Chase Freedom® Energizes Summer Fun with Q3 2025 Cash Back Categories: Instacart, Select Live Entertainment, Gas Stations, EV Charging

By: Chase Card Services via Business Wire

June 16, 2025 at 08:00 AM EDT

Chase Freedom offers 5% cash back across activated categories, including this quarter’s birthday bonus category, Instacart

This summer, Chase Freedom^® is offering a lineup of 5% cash back categories that fuel fun. Whether attending a favorite artist's live performance, embarking on a road trip with friends or restocking essentials, Chase Freedom and Freedom Flex cardmembers have the opportunity to earn 5% cash back.

“We’ve been listening to our cardmembers about what they value most and love to do,” said Wittney Rachlin, General Manager of Chase Freedom. “If it’s making memories at a concert, fueling up for a spontaneous getaway, or stocking up with a grocery haul with Instacart, our rotating categories help our cardmembers become the greatest cashbackers of all time while bringing them closer to the moments they love all season long.”

Starting July 1, 2025 through September 30, 2025, Chase Freedom and Freedom Flex cardmembers can earn 5% cash back on the following categories:

Instacart¹: From picnics to poolside, save on summer must-haves with 5% cash back on grocery and retail purchases through Instacart.
Select Live Entertainment²: Savor every moment with 5% cash back on ticketed experiences like concerts, festivals, sporting events, museums, and more.
Gas Stations and EV Charging³: Earn 5% cash back when filling up the tank or powering up an EV for summer road trips.

In addition to these rotating categories, Chase Freedom Flex cardmembers always earn:

5% cash back on travel booked through Chase Travel^SM
3% cash back on dining at restaurants (including takeout and eligible delivery services)
3% cash back on drugstore purchases
1% cash back on all other purchases

To earn 5% cash back on Instacart, Select Live Entertainment and Gas Stations and EV Charging this quarter, Chase Freedom and Freedom Flex cardmembers can activate their bonus categories today.

For more information on participating merchants and how to activate Freedom and Freedom Flex’s quarter category offer, visit Chase.com/Freedom or Chase.com/FreedomFlex.

About Chase

Chase is the U.S. consumer and commercial banking business of JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM), a leading financial services firm based in the United States with assets of $4.1 trillion and operations worldwide. Chase serves more than 82 million consumers and 6.4 million small businesses, with a broad range of financial services, including personal banking, credit cards, mortgages, auto financing, investment advice, small business loans and payment processing. Customers can choose how and where they want to bank: More than 4,800 branches in 48 states and the District of Columbia, more than 15,000 ATMs, mobile, online and by phone. For more information, go to chase.com.

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¹ This category includes purchases made directly through Instacart. Restaurant transactions through Instacart are not eligible.

²Merchants in this category sell tickets for live in-person entertainment such as major sporting events, zoos and aquariums, concerts, theatrical productions, museums, tourist attractions and exhibits, amusement parks, circuses, carnivals, bands, and entertainers. Ticket agencies selling on behalf of the entertainment venue are included. Some merchants that sell tickets for in-person entertainment are not included in this category; for example, movie theaters, bowling alleys, horse racing tracks, casinos, and dance hall/clubs. Purchasing from a hotel/concierge is not included nor excursions or purchases as part of a travel package.

³ Gas stations: Merchants in this category sell automotive gasoline that can be paid for either at the pump or inside the station and may or may not sell other goods or services at their location. Merchants that do not specialize in selling automotive gasoline are not included in this category, for example, truck stops, boat marinas, oil and propane distributors, and home heating companies.

EV charging: Merchants in this category sell electric vehicle charging services that can be paid at the charging station, via mobile app, account/subscription or an attendant, and the merchants may or may not sell other goods or services at their location. Merchants must use the electric vehicle charging MCC for transaction to be rewarded against. If electric vehicle charging services are offered for free by a merchant or are included in their services, but other services/goods require payment, the transactions will not be rewarded against. In the event, parking facility merchants, such as valet parking, airport parking, and parking garages, charge to the MCC that results in the highest sales volume, the transaction will not be rewarded against. Residential electric vehicle charging is not included in this category. Electric vehicle charging equipment purchases and servicing for any use, including residential or commercial, are not included in this category.