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The Citi Custom Cash card earns ThankYou points which are worth a penny per point (1% cash back) unless you also have a Citi Premier card or Prestige in your Citi portfolio.

Assuming you do, then these should combine to your overall ThankYou pool once linked.

You will earn 5% cash back (as ThankYou Points) on purchases in your top eligible spend category each billing cycle, up to the first $500 spent, with 1% cash back thereafter. You do not have to select anything at any time. It's automatic.

The eligible spend categories are:

• Restaurants
• Gas Stations
• Grocery Stores
• Select Travel
• Select Transit
• Select Streaming Services
• Drugstores
• Home Improvement Stores
• Fitness Clubs
• Live Entertainment.

You'll earn an unlimited 1% cash back on all other purchases.

The 5X applies to your top category each month.

O% Intro APR Offer - New Purchases and Balance Transfers

You'll get 15 months at 0% for both new purchases and, if you choose, balance transfers. After that, the variable APR will be 13.99% - 23.99%.

Please note: If you are finding this card in your results for our Rewards Optimization tool, due to system limitations the tool will calculate a maximum of $6,000 per year for your top categories at 5%, but it will not factor in exact monthly spend.

This card is good for people who make lots of purchases - 30 per month earns you a 50% bonus on all points earned. With the bonus, it features some of the best earn rates available today, especially on groceries and gas where the points are multiplied.

American Express defines a supermarket as offering a wide variety of food and household products such as meat, fresh produce, dairy, canned and packaged goods, household cleaners, pharmacy products and pet supplies. (Superstores, convenience stores and warehouse clubs are NOT considered supermarkets.)

NOTE: This tool is automatically calculating your rewards with the assumption that you will have 30 transactions a month. If you have fewer, your rewards earned will be substantially less than shown.

This card is an excellent general travel, dining, and grocery card with a low annual fee.

Citi ThankYou cards are great because they have a range of interesting and advanced airline partners that you can transfer your points to, including Avianca, Turkish, and Cathay Pacific.

There are frequent transfer bonuses as well. If you are looking to get started collecting ThankYou points, this is the best starter card for the program.

How Does the Citi Premier Earn Citi ThankYou Points?

• 3X Points at Dining
• 3X Points at Grocery Stores / Supermarkets
• 3X Points on Gas
• 3X Points on Flights and Hotels
• 1X Points on All Other Purchases

Other ThankYou Premier Card benefits

• The annual hotel savings benefit will give you $100 off a $500 prepaid hotel booking in the ThankYou travel portal.
• No foreign transaction fees

Thank You points can be transferred to a variety of airline frequent flyer programs, such as Avianca, Etihad, Turkish and Cathay Pacific.

This Costco-branded card earns 2% cash back at Costco. It also earns an incredible 4% cash back at gas stations, both Costco and otherwise, for the first $7,000 per year. Additionally, it earns 3% cash back at restaurants and on travel.

You must have a Costco membership to be eligible for this card.

The Altitude Connect joins the Altitude Reserve and Altitude GO in the US Bank Altitude series. This card is idea for someone that spends a lot at gas stations and travel, but does not want "complicated" transferable bank points, this card would offer excellent value due to the 4% cash back in these categories. The streaming credit isn't much, but it will get you back $30 of the $95 annual fee if you keep the card.

Card Features:

• 4X points (which equates to 4% cash back) on travel and at gas stations
• 2X points at grocery stores and on grocery delivery
• 2X points for dining (at a restaurant or via delivery)
• 2X points on streaming services
• 1X point per dollar on all other eligible purchases
• Earn a $30 annual streaming credit: When you put eligible streaming services on your card for 11 straight billing cycles, the 12th month will see a credit of up to $30.
• Cell Phone Protection: You can get reimbursed for up to $600 if your cell phone is stolen or damaged (but lost phones are not covered) as long as you pay your monthly cell phone bill with your card. $100 deductible applies and you will be covered for a maximum of one claim per year. Protection is secondary to homeowners/renters insurance.
• TSA PreCheck or Global Entry Credit: You'll get up to $100 in statement credits to reimburse your application fee up to once every four years.
• No Foreign Transaction Fees.

