Best premium travel card
American Express Platinum Card®
- Welcome offer
- Up to 175,000 pts
- Welcome offer value
- ≈ $1,750
- Annual fee
- $895
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Best overall travel card
Chase Sapphire Reserve®
- Welcome offer
- 100,000 pts
- Welcome offer value
- ≈ $1,250
- Annual fee
- $795
Best travel card under $100
Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card
- Welcome offer
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- 100,000 pts
- Welcome offer value
- ≈ $1,250
- Annual fee
- $95
Best flat-rate travel card
Capital One Venture Rewards Credit Card
- Welcome offer
- 75,000 miles
- Welcome offer value
- ≈ $750
- Annual fee
- $95
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Every card, measured the same way.
Structured data on 900+ cards — rewards, fees, annual credits, welcome offers, and redemption options, recorded identically across issuers.
See what a card is worth to you — before you apply.
Set your own spending, count only the annual credits you’d actually use, and watch the estimate update — annual fees included, first year and ongoing.
Welcome offer+$750
Rewards + annual credits+$1,240
Annual fees−$790
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Choosing the card is step one.
MaxRewards keeps working after you apply — tracking your rewards and benefits, activating card-linked offers, and telling you the best card to use every time you pay.
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