Chase Trifecta Q—is this correct:

1. Use CSR (which I already have) for all travel-related purchases (as well as the annual $300 travel reimbursements);

2. Use Flex for whatever quarterly category is active for 5% back; and

3. Use Unlimited (which I already have) for all other spending (i.e., day to day)?

Then transfer all of the points to CSR and redeem with partners?

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I use my CSR for all restaurants / fast food / meal delivery as well. I know you get the same % back with the Freedom Unlimited, but it’s just easier to use the CSR since you’re transferring back to it anyway.

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Thanks! So then basically use the Freedom for all other expenses, other than travel, restaurants, and whatever 5% category Flex has?

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Yup. And dining can go on any card since they're all 3x. Foreign transactions only on CSR. You should pool all 3 SUBs together too, since that would be a huge chunk of your points. The points from spending are much slower to accumulate. All points should go to the CSR/CSP and then to transfer partners like Hyatt or your choice of business class flights.

Another note would be that the 2 Freedom cards sometimes come with a 5x bonus on gas/groceries for a year (might need to use a referral link, not sure), which are the categories that are most notably missing from a Chase trifecta. You can also add Ink cards to the setup if you want.

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No problem! Lmk if you need a referral for the Flex 😉 Just checked and the link does include both the $200 (20k points) SUB and the 5x on groceries/gas for a year.

Pro-tip, the 5x category in Q1 is currently groceries, so with the SUB it actually stacks to 9x (unfortunately it's not 10x like you'd think). I've been racking up 9x on groceries every week.

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