the only one that i know of is amex costco. It offers 2% CB on restaurants. I don't know if that qualifies as competive or not :-)
@bigblue7722 wrote:I was thinking about making a similar post about the lack of dining cards. There really is not any good dining cards execpt for the us bank card but i dont have any of them around me and I believe you have to apply in a branch for it. If you have discover it and chase freedom you get 5% back in two different quaters. Chase amazon offers 2%. The new sams mastercard will offer 3%. The sams mastercard will probably be the second most popular card on the boards when it comes out in june with 5% on gas up to 6k and 3% dining and travel including hotels, airline tickets ect. Sallie mae is the most popular card in my book
I know its not an amex card but as long as we are talking about other cards, there is also an chase aarp card that has 3% on both gas and restaurants. With sams card do you have to be an memeber of sam's club like you have to with costco? We don't have any sams club in my state so that would not be so great for me . Closes US bank is indiana or somewhere , an bit far for me thats like an 12 hour drive.
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@mongstradamus wrote:
@bigblue7722 wrote:I was thinking about making a similar post about the lack of dining cards. There really is not any good dining cards execpt for the us bank card but i dont have any of them around me and I believe you have to apply in a branch for it. If you have discover it and chase freedom you get 5% back in two different quaters. Chase amazon offers 2%. The new sams mastercard will offer 3%. The sams mastercard will probably be the second most popular card on the boards when it comes out in june with 5% on gas up to 6k and 3% dining and travel including hotels, airline tickets ect. Sallie mae is the most popular card in my book
I know its not an amex card but as long as we are talking about other cards, there is also an chase aarp card that has 3% on both gas and restaurants. With sams card do you have to be an memeber of sam's club like you have to with costco? We don't have any sams club in my state so that would not be so great for me . Closes US bank is indiana or somewhere , an bit far for me thats like an 12 hour drive.
for sams club card yes I do believe you need to be a member because you have to sign into your account to apply for the card. Do you have any family members in other states that could possibly add you to their account? You would have to go with them to the store cause they take your picture. Amex's card lineup is pretty weak if you ask me. The everyday card would cost me money in rewards to meet the bonus and the BCP AF is just too high to justify over having a combo of sallie mae 5% up to 250 on supermarkets and BOA 2% after that.
Well for me i wanted to get my foot in the door with amex anyways, and i do buy an lot of groceries so make up for AF of BCP within an few months. I don't have any family that lives on east coast they are all on west coast like california. I just wish US bank cash+ could be applied either online or over the phone, its quite the bummer you have to do it in bank.
@bigblue7722 wrote:
@mongstradamus wrote:
@bigblue7722 wrote:
@mongstradamus wrote:
@bigblue7722 wrote:I was thinking about making a similar post about the lack of dining cards. There really is not any good dining cards execpt for the us bank card but i dont have any of them around me and I believe you have to apply in a branch for it. If you have discover it and chase freedom you get 5% back in two different quaters. Chase amazon offers 2%. The new sams mastercard will offer 3%. The sams mastercard will probably be the second most popular card on the boards when it comes out in june with 5% on gas up to 6k and 3% dining and travel including hotels, airline tickets ect. Sallie mae is the most popular card in my book
I know its not an amex card but as long as we are talking about other cards, there is also an chase aarp card that has 3% on both gas and restaurants. With sams card do you have to be an memeber of sam's club like you have to with costco? We don't have any sams club in my state so that would not be so great for me . Closes US bank is indiana or somewhere , an bit far for me thats like an 12 hour drive.
for sams club card yes I do believe you need to be a member because you have to sign into your account to apply for the card. Do you have any family members in other states that could possibly add you to their account? You would have to go with them to the store cause they take your picture. Amex's card lineup is pretty weak if you ask me. The everyday card would cost me money in rewards to meet the bonus and the BCP AF is just too high to justify over having a combo of sallie mae 5% up to 250 on supermarkets and BOA 2% after that.
Well for me i wanted to get my foot in the door with amex anyways, and i do buy an lot of groceries so make up for AF of BCP within an few months. I don't have any family that lives on east coast they are all on west coast like california. I just wish US bank cash+ could be applied either online or over the phone, its quite the bummer you have to do it in bank.
Where do you do most of your grocery shopping. I do most of mine at target and use the red debit card and get 5% off instanly. I also use their carthwell app on my smartphone, their coupons on the website, and coupons from the sunday paper. It takes a little work but its way better than paying the AF with BCP and having the sallie mae as my backup card.
I don't shop at any one grocery store I do goto whole foods and trader joes an fair amount.I also just like having an amex card for purchases where I can get an additional one year warranty
