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The truth about Robinhood Gold “3%” Card

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CashOutReFi
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The truth about Robinhood Gold “3%” Card

For anyone wondering, it is $60 a year AF ($5/mo) and your "3%" is in points. 

Those points are only 3% of your spend if you transfer them into your Robinhood brokerage account. 

Your points are paid out at 0.7 cents if you opt for the statement credit. I would not call that a 3% CASH BACK card. It is a 3% REWARDS card. 

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ptatohed
Senior Contributor

Re: The truth about Robinhood Gold “3%” Card

Well, to be clear, the card has no AF.  But, in order to be eligible for the card, you need to be  a Robinhood Gold member which costs $60 per year / $5 per month.  Or you can pay $50 annually.  Gold membership is not without its benefits.  A decent (but not astounding) 3.35% HY account for your cash.  3% IRA match (which is actually pretty nice and can easily cover the $50 annual membership fee).  Investing perks, etc.

 

Sending your 3% cash back to a brokerage account is still 3% cash back.  If it goes to your HY account, now you're earning interest on your CB.  

 

In fact, if you have your 3% cash back invested into your IRA-matched account, it can easily be argued that the Robinhood Gold card is a 3.09% CB card!!

Everyday 5% CB:
Chase prime Visa // citi CUSTOM CASH “A” // citi CUSTOM CASH “B” // citi CUSTOM CASH “C” // citi ThankYou (5% gas, lucrative spending offers) // mylowe’s Rewards // Target circle card

Rotating 5% CB:
Chase “OG” freedom Visa // DISCOVER it Cash Back // nusenda CU Platinum Cash Rewards

Everyday 4% CB:
US Bank Smartly (v1.0)

Everyday 3% / 2.2% CB:
AOD FCU Visa Signature (3%, sockdrawered) // upgrade Cash Rewards Elite (2.2%, sockdrawered)

Welcome Offer / credits only:
NFCU FLAGSHIP REWARDS (elevated Welcome Offer, annual prime credit, sockdrawered)

Hotel card:
Chase IHG ONE REWARDS PREMIER (elevated Welcome Offer, 1 free night/yr)

On my radar:
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redpat
Senior Contributor

Re: The truth about Robinhood Gold “3%” Card

@CashOutReFi 

 

Lol, your post is the untruth.....

 

Robinhood gold has nothing to do with just getting a credit card as @ptatohed  said.

 

@ptatohed HYS is now 3.6%, we have gold for our IRA contributions

 

No interest in their CC though.

Personal Cards: Amex Delta Res | CSR | Citi AA Exec | Citi Strata Premier Business Cards: Ink+ | Amex BBP
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MasheenL
New Member

Re: The truth about Robinhood Gold “3%” Card

Also, once you are gold within RH, you get $1000 in free margin.  If you park that into something like SGOV, you can almost make back the entire $50.  Stack on the 3% IRA match and you're easily there.  The Gold Card is cash back, but it is best utilized by re-investing it in RH's ecosystem.  Even if you just dump the cash back into your investment cash account, it's still earning 3.6%.  I'm not sure how many other cards offer cash back PLUS are willing to pay interest on that cash. 

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