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Updated: Mar 18, 2024
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Blue Cash Everyday® Card from American Express

Our pick for: Everyday spending

The Blue Cash Everyday® Card from American Express pays elevated rewards at U.S. supermarkets, at U.S. gas stations and on U.S. online retail purchases. The rewards might not be as rich as on the Blue Cash Preferred® Card from American Express, but this card doesn't charge an annual fee either. New cardholders get a decent welcome offer and an introductory 0% APR period. Read our review.

U.S. Bank Cash+® Visa Signature® Card

Our pick for: Flexibility and customization

If you don't mind putting some work into your rewards, check out the U.S. Bank Cash+® Visa Signature® Card. It might be the most customizable cash back card available. You pick which categories earn the most cash back — you get two 5% categories and a 2% category — and you can change those options every quarter. There's a good bonus offer for new cardholders, too. Read our review.

Prime Visa

Our pick for: Amazon Prime members

If you drop a lot of money at Amazon and/or Whole Foods Market, this is the card for you, with 5% back on such purchases, plus bonus rewards at restaurants and gas stations, plus local transit and commuting (including rideshare). There's no annual fee, but you have to be a Prime member, and that does have a fee. Read our review.

Wells Fargo Active Cash® Card

Our pick for: Maximum simplicity

Among flat-rate cash-back cards, you'll be hard-pressed to beat the Wells Fargo Active Cash® Card. It earns an unlimited 2% back on all purchases, which is excellent. But in addition, the card offers a rich sign-up bonus and a generous 0% intro APR on both purchases and balance transfers. That's an impressive, hard-to-find combination of features on a card with a $0 annual fee. Read our review.

U.S. Bank Shopper Cash Rewards™ Visa Signature® Card

Our pick for: Big spending with major retailers

The U.S. Bank Shopper Cash Rewards™ Visa Signature® Card is tailor-made for consumers who spend a lot of money at retailers that don't fit into (or are specifically excluded from) the bonus categories offered by other credit cards. The card also offers a higher-than-usual rate on spending outside its bonus categories. The downside: There's an annual fee. Read our review.

Discover it® Cash Back

Our pick for: Seasonal shopping

The Discover it® Cash Back earns bonus cash back in quarterly categories that you activate. In past years, those categories have included common spending areas like grocery stores, restaurants, gas stations and specific major retailers. Category activation can be a hassle, but if your spending aligns with those categories (and for most households, it probably will), you can rake in serious rewards. You also get the issuer's signature "cash-back match" bonus in your first year. Read our review.

Chase Freedom Flex℠

Our pick for: Seasonal shopping

The Chase Freedom Flex℠ offers bonus cash back in quarterly categories that you activate, as well as on travel booked through Chase, at restaurants and at drugstores. Category activation can be a hassle, but if your spending matches the categories — and for a lot of people, it will — you can rack up hundreds of dollars a year. There's a fantastic bonus offer for new cardholders and an intro APR offer, too. Read our review.

Bank of America® Customized Cash Rewards credit card

Our pick for: 0% intro APR period

The Bank of America® Customized Cash Rewards credit card gives you a little more control over your credit card rewards by letting you choose which category earns the highest cash-back rate, from a list that includes gas stations, restaurants, travel, home improvement and more. You also get bonus rewards at grocery stores and supermarkets, plus a great new-cardholder bonus offer. Read our review.

PayPal Cashback Mastercard®

Our pick for: PayPal power users

Earn unlimited 3% cash back on purchases made with the card through PayPal and unlimited 2% cash back on all other purchases. You'll need a PayPal account, but if you're the sort of person this card appeals to, you probably already have one. Read our review.

Capital One® Walmart Rewards™ Mastercard®

Our pick for: Walmart regulars

Walmart's branded credit card is unusual among store cards in that it gives you significantly better rewards for purchases through Walmart.com (and the Walmart app) than for those made in an actual brick-and-mortar Walmart. If you rely on Walmart pickup and delivery for groceries and other necessities, you can rack up rewards quickly. Read our review.

Target REDcard™ Credit Card

Our pick for: Target fans

Target's branded credit card doesn't give you rewards that require you to come back in order to use them. Instead, it gives you a 5% discount on just about everything, both in-store and online, as well as free shipping and extra time for returns. Read our review.

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Things to know about online shopping rewards

Not all online spending is 'online shopping'

Just because you spent money online doesn't mean your credit card will give you bonus rewards tied to "online shopping." Each card issuer defines for itself what exactly counts as "online shopping," but in general, it means buying something on the web or through an app from a merchant that the credit card issuer recognizes as a retailer. (How does it know? It uses merchant category codes.) Payments for services don't usually count, nor do things like doctor bills, tax payments, alimony or child support and utility bills. Examples:

  • The Blue Cash Everyday® Card from American Express says its online shopping rewards apply only to purchases from a "U.S. retail merchant that sells physical goods and/or merchandise directly to consumers. Purchases made at restaurants, supermarkets, gasoline stations, or automotive dealers, as well as purchases of travel, entertainment, or other services are NOT eligible for additional rewards."

  • The Bank of America® Customized Cash Rewards credit card says it "includes online and mobile app purchases in a wide variety of merchant categories." It provides several examples (though not a full list) of the types of merchants that would qualify as well as specific retailer brands. It also offers a full page of exceptions.

Streaming isn't necessarily shopping

"Online shopping" and "online streaming" are not necessarily synonymous when it comes to credit card bonus categories. If you're looking for a card that specifically rewards the latter, see NerdWallet's best credit cards for streaming services.

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To view rates and fees of the Blue Cash Everyday® Card from American Express, see this page.

Last updated on March 18, 2024

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