Grandfathered Chase Freedom Cards Will No Longer Earn 10% Extra Points/10 Bonus Points Per Transaction On August 28th

Back in 2010 (or maybe even earlier) Chase Freedom cards earned an extra 10% points per $1 spent and 10 bonus points on every transaction when you also held a Chase deposit account. Some cardholders were grandfathered into this program and receive this bonus to this day (note: most cardholders lost this benefit in 2015). On August 28th Chase will no longer offer this, sending the following letter to cardholders:

Cardholders will still earn 5% cash back/Chase UR on rotating categories every quarter like the current Chase Freedom. Chase has been doing a lot of this stream lining of old products in an attempt to simplify their card line up (most likely also a cost saving measure as well). For example:

 

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sara
sara (@guest_471324)
September 4, 2017 14:06

Wow wow wow. All these years I wasn’t even aware that I need to feel jealous…..
Jokes aside, I can’t believe that people were still getting this. I lost it in 2013.

Tj
Tj (@guest_449274)
July 30, 2017 03:00

I havent received this letter. When was it sent?

TJ
TJ (@guest_450199)
July 31, 2017 17:36

Well, it’s my understanding that they have to notify people in order to remove the perks. How do you know they’re removing everyone this time around?

Years ago, I received a notification that it was going away – but it was because I closed a checking account and before they stopped marketing it, and I had in fact re-established a checking account before they sent the letter. I’ve had it ever since despite closing and opening several more checking accounts over the years.

Alex
Alex (@guest_448287)
July 28, 2017 01:48

Got you all beat with my 2006 Freedom (also had a 2005 Cash Rewards Plus that Chase converted to a Freedom.. anyone remember that card?..5% back gas, grocery, drug all year long, capped though if I recall correctly).. I vaguely remember this promotion but haven’t had a Chase checking for several years. Finally did the $300 in branch bonus today. Guess I can’t reactive this for another month huh?

calwatch
calwatch (@guest_448214)
July 27, 2017 23:46

Most people lost it in 2015. I was a Chase customer for years and they took it away from me. It may have only been a few states which kept the Freedom bonus.

CtownBin
CtownBin (@guest_448241)
July 28, 2017 00:21

It’s really very strange, they seem to have kicked people out of this in batches, nobody really knows why or how they picked who gets to keep going. The first reports of a nice chunk of people being removed came towards the end of 2013, about one year after they ended new signups for the program. Then again in 2015, at which point I thought they basically got everyone.. but it turns out there are still some left to get nerfed next month. The truth is, we don’t really know for sure that this is the end for everyone- all we know is that some cardholders got letters.

chris
chris (@guest_448212)
July 27, 2017 23:46

not sure but i know they ended this for me long long ago which is why i dropped t he freedom card long ago

tinytavosa
tinytavosa (@guest_448206)
July 27, 2017 23:35

Dang, my bro has a freedom from 2007, never knew about this.

MP
MP (@guest_448189)
July 27, 2017 23:01

Cheap and disappointing move. I don’t have Chase Freedom, but if B of A were to do the same, it’d irritate me.

Stammers95
Stammers95 (@guest_448170)
July 27, 2017 22:23

Wow, Ive been a original freedom member ever since 2008 and I never knew about this. I just recently opened a Chase checking account and wonder if I qualify for the 10 points or if both products would have to been open prior to 2010. Anyone know?

CtownBin
CtownBin (@guest_448237)
July 28, 2017 00:17

Both products would have had to be opened prior to November 2012, when they ended this for new signups.

Billy
Billy (@guest_448151)
July 27, 2017 21:47

Wow, I didn’t even know about this and I have had a Freedom since 2009 and a Chase checking account since 2013! So many missed points…

CtownBin
CtownBin (@guest_448234)
July 28, 2017 00:16

No, you didn’t really miss any points. They announced that the end of the 10+10 would be mid-November 2012. So, you had to have both the Freedom and checking account by then, which you didn’t. After that, they changed it to the version you probably had (and may still have even after this change) where you only got the 10% bonus, which effectively made it 1.1% everywhere or 5.5% on the categories, not really that great.

chaseaholic
chaseaholic (@guest_448147)
July 27, 2017 21:43

Fingers crossed for no changes to I+

In a similar vein, some people claim to still have an uncapped OBC