(EXPIRED) Chase: Earn 3x-5x At Grocery Stores & Amazon On Co-Branded Cards

Update 12/1/20: Just a quick reminder that it’s a new month and so the $1,500 spending threshold has reset.

The Deal

• Chase’s co-branded cards are offering the following spending offers:
  • IHG (Premier, Traveler & Select)
    • 5x at Amazon.com & 3x at grocery stores on up to $1,500 total combined purchases each month
  • Marriott (Personal)
    • 10x on Marriott stays on up to $3,500 of spend
    • 5x at Amazon.com & grocery stores on up to $1,500 total combined purchases each month
  • Ritz-Carlton
    • 10x on Marriott stays on up to $3,500 of spend
    • 5x at Amazon.com & grocery stores on up to $1,500 total combined purchases each month
  • Marriott (Business)
    • 10x on Marriott stays on up to $3,500 of spend
  • United
    • 5x at Amazon.com & grocery stores on up to $1,500 total combined purchases each month
  • Hyatt
    • 5x at Amazon.com & 3x at grocery stores on up to $1,500 total combined purchases each month
  • Southwest
    • 5x at Amazon.com & grocery stores on up to $1,500 total combined purchases each month
  • British Airways, Iberia & Aer Lingus
    • 5x at Amazon.com & grocery stores on up to $1,500 total combined purchases each month
• Direct link to enrollment.

Key Terms

These are the terms for the IHG offer – similar terms apply for the other cards.

• To be eligible for this bonus offer, you must activate by 12/31/20 11:59 p.m. E.T.
• You will earn 5 points total for each $1 spent in the Amazon.com category and 3 points total for each $1 spent in the grocery store category on up to $1,500 in total combined purchases each month from 11/01/2020 to 12/31/2020. That’s 1 or 4 points on top of the 2 points or 1 point you already earn on those purchases with your card. For more information about Chase rewards categories, see chase.com/RewardsCategoryFAQs.
• The Amazon.com category includes purchases made at Amazon.com (including digital downloads, Amazon.com Gift Cards, Amazon Fresh orders, Amazon Prime subscriptions, and items sold by third-party merchants through Amazon.com’s marketplace) and Whole Foods Market (including physical Whole Foods Market and Whole Foods Market 365 stores, and the website accessible at www.wholefoodsmarket.com). The Amazon.com category does not include (i) purchases from merchants using Amazon Pay, (ii) 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, (iii) purchases made at international Whole Foods Market sites, (iv) 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, (v) online purchases of Whole Foods Market or Whole Foods Market 365 gift cards (including through buyatab.com), event tickets or classes, (vi) purchases from certain third-party vendors operating at Whole Foods Market sites, (vii) purchases of massage services at any Whole Foods Market site, or (viii) purchases from Spa@Ink, in each case in Amazon’s sole discretion.
• Qualifying Whole Foods Market and Amazon Fresh purchases will only earn the bonus in the Amazon.com category and not in the grocery store category.
• Purchases posted to your account with a transaction date during the offer period are eligible for this offer.
• Delays by the merchant, such as shipping, could extend the transaction date beyond the offer period.
• Please allow up to 8 weeks after qualifying purchases post to your account for points to post to your account. (“Purchases” do not include balance transfers, cash advances, travelers checks, foreign currency, money orders, wire transfers or similar cash-like transactions, lottery tickets, casino gaming chips, race track wagers or similar betting transactions, any checks that access your account, interest, unauthorized or fraudulent charges, and fees of any kind, including an annual fee, if applicable.)
• To qualify for this bonus offer, account must be open and not in default at the time of fulfillment.
• This bonus offer is nontransferable.
• Eligible credit cards: IHG Rewards Club Premier Credit Card, IHG Rewards Club Select Credit Card, and the IHG Rewards Club Traveler Credit Card.

Tips & Ideas

Some of these are decent spending offers. The IHG offers can be ignored, but earning 3x-5x at grocery stores on some of the other cards and 5x at Amazon is pretty good, especially if you’ll be buying a ton of gift cards from these places over the holidays.