I'll start off the gas rewards credit card reviews by looking at four of the most popular
gas rewards cards on the market.
Not exact matches
Everything is the same as the Amazon Prime
Rewards Visa ® Signature
Card, except you Earn 3 % back at Amazon.com and Whole Foods
Market, 2 % back at restaurants,
gas stations, and drugstores, and 1 % back
on all other purchases..
The Amazon Prime
Rewards Visa ® Signature
Card offers cardholders to Earn 5 % back at Amazon.com and Whole Foods
Market with eligible Prime membership, 2 % back at restaurants,
gas stations, and drugstores, and 1 % back
on all other purchases.
Meanwhile,
gas stations are more lucrative options because of the ability to manufacture valuable Ultimate
Rewards points using Chase's Ink line of credit and charge
cards, but that opportunity has disappeared in many
markets and in others is too inconsistent to rely
on for large volumes of spend.
One of the best cash back
rewards cards on the
market is the Chase Freedom credit
card, which combines flat rate unlimited cash back, with bonus
rewards that are available in a different category each quarter — including
gas stations, restaurants, and wholesale clubs.
For example, while US Bank Flexpoints are worth up to 2 cents each when redeemed for airfare (and the US Bank Flexperks Travel
Rewards card earns 2 Flexpoints per dollar spent at either
gas stations or grocery stores each month), and Citi ThankYou points in a Citi Prestige account are worth 1.6 cents each when redeemed for American Airlines -
marketed flights, you can't combine both Flexpoints and ThankYou points
on a single reservation: 20,000 Flexpoints and 25,000 ThankYou points won't buy you an $ 800 reservation, while 40,000 Flexpoints or 50,000 ThankYou points will.
One of the best
cards on the
market for
gas and restaurant spending, the PNC Cash
Rewards Visa offers more cash back
on everyday purchases than most of its competitors.