I spend $500 in the first 3 months (or was it, 90 days, one of those)
Someone mentioned Amazon gift cards, if you "buy" them will you get both the value towards the $500 AND the 5% discount?
So say you buy a $500 card, do you pay $475, or do you get $525 in value?
If so, you could pay $500, get $525 in cards, plus the $300 in cashback?
Can anyone confirm this? I'd potentially be interested in using amazon in another country with the certificate.
If not I'll have to order directly from amazon.com instead of from another locale using a certificate.
If I am not mistaken, it appears that those gift cards can only be purchased with existing Ultimate Rewards points. So you could spend your 500 on whatever, get your 30k points in 4-6 weeks then spend those on one of the gift card offers mentioned.
Hmmm. I didn't know you had insight to my finances but I'll elaborate for you.
Chase Freedom: $300
Chase Freedom Amazon cash back @ 5% for $560: $28
Bank of America Credit Card cash back: $135
*Never payed attention to my credit card and noticing I was racking up cash so it was a pleasant surprise.
$300 + $28 + $135 = $463
$560 - $463 = $97
WOW, I guess my original statement still stands doesn't it? Learn to read between the lines before you go and make assumptions. It makes something out of me and you, but mostly you.
Hmmm. I didn't know you had insight to my finances but I'll elaborate for you.
Chase Freedom: $300
Chase Freedom Amazon cash back @ 5% for $560: $28
Bank of America Credit Card cash back: $135
*Never payed attention to my credit card and noticing I was racking up cash so it was a pleasant surprise.
$300 + $28 + $135 = $463
$560 - $463 = $97
WOW, I guess my original statement still stands doesn't it? Learn to read between the lines before you go and make assumptions. It makes something out of me and you, but mostly you.
Ok, I bit. I really don't use a Credit Card unless it works out significantly cheaper, and in this case it looks like it certainly will for at least the first $500 in purchases.
In high school one of my teachers taught us to never buy on credit what you couldn't afford to pay for. The only exclusions he suggested were if you needed to make the purchase in order to get / keep your income. IE: new clothes for a new job or interview, car repairs to be able to get to work, etc...
It's always worked for me, and I never carry a balance. Lately, I rarely ever use C/C's. I looked at the gas prices today and see the C/C price is about $0.10 more then cash. So, if I get %5 cash back on gas purchases with gas at nearly $4 a gallon, I'd save almost $0.20 and it'd cost me $0.10 more a gallon, still a net savings of around 10 cents a gallon for the quarters that gas purchases get %5 discounts.
Thanks again OP! Something tells me that I'll be getting a 7970 instead of the 7870 I was planning on!
Did anyone else get a letter to send a copy of your ss# and address?
Did anyone else get a letter to send a copy of your ss# and address?
I just applied for both my wife and I. After I get them the first thing I am going to do it buy a $500 giftcard with each from Amazon.
Than I am purchasing the Apple Cinema Display with them.
Signed up, we shall see. The site said a further review is required, probably because I am a current chase holder, and they just gave me $150 earlier in the week for signing up for a checking account, heh.