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Barclays AARP Essential Rewards Mastercard from Barclays vs AARP Travel Rewards Mastercard from Barclays

Both are Barclays cards. Here is every spend category, ranked by what each card actually returns.

Best card by category Card terms as of Oct 29

Everything else

  1. AARP Essential Rewards Mastercard from Barclays 1.0% 1% base rate
  2. AARP Travel Rewards Mastercard from Barclays 1.0% 1% base rate

Dining

  1. AARP Travel Rewards Mastercard from Barclays 2.0% 2%
  2. AARP Essential Rewards Mastercard from Barclays 1.0% 1% base rate

Gas

  1. AARP Essential Rewards Mastercard from Barclays 3.0% 3%
  2. AARP Travel Rewards Mastercard from Barclays 1.0% 1% base rate

Drugstores

  1. AARP Essential Rewards Mastercard from Barclays 3.0% 3%
  2. AARP Travel Rewards Mastercard from Barclays 1.0% 1% base rate

Flights

  1. AARP Travel Rewards Mastercard from Barclays 3.0% 3%
  2. AARP Essential Rewards Mastercard from Barclays 1.0% 1% base rate

Hotels

  1. AARP Travel Rewards Mastercard from Barclays 3.0% 3%
  2. AARP Essential Rewards Mastercard from Barclays 1.0% 1% base rate

Car rental

  1. AARP Travel Rewards Mastercard from Barclays 3.0% 3%
  2. AARP Essential Rewards Mastercard from Barclays 1.0% 1% base rate

What the numbers are doing

Where they differ: AARP Travel Rewards Mastercard from Barclays takes dining, flights, hotels and car rental; AARP Essential Rewards Mastercard from Barclays takes gas and drugstores.

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CategoryBest card
Everything elseAARP Essential Rewards Mastercard from Barclays1.0%
DiningAARP Travel Rewards Mastercard from Barclays2.0%
GasAARP Essential Rewards Mastercard from Barclays3.0%
DrugstoresAARP Essential Rewards Mastercard from Barclays3.0%
FlightsAARP Travel Rewards Mastercard from Barclays3.0%
HotelsAARP Travel Rewards Mastercard from Barclays3.0%
Car rentalAARP Travel Rewards Mastercard from Barclays3.0%

Content preview. Apple Wallet controls the layout; visible categories vary by device. Categories that rank the same as Everything else