Registration is now open to activate your 5x category bonus earning with your Chase Freedom Flex℠ and Chase Freedom® cards. For the second quarter of 2023, the bonus categories are purchases made at Amazon.com and Lowe’s.

As usual, the 5x earning rate only applies to the first $1,500 in spending in those categories. If you max out your bonus category spending for the quarter, you’ll get 7,500 Chase Ultimate Rewards® points.

7,500 Chase Ultimate Rewards® points are worth $75 in cash. But you can get much more value by transferring to any of the following credit cards:

• Chase Sapphire Preferred – #1 travel card for beginners
• Chase Sapphire Reserve – great for frequent travelers
• Ink Business Preferred – highest Chase sign-up bonus for business customers

Once your points have been transferred to one of the above cards, you can amplify the value even further! If you transfer the points to Chase’s travel partners like United Airlines, Southwest or Hyatt, you can get way more value than the original $75.

7,500 points could be enough for a one-way flight to lots of great destinations!

For more information on Chase’s flexible points program, check out The Complete Guide to Chase Ultimate Rewards®.

Key Things to Remember

• You need to activate the 5x earning rate by June 14, 2023
• The promotion runs from April 1, 2023 to June 30, 2023
• The promotion is valid at Amazon.com and Lowe’s

How to Activate

Unfortunately Chase doesn’t automatically enroll you into the bonus category earning promotion each quarter. To activate, you can go to the Chase Activation website and enter your last name, zip code and the last four digits of your credit card.

Alternatively you can log into your Chase Freedom or Freedom Flex account and activate from there. Chase sprinkles links in lots of different places on their website, making it very easy to activate. In just a few minutes, I found a few different places to activate my card for this upcoming quarter.

Option 1

Option 2

You can also request to receive a reminder email from Chase prior to each quarter. Those emails contains an easy 1-click activation button.

Bottom Line

All of the above applies to both the old Freedom and new Freedom Flex cards. The Freedom Flex also offers 5% cash back on travel booked through the Chase travel portal, 3% on dining and drugstore purchases and 1% on everything else.

Remember you don’t have to totally change the way you spend to earn bonus points. For those who already shop at Amazon, don’t forget to set your Freedom or Freedom Flex as the default card to use at checkout. In addition, with spring just around the corner, there should be plenty of opportunities to earn points at Lowe’s.

Finally, if you want to make sure you’re earning the maximum points, don’t overlook the gift card route. Lowe’s sells gift cards to hundreds of other merchants, and those purchases will earn bonus points too!