Looking for an entertainment card...

[Anonymous]

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@Anonymous wrote:
With straight two percent cards I haven't seen anything other than citi...and citi and I have mutually blacklisted each other

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http://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/Credit-Cards/Is-Blispay-too-good-to-be-true/td-p/4641257

[Anonymous]

Paying down my vacation and emergency dental work is on my list to do, hence the two- three months to get my utilization down to under ten percent. Gardening for the next 6 months is also on the list like stated. Figured if I am going to wait six months I should start to do research before apping for anything. Don't really want a collection of cards to just have them if they don't serve me a purpose. Thank you.

[myjourney]

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@Anonymous wrote:
With straight two percent cards I haven't seen anything other than citi...and citi and I have mutually blacklisted each other

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https://www.fidelity.com/cash-management/visa-signature-card

[Themanwhocan]

Marvel is a pretty good choice. Or the JCB Marukai card if you are in their area.

Eventually you will be able to convert that US Bank card to a Cash+, since they are now giving everyone the Cash+ regardless of starting limit. Once you achieve hat, you could make it a 5% fast food, 2% restaurant card. remember to ask for a $1500 cli every 6 months.

Check out his thread, especially the non-category spend chart, and the Restaurants chart  http://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/Credit-Cards/Cash-Back-credit-card-charts/td-p/4004725

[Anonymous]

Thanks themanehocan, I have tried to PC my US Bank card to the US Bank Cash Plus Visa Platium, but not available yet for me and still have 3 months to go for a CLI

[SunriseEarth]

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@Anonymous wrote:
I will be in the garden for the next 6 months or so. But in the mean time I am starting to research a potential card that fits my spending habits. Looking for a CC to maximize restaurants, bars and fast food to earn more rewards. Any suggestions other than Citi- burned them horribly a couple years back and the blacklist is mutual... At 25 percent utilization for another three months then down to blow ten percent. EX 652, TU 640 and Eq 672- currently baddies two charge offs from 2013 and a 90 day late from 2013. Current line up:
Amex BCE 1000:grocery and as for 3 and 2 percent
Chase freedom 2500:for 5 percent categories
Barclay Rewards 3500: for utilities 2 percent cash back
Bofa BBR 2000- large purchases for the 120 in statement credits
Cap one QS 3500: daily for now at 1.5 percent if not using a category card
US Bank Cash Rewards- well, for nothing since its one percent and my lowest credit line 800

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Marvel is definitely a good choice for 3% dining.   It's also good for movies and show tickets at 3%, so I think it's great for entertainment!   Cash+ is great if you do fast food a lot (5%) and add restaurants at 2%.   However, the Cash+ dining categories don't include catering and possibly not bars (I haven't tried it at a bar yet).  Other dining cards are more inclusive and would include both of those categories.  Catering is good, because if you go to a show or an event that has a bar, they often code as "caterers".  

If you have a Sam's Club membership, their MC also has 3% dining, but the rewards are only annual; Marvel does a monthly statement credit.   

Discover is excellent for 5% on all dining when it's a category (Q2 is dining), but that only happens once a year.  

[Anonymous]

Have you looked at blispay? It's a straight 2% and another flavor of the month card.

[creditfan]

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@myjourney wrote:

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@Anonymous wrote:
With straight two percent cards I haven't seen anything other than citi...and citi and I have mutually blacklisted each other

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https://www.fidelity.com/cash-management/visa-signature-card

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use this link https://www.fidelity.com/go/rewards-visa-signature to get $100 signup bonus

[RonM21]

Marvel is not a card I have, but have heard good things about overall. It is one I'm looking in to based on what info I have so far.

[kdm31091]

Discover only does dining one quarter of the year, but at one quarter 5% and three 1%, that's still an average of 2% on dining for the year (which of course is not remarkable but not horrible either).

You can do the Marvel card for 3% dining/entertainment, AARP 3% dining, etc or you can just choose a standard 2% across the board card and not have to worry about things coding correctly. The Marvel is not a bad product but redemption isn't very flexible (the rewards just get deducted monthly). If you like to "save up" the points for any purpose, the Marvel isn't the best fit. If this doesn't matter to you and you just want the 3%, it offers 3% on many entertainment expenses.

Lastly, I'd question how big of a factor "entertainment" is in your budget? If these are just occasional purchases, may not be worth a dedicated card. Less is more with rewards cards. The more you spread out, the more diluted the points become.