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AMEX Everyday Preferred ($95 per year) is great for groceries:
4.5 points per dollar up to $6000 spent per year (27,000 points max per year on groceries)
3 points on gas (no limit)
1.5 points on EVERYTHING ELSE.
I know it's not Chase points, but Chase and AMEX have some overlapping airlines, and using partner airlines there's not a whole lot you cannot do.
There is one catch with the Everyday Preferred. To get these points, you need to make at least 30 purchases per month. Size of purchase doesn't matter. Could be 30 purchases for a pack of gum each.
If you don't make the 30 purchases in a month, then you get:
3 points on groceries
2 points on gas
1 point on everything else.
So the 30 purchases gets you 50% bonus points.
We use the "holy trinity" of credit cards for everything:
Chase Freedom (only for category purchases)
Sapphire Reserve - all travel purchases and all restaurant purchases
AMEX Everyday Preferred - Groceries, gasoline, and everything else.
Certainly is an old thread, but an interesting one.
4.5 points per dollar up to $6000 spent per year (27,000 points max per year on groceries)
3 points on gas (no limit)
1.5 points on EVERYTHING ELSE.
I know it's not Chase points, but Chase and AMEX have some overlapping airlines, and using partner airlines there's not a whole lot you cannot do.
There is one catch with the Everyday Preferred. To get these points, you need to make at least 30 purchases per month. Size of purchase doesn't matter. Could be 30 purchases for a pack of gum each.
If you don't make the 30 purchases in a month, then you get:
3 points on groceries
2 points on gas
1 point on everything else.
So the 30 purchases gets you 50% bonus points.
We use the "holy trinity" of credit cards for everything:
Chase Freedom (only for category purchases)
Sapphire Reserve - all travel purchases and all restaurant purchases
AMEX Everyday Preferred - Groceries, gasoline, and everything else.
Certainly is an old thread, but an interesting one.