Update: This offer is expired. The last day to activate this benefit was July 31st, 2024. You can add multiple eligible Chase Sapphire/Slate/Freedom flavors and they will stack to extend your free membership further and further. Just keep going back to Instacart.com/chase to activate all your cards before the deadline. For example, I added both a Freedom Flex and Freedom Unlimited.
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Chase has partnered with Instacart to offer a free memberships and credits to Instacart+. Instacart+ usually costs $9.99 a month (or $99 a year) and includes free delivery on $35+ orders and reduced service fees. They claim the average savings is $7 per order. Here are the eligible cards and perks:
Get free delivery with Instacart+:
– 12 free months with Sapphire Reserve® and J.P. Morgan Reserve®
– 6 free months with Sapphire® and Sapphire Preferred®
– 3 free months with Freedom®, Freedom Flex?, Freedom Unlimited®, Freedom Rise?, Freedom® Student, Slate® and Slate Edge?
Earn statement credits*
– $15/month for Sapphire Reserve® and J.P. Morgan Reserve®
– $15/quarter for Sapphire® and Sapphire Preferred®
– $10/quarter for Freedom®, Freedom Flex?, Freedom Unlimited®, Freedom Rise? and Freedom® Student
Tip #1: Turn off auto-renewal immediately after activation. When you activate this offer, it will be set to auto-renew after the end of the free membership. However, you can cancel this auto-renew now and it will still keep your free membership until the end of the gift period.
Tip #2: Keep the Instacart app installed on your phone with notifications on. Instacart reliably sends me new coupons via app notifications. (I don’t get the same coupons via e-mail.) Stacked with other benefits, it can make it worthwhile to use Instacart even with their inflated prices, especially if you value the time saved. I actually prefer shopping via an app nowadays for meal planning purposes, but usually directly with a grocery store for lower prices.
Must have expired at midnight on the 31st. Tried to activate today (the 31st) and the link just redirects to the main Instacart page. Oh well.
Hmm… I guess so. The terms just said ends July 31st, which usually means you get through that day. Thanks for letting me know.
When you say cancel auto-renew, do you mean hit the “Cancel Membership” button? Just want to make sure I’m not going to inadvertently cancel my free year by processing a membership cancellation.
Yes, I cancelled and it says my membership now ends on January 30, 2025. I linked two extra Chase Freedom cards yesterday (7/30).