- 3% back on gas OR groceries OR resteraunts - Appears to be a tiered rebate on everything else up to 1% cash back - You can change what category you receive 3% back on at any time (although I don't know if that means any billing period or if you could do it each day depending on if you are buying gas or not) - No limits - No anual fee
Seems like it could be a bit better card than their perfect card. Any thoughts?
pheta said:Appears to be a tiered rebate on everything else up to 1% cash back Not exactly. It's 0.5% if you don't revolve a balance of at least $500, 1% if you do.
Citi gives you 5% on gas and groceries. Looks like the only use for this card is as an exclusive restaurant card.
alwaysTempted
Senior Member
posted: Jul. 8, 2004 @ 5:49p
TruthTeller said:pheta said:Appears to be a tiered rebate on everything else up to 1% cash back Not exactly. It's 0.5% if you don't revolve a balance of at least $500, 1% if you do.
I must be blind....where did you see this information? I clicked on their Credit Card disclosures page and see the APR, annual fee etc but only reference I see to reward info is that it will be provided with the actual card.
pheta
Member
posted: Jul. 8, 2004 @ 6:05p
bk330ci said:TruthTeller said:pheta said:Appears to be a tiered rebate on everything else up to 1% cash back Not exactly. It's 0.5% if you don't revolve a balance of at least $500, 1% if you do.
I must be blind....where did you see this information? I clicked on their Credit Card disclosures page and see the APR, annual fee etc but only reference I see to reward info is that it will be provided with the actual card.
That should be the restaurant card and back-up for Citi/Discover Gas/AAA
pheta
Member
posted: Jul. 9, 2004 @ 10:41a
Also the citi card has a 300$ limit, this one does not.
kaesile
Senior Member
posted: Jul. 9, 2004 @ 11:47a
This seems to be a really good restaurant cash rebate card; anyone know of any other cards that give 3% for restaurant purchases?
Also, does the 'revolving balance' mean a month-to-month balance of $500+, or just that at least $500 was charged on the card per billing period? If I don't keep a balance, am I stuck with 3% special categories + 0.5% all else?
Thanks for any insight.
fasteddie
Ancient Member
posted: Jul. 9, 2004 @ 12:30p
Thanks for posting! 3% is definitely worth it for restaurants for me at least!
famewolf
Senior Member
posted: Jul. 9, 2004 @ 12:43p
Applied for this card...
Citi Platinum Dividend Card for 5% back on groceries, gas and pharmacy up to $300 a year. Chase Profit Card for 3% back on restaurants. and finally the Chase Freedom card use for 1% back on everything else.
bluegenie
Senior Member
posted: Jul. 9, 2004 @ 12:49p
Is it all restaurants, or from some list like upromise?
Zon
Senior Member
posted: Jul. 9, 2004 @ 1:05p
fasteddie said:Thanks for posting! 3% is definitely worth it for restaurants for me at least!
What do you define as "worth it"? I spend about $250/month at restaurants and i'm not going to bother.
AlexTheMan
Senior Member
posted: Jul. 9, 2004 @ 1:14p
Anyone tried switching Freedom to Profit!! Between Me and my wife we have 2 Citi Dividend and one AT&T cash back. So Freedom was not being used. Profit is good for restaurants..
fotomaniak
Happy Member
posted: Jul. 9, 2004 @ 2:44p
nice find op, It turns out that "Perfect card" is not perfect anymore, will try to convert my Perfect card to Profit card.
famewolf
Senior Member
posted: Jul. 9, 2004 @ 2:56p
I'd keep both the freedom AND the profit card..not convert it...the profit card is NOT a flat 1% card....it's up to 1% if you maintain a balance and it appears it's either 3% back on groceries OR 3 % back on gas OR 3 % back on restaurants OR up to 1% back on everything...so for me makes more sense to use both.
The profit card really only makes sense as a restaurant only card and since the credit is applied to your next months statement it's free money. To the person who spends $250 a month on restaurants....if you want to throw away $90 a year in free money I suppose thats your choice. (250*12=3000*.03=90)
Ghandi2002
Broke Member
posted: Jul. 9, 2004 @ 3:26p
famewolf said:I'd keep both the freedom AND the profit card..not convert it...the profit card is NOT a flat 1% card....it's up to 1% if you maintain a balance and it appears it's either 3% back on groceries OR 3 % back on gas OR 3 % back on restaurants OR up to 1% back on everything...so for me makes more sense to use both.
The profit card really only makes sense as a restaurant only card and since the credit is applied to your next months statement it's free money. To the person who spends $250 a month on restaurants....if you want to throw away $90 a year in free money I suppose thats your choice. (250*12=3000*.03=90)
Although if Zon already has a 1% card, it's only $60. Still free money is free money. I'm going to do it.
It's a good supplement to Perfect Card if you buy a lot of groceries or dine out a lot since you are getting 3% on gas anyway with Perfect Card.
fotomaniak
Happy Member
posted: Jul. 9, 2004 @ 4:32p
LongDongSilver said:It's a good supplement to Perfect Card if you buy a lot of groceries or dine out a lot since you are getting 3% on gas anyway with Perfect Card. I get 5% on gas with discover and 5% on groceries with citi, therefore the perfect card is only good for 1% cash back, unless a small local store where you shop accidentally is being treated as a gas purchase(but still 3% on grocery is not as good as 5% from citi)
Update: corrected the typo...
76hhma
Senior Member - 10K
posted: Jul. 9, 2004 @ 4:40p
Even with $30 per week on restaurants, the annual total is $1,560, which gives a handsome $50 rebate. Not bad.
Soon, people have to carry multiple cards for various usage; one for supermarket, one for gasoline, one for restaurant, one for Home Depot, and one for something else.
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