US Bank Altitude Connect Credit Card Review

The Altitude Connect joins the Altitude Reserve and Altitude GO in the US Bank Altitude series. This card is ideal for someone that spends a lot at gas stations and travel, but does not want "complicated" transferable bank points, this card would offer excellent value due to the 4% cash back in these categories. The streaming credit isn't much, but it will get you back $30 of the $95 annual fee if you keep the card.

This card is for people with a strong credit profile. You should have a 720 or better FICO to apply for this card.

The Blue Cash Preferred® Card from American Express offers fantastic bonuses on U.S. supermarkets and U.S. gas stations.

This may be the best cash back card for groceries and gas combined, with 6% back on US supermarkets (up to $6,000 a year; 1% thereafter) and U.S. streaming services plus 3% back on U.S. gas and transit (bus, train, ferry, etc). Terms apply.

There is also an offer for a 0% Intro APR for 12 months on new purchases, then 13.99% to 23.99%. (Rates and Fees)

* American Express defines a supermarket as a store offering a wide variety of food and household products such as meat, fresh produce, dairy, canned and packaged goods, household cleaners, pharmacy products and pet supplies. (Superstores, convenience stores and warehouse clubs are NOT considered supermarkets.)

Note on the 3% cash back on transit: It does not include cruises, airfare, or other standard "travel" categories. The YourBestCreditCards tool classifies this in the Other Travel category. See site for details. Terms apply.

This mid-tier Hilton card comes with complimentary Hilton Gold status.

It will allow you to earn 12x Hilton Honors points at Hilton; 6x at US restaurants, US supermarkets, and US gas stations; and 3x everywhere else.

There is also an opportunity to earn Diamond status and a free weekend night via card spend.

American Express defines a supermarket as offering a wide variety of food and household products such as meat, fresh produce, dairy, canned and packaged goods, household cleaners, pharmacy products and pet supplies. (Superstores, convenience stores and warehouse clubs are NOT considered supermarkets.)

Note: Estimated Rewards Values shown throughout this site assume your hotel spend will be at Hilton brand hotels and resorts. If you have additional hotel spend not associated with Hilton, your actual return will be lower.

The Wells Fargo Propel offers 3x on gas stations, rideshares, transit, flights, hotels, car rentals, and some streaming services.

It earns 1x elsewhere.

These points can be used in their travel portal to purchase travel of almost any kind.

The Wells Fargo Propel credit card also provides complimentary cell phone insurance. There are no foreign transaction fees, either.

New cardholders will get a 12 month introductory 0% intro APR period on both purchases and balance transfers. 14.49%-24.99% Variable thereafter. See Terms.

o% APR Offers - Balance Transfers

Get a 0% Intro APR on both balance transfers and purchases for 15 months. Then, the variable APR will be 13.49% - 23.49%, depending on your creditworthiness. There is a balance transfer fee, which is either $5 or 3% of the amount of each transfer, whichever is greater.

Earning ThankYou Points

Earn 2x at supermarkets and gas stations for the first $6,000 combined per year, and 1x everywhere else, before rounding up. Excellent for small purchases. Round up to the nearest 10 points on all purchases.

Note: Your earnings will be larger than those shown in our calculations because we cannot factor in the "round up" feature of this card as it correlates to each exact transaction you will make.

Review: Get a free checked bag and preferred boarding on American Airlines. Earn 2x AAdvantage miles at gas stations and restaurants, as well as on American Airlines. Also earn a $100 flight discount after spending $20,000 and renewing your card.

NOTE: In calculating your potential rewards for this card, we are assuming that all spend entered as "Airline" is on American Airlines. If some of your airline spend is on other airlines, that spend will earn 1x rather than 2x miles and reduce your expected rewards.

This Student credit card earns 2x on supermarkets and gas, up to a combined $6,000 per year.

It earns 1x ThankYou Points on everything else and gives you the ability the ability to get 10% Points Back for the first 100,000 ThankYou points as you redeem them each year.

The no-annual fee Hilton Honors American Express Card comes with complimentary Hilton Silver status, earns bonus Hilton points on Hilton stays, US restaurants, US gas stations, and US supermarkets*. Terms apply.

