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socalchef00
Regular Contributor

Good Cash Back Card?

I'm finally ready to add 1 or 2 more cards to my list and I'm looking for some good cash back cards, if any are better than what I already have?

 

Top categories we use : 

 

1. Gas

2. Grocery

3. Resturants

4. Everyday

 

I thought about adding an Amex card since I don't have one, but if there are any better ones?

 

Current cash back cards I have are : 

 

Fidelity , 2% everywhere

Discover IT , 1%everywhere,  + 5% select categories 

Cap1 Quicksilver, 1.5% everywhere

Navy Federal, 1.5% everywhere


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Harvey26
Valued Contributor

Re: Good Cash Back Card?

@socalchef00 More Rewards Amex from NFCU sounds like a good fit. 

Amex ED: 8K, Macys Amex: 4K , BOA Premium Rewards: 60K , Best Buy Visa: 7K , VACU Mastercard: 11.5K Discover: 25K, Amex Delta Reserve 15k, Apple Card:3.5K, Saks WEMC 16.2K, PNC Cash Unlimited: 20K
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AverageJoesCredit
Legendary Contributor

Re: Good Cash Back Card?

Citi DC, Citi Custom Cash, WF Active Cash, Bread Amex 

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crystal626
Regular Contributor

Re: Good Cash Back Card?

Navy Federal More Rewards. 3% on gas, groceries, dining, and transit. 

 

The AMEX BCP may be good too if you have more than $270 a month in groceries and streaming. 6% groceries, 6% streaming, 3% gas. It has a $95 annual fee though so you have to have enough 6% spend to make it positive. 

 

The Citi Custom Cash is great as well. No annual fee and gives 5% on your top spending category each month automatically. Also has a $200 SUB. 

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Crowhelm
Established Contributor

Re: Good Cash Back Card?


@socalchef00 wrote:

I'm finally ready to add 1 or 2 more cards to my list and I'm looking for some good cash back cards, if any are better than what I already have?

 

Top categories we use : 

 

1. Gas

2. Grocery

3. Resturants

4. Everyday

 

I thought about adding an Amex card since I don't have one, but if there are any better ones?

 

Current cash back cards I have are : 

 

Fidelity , 2% everywhere

Discover IT , 1%everywhere,  + 5% select categories 

Cap1 Quicksilver, 1.5% everywhere

Navy Federal, 1.5% everywhere


An excellent card is the Affinity Cash Rewards. My wife and I only have it since last December and combined we earned $567.58 in cashback, not including the $200 SUB each of us received as well. It has insane Bonus categories on top of the regular 5% at Amazon, 2% on gas, supermarkets, and streaming services. This quarter is an additional 5% on Gas (7% total), Supermarkets (7% total), and Garden centers (6% total). Supermarkets include Costco and Walmart. 







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h2oeng
Contributor

Re: Good Cash Back Card?

I've got the AMEX BCE card primarly for groceries.  No AF, 3% on groceries, 2% on gas and 1% on everything else.  I also have the WF Active Cash card, no AF and a flat 2% on everything.  

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Kforce
Valued Contributor

Re: Good Cash Back Card?

Simplicity:

BofW 3% (Gas, grocery, restaurant, fast food)  or

NFCU More Rewards

 

Love collecting cards / want max rewards:

Citi Custom Cash,  Affinity Cash Rewards and then keep getting more 4% & 5% untill you hit your CC limit

 

A lot of general spend replace the 1.5% & 2% cards:

Alliant CU Signature (2.5% up to 10k/mo), has a few requirements however IMO the best general spend.

 

Get cards just for SUB and drop in a year or two:

A long list of 200$ for 1000 to 3000 spend

FNBO, City, WF, Etc

 

 

 

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NoMoreE46
Community Leader
Senior Contributor

Re: Good Cash Back Card?

It be more helpful if you can provide your monthly spend on each of those categories....

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ptatohed
Valued Contributor

Re: Good Cash Back Card?

Some really good suggestions so far.  If it were me, I'd add the Chase Freedom Flex.  5% on rotating cats, 3% dining, 5% gas for the first year.  I love my Nusenda but I have heard it is harder to get today than when I got it several years ago.  I try to get 5% in the same cats you mentioned - gas, dining, grocery - and I am able to almost every quarter, every year.  Good luck.  

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issac2x
Frequent Contributor

Re: Good Cash Back Card?

As others have mentioned Navy More Rewards would cover dining/groceries/gas/Amex and since you have a Navy card already see if you can product change it to save an app. You can also check if you have an offer to PC your Cap1 card to savorone for dining/groceries and to save another app.

Everyday is already covered with a Fidelity 2% card so you can keep using that.

The two cards apps I'd recommend to you are once again mentioned upthread: Citi Custom and Affinity.


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