Q3 2020: Quarterly Bonus Categories For Freedom, Discover, Cash+, Dividend & ABOC

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All of the credit cards with rotating quarterly categories have now opened registration for Q3 2020.

We’ve provided details below of each card’s categories from July 1 to September 30, 2020, along with links to activate your bonuses.

Chase Freedom

Chase Freedom Q3 2020

Bonus Categories

  • Amazon
  • Whole Foods Market
  • Link to list of eligible retailers & exclusions
  • List of exclusions:
    • Purchases from merchants using Amazon Pay
    • Purchases made at international Amazon retail sites (including but not limited to Amazon.ca, Amazon.co.uk, Amazon.de, Amazon.fr, or Amazon.co.jp), or any other website operated by Amazon.
    • Purchases made at international Whole Foods Market sites.
    • Purchases of Whole Foods Market or Whole Foods Market 365 products or services through third-party sites such as Eventbrite, Instacart, Google Express and Shipt.
    • Online purchases of event tickets, classes or gift cards redeemable at Whole Foods Market or Whole Foods Market 365 (including through buyatab.com).
    • Purchases from certain third-party vendors operating at Whole Foods Market sites.
    • Purchases of massage chair services made at Whole Foods Market sites.
    • Purchases from Spa@Ink.

Bonus Amount / Limit

  • 5% cashback on up to $1,500 spend in combined purchases of this quarter’s categories

Activation link

Discover

Discover Q3 2020

Bonus Categories

  • Restaurants
  • PayPal
  • Key Terms:
    • Restaurant purchases include only those made at merchants classified as full-service restaurants, cafes, cafeterias and fast food locations.
    • PayPal qualifying purchases are those made through the PayPal wallet online, when you send money to Friends and Family via PayPal using your Discover Card, and point-of-sale transactions using PayPal Here.
    • Payments made through the Xoom transfer service are not eligible for 5%.
    • Any restaurant purchase made using PayPal will only be awarded a total of 5% Cashback Bonus.

Bonus Amount / Limit

  • 5% cashback on up to $1,500 in purchases

Activation link

US Bank Cash+

US Bank Cash+ Q3 2019

Bonus Categories

Choose two of the following:

  • Home Utilities
  • Electronics Stores
  • Sporting Goods Stores
  • Ground Transportation
  • TV, Internet & Streaming (this replaced Car Rentals)
  • Department Stores
  • Select Clothing Stores
  • Gyms/Fitness Centers
  • Furniture Stores
  • Cell Phones
  • Fast Food
  • Movie Theaters

Bonus Amount / Limit

  • 5% cashback on your first $2,000 in combined net purchases in your chosen 5% categories

Activation link

Citi Dividend

Citi Dividend Q3 2020

Bonus Categories

  • Home Improvement Stores
  • Popular Streaming Services:
    • Amazon Prime Video
    • CBS All Access
    • fuboTV
    • Netflix
    • Pandora
    • Showtime
    • Sling TV
    • Spotify
    • Starz
    • Vudu
    • YouTube Premium
    • YouTube TV

Bonus Amount / Limit

  • Earn 5% cashback with a maximum of $300 cashback earned in bonus categories per calendar year

Activation link

ABOC Platinum Rewards

ABOC Rewards 2020 5% Categories

Bonus Categories

  • Airlines
  • Cruises
  • Car rental
  • Hotels
  • Travel agencies
  • Gas
  • Tolls
  • Ride share
  • List of eligible MCC codes
    • Airlines
      • 3000 – 3999
    • Dining
      • 5812
      • 5813
    • Fast Food
      • 5814
    • Movies, Concerts, Theme Parks & Other Entertainment
      • 7832
      • 7922
      • 7929
      • 7991
      • 7996
      • 7998
      • 7999
    • Gas
      • 5541
      • 5542
    • Bus Lines, Tour Lines & Travel Agencies
      • 4131
      • 4411
      • 4722
    • Tolls
      • 4784
    • Ride Share
      • 4121
    • Mass Transit
      • 4111
      • 4112
    • Car Rental
      • 3355
      • 3357
      • 3359
      • 3366
      • 3387
      • 3389
      • 3390
      • 3393
      • 3395
      • 3405
      • 3412
      • 3441

Bonus Amount / Limit

  • Earn 5% cashback on your first $1,500 in combined purchases each quarter.

Activation link

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Mac

Do other gift cards purchased on Amazon count or just Amazon gift cards?

Scott

Anybody know if Whole Foods sells variable Visa GC’s?