*American Express defines a supermarket as offering a wide variety of food and household products such as meat, fresh produce, dairy, canned and packaged goods, household cleaners, pharmacy products and pet supplies. (Superstores, convenience stores and warehouse clubs are NOT considered supermarkets.)

NOTE: For the purposes of calculating your expected rewards, we are assuming that the spend you put in "Hotels" is all spent at Hilton portfolio hotels and resorts. If some is spent at other hotels, your actual rewards will be slightly lower.

While not a card typically on most people's radar, this card and its sister, the Avianca Vida card, are an interesting proposition for two reasons.

1) The Welcome offer essentially allows you to buy 40,000 LifeMiles for the $149 annual fee, or less than half a cent per mile.

2) Many people have been locked out of the more conventional program's affiliated cards, for reasons such as Chase's 5/24 rule. This card is issued by Banco Popular.

Balance Transfer Offer

Get 12 months of 0% APR interest rates when you transfer a balance. (Terms apply.)

NOTE: Our rewards calculator and Estimated Rewards Values assume all "Airfare" is on Avianca and is therefore counted at 2x points. If you also fly another carrier, you will only earn 1x points for those purchases and your Reward Values would be lower than indicated.

• 2 miles per dollar on United Airlines purchases and earn 25% back on United inflight purchases
• 2 miles per dollar at gas stations,  and on local transit and commuting charges
• Earn 3 miles per $1 spent at grocery stores, on up to $1,500 per month through 9/30/2021
• Earn 1 mile per $1 spent on all other purchases
• No foreign transaction fees

Note that in calculating your rewards on this card, we are counting all airfare as 2X miles since we don't capture your spend by airline. However, please note that the 2X multiplier on airfare will only apply to United flights.

The Blue Cash Everyday® Card from American Express has no annual fee and earns cash back with several popular bonus categories.

It features bonus cashback on groceries, gas, and department stores.

- Earn 3% cash back at US supermarkets for up to $6,000 in annual purchases; 1% thereafter.

- Earn 2% cash back at US gas stations and certain US Department Stores

- Earn 1% cash back on everything else.

American Express defines a supermarket as offering a wide variety of food and household products such as meat, fresh produce, dairy, canned and packaged goods, household cleaners, pharmacy products and pet supplies. (Superstores, convenience stores and warehouse clubs are NOT considered supermarkets.)

0% Intro APR

Enjoy a 0% APR on new purchases for 15 months starting when you are approved for the Blue Cash Everyday card; then 13.99% to 23.99%. (Rates and Fees)

Disney offers discounts on merchandise, select dining locations, and guided tours; and special perks to cardholders, including cardholder-only photo opportunities, character experiences, and special cardholder-only locations in Disney parks, exclusive cardholder-only events, exclusive early access to events and Broadway tickets, and 0% APR for 6 months from date of purchase on Disney vacation packages. Choose from 10 Disney card designs. Earn 2% DRD (Disney Reward Dollars) at restaurants, grocery stores, gas stations, and most Disney locations; earn 1% DRD everywhere else.

With 4% cash back on dining, including takeout and delivery, 2% back on groceries, streaming, and gas, and no annual fee, our review is that the Altitude GO is a surprisingly strong card.

Card Features:

• 4% cash back on dining, including takeout and delivery
• 2% cash back on grocery stores and grocery delivery, streaming services and purchases at gas stations
• 1% cash back on everything else
• No annual fee
• No foreign transaction fees
• A one-time $15 streaming service credit after 11 months of streaming service purchases.

0% Intro APR for 12 Months on the Altitude GO card

New cardmembers will get a 0% APR on new purchases and on balance transfers for 12 months. A 3% fee applies to balance transfers.

US Bank Altitude GO Credit Card Review

The bottom line is that 4% cash back on dining, including takeout, dine-in, and delivery, is extremely strong for a credit card without an annual fee. It compares to the Capital One Savor card, though that card carries an annual fee.

Beyond the 4% cash back on dining, the 2% and 1% categories aren't special, especially considering the Citi Double Cash earns 2% back on everything, all of the time. But we can't think of another card earning 4% back on dining without an annual fee.

This card is for people with a very strong credit profile. You should have a 720 or better FICO to apply for this card.