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One of my readers scanned a mail from Chase and sent it to me yesterday about this promotion. I haven’t received any information about this promotion and it seems this is a targeted offer. Make 3 purchases with your Chase Freedom Card using “blink” by June 6, 2008 and you will receive either $10 or 1,000 bonus points depending on your rewards program. (card earning cash back will get $10 and cards earning points will get 1,000 points) This is a new promotion targeted to all Chase Freedom Visa Card Members (MasterCard version doesn’t have blink feature.). Actually, all Chase Freedom Cards come with “blink” technique which will render your checkout in a more convenient way.

Here is detailed procedures:

1. Shop at participating merchants. You can use blink at thousands of places. Visit chaseblink.com for a complete list of merchants that accept Visa payWave. Just look for this symbol on the reader at checkout.

2. Wave your card in front of the secure reader to complete your purchases. You don’t need to swipe your card, and there’s no signature required for most purchases under $25. (It seems Chase Freedom Card doesn’t require signature for orders under $25 now even you don’t use blink.)

3. Get a $10 statement credit. Your account will be credited on a future statement once you complete 3 blink transactions between now and June 6, 2008. (Only transactions made with the Visa payWave feature during the promotional time frame are eligible for this offer. Visa payWave transactions occur when the card is waved in front of the secure reader at checkout. The reader will indicate that the Visa payWave transaction has been processed. Transactions not eligible for the offer include swiped transactions, online transactions, PIN, ATM and other transactions not processed over the Visa network.)

Chase ran the similar promotion about blink in last September. For this new promotion, there is no signing up necessary and the blink feature is built in and this promo is for all Chase Visa Freedom cardholders. (MasterCard doesn’t have blink feature.) Since I haven’t received the email, I called Chase Freedom Card customer service and was told that I should receive an mail if I am eligible for this offer.

For locations that accept “blink” payment, you can click here.

Chase is also promoting their “check credit card” which will give you $25 cash back for spending over $250.