The premium perks are also in line with other cards that have
a higher effective annual fee.
Not exact matches
Given the
high annual fee, the rewards program on its own is nothing to be excited about — there are many cards that offer similar
effective rewards and / or cash back rates with an
annual fee of less than $ 100, and some that have no
annual fee at all.
However, you'll also pay a one - time
fee of 2.15 % to the SBA, as well as some additional
fees, meaning your total cost of borrowing (or
annual percentage rate) will be slightly
higher than your
effective rate.
If you factor in the $ 250 Hilton credit, then the
effective annual fee on the Hilton Honors American Express Aspire Card is $ 200 — which is still $ 105
higher than the
fee on the Hilton Honors Ascend Card from American Express.
The
annual percentage rate, usually shown next to the advertised and called «APR», or nominal, interest rate, is always
higher than the actual, or
effective, loan interest rate because it annualizes the
fees and costs associated with the loan.
Making
effective use of airline incidental credits is important if you want to reduce the
effective annual fee of
high risk /
high reward cards like AmEx's Platinum cards.
If you're looking for a no
annual fee card to earn rewards but plan to carry a balance on your credit card statements each month, you might first consider the Chase Slate Visa for the purpose of eliminating those
high - interest balances in a cost -
effective manner.
This card has the
highest travel credit of any card on the list at $ 325 which makes the
effective annual fee only $ 75.
While the Barclaycard Arrival Plus offers a
higher effective earning rate of 2.11 (with the 5 % rebate factored in), you'd still have to spend $ 87,000 in order to offset the
annual fee that you don't have to pay with the Citi Double Cash ($ 87,000 x 2 = 174,000 miles and 174,000 x.05 = 8,700 miles or $ 87).