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Rubric score 77.3% across 78 cards. Issuer page ↗
Downsides first APR up to 27.99% if you carry a balance Penalty APR up to 29.99% Late fee up to $40 Rotating 5% quarterly categories need activation and change each quarter; not modeled (we count the 1% base). Terms & fees Issuer Chase Type cash back Annual fee $0 creditcards.chase.com, 2026-10-11 Regular purchase APR 18.49%–27.99% variable creditcards.chase.com, 2026-10-11 Rewards 5% rotating quarterly categories (up to $1,500, activation); 5% Chase Travel; 3% dining & drugstores; 1% other creditcards.chase.com, 2026-10-11 Sign-up bonus (≈$) $250 $250 after $500 in 3 months (limited-time) creditcards.chase.com, 2026-10-11 Intro APR 15 months 0% intro APR 15 months on purchases and balance transfers creditcards.chase.com, 2026-10-11 Foreign transaction fee none Issuer page (2026-10-11) shows 0%; CFPB TCCP (2025-12-31) listed 3%. Newer issuer figure used. creditcards.chase.com, 2026-10-11 Penalty APR up to 29.99% Chase's CFPB-filed agreements list a penalty APR of 'up to 29.99%'; agreements are not labeled by product, so this is issuer-level consumerfinance.gov, 2026-06-30 Late fee up to $40 up to (first and repeat late fee) files.consumerfinance.gov, 2025-12-31 Balance transfer fee 5% files.consumerfinance.gov, 2025-12-31 Cash advance fee 5% files.consumerfinance.gov, 2025-12-31 Credit needed 620–719, 720+ (CFPB TCCP targeted tiers) files.consumerfinance.gov, 2025-12-31 Grace period 21 days files.consumerfinance.gov, 2025-12-31 Cash advance APR 28.49% files.consumerfinance.gov, 2025-12-31 CFPB survey APR (2025-12-31) 18.24%–27.74% files.consumerfinance.gov, 2025-12-31 older; issuer figure above is newer Complaint record (CFPB) Complaints, last 12 months 26,196 Trend ▲ 14.2% (last 12 mo 26,196 vs prior 12 mo 22,932)Timely response (last 36 mo) 100.0% Per $1B deposits (12 mo) 9.29 Top issue Managing an account Insurance status FDIC-insured: JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association (cert 628, active; deposits $2,820.3B as of 06/30/2026) Company-level (JPMORGAN CHASE & CO.), all products, as of 2026-10-12. Chase (JPMorgan Chase) complaints: full record → Shown for context; does not change the score.
Score breakdown Annual fee 10.0 /10 Annual fee $0 (as of 2026-10-11). Rubric: $0=10, ≤$95=8, ≤$395=5, ≤$695=3, more=1 (perks/credits are not counted). Rewards rate 6.0 /10 Base 1% on everything, top category 5% (as of 2026-10-11; points/miles valued at 1¢). Score = base/2%×7 + min(top,6)/6%×3. 5% rotating quarterly categories (up to $1,500, activation); 5% Chase Travel; 3% dining & drugstores; 1% other Sign-up bonus 3.3 /10 Bonus ≈ $250: $250 after $500 in 3 months (limited-time) (as of 2026-10-11). Score = value/$75, max 10. Intro 0% APR 7.1 /10 0% intro APR 15 months on purchases and balance transfers (as of 2026-10-11). Score = months/21×10. Regular APR 7.7 /10 18.49%–27.99% variable (as of 2026-10-11); midpoint 23.24%. Score = (34 − midpoint)/1.4, 0–10. Foreign transaction fee 10.0 /10 No foreign transaction fee (as of 2026-10-11). Regulatory record (CFPB) 10.0 /10 Issuer Chase: Base 10, no actions in last 5 yrs found. Note: No CFPB enforcement action against JPMorgan Chase found in the last 5 years (CFPB enforcement database lists a 2017 action) 0.143×10.0 + 0.143×6.0 + 0.143×3.3 + 0.143×7.1 + 0.143×7.7 + 0.143×10.0 + 0.143×10.0 = 7.73 → 77.3%
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FAQ What is the Chase Freedom Flex annual fee? $0
What is the Chase Freedom Flex APR? 18.49%–27.99% variable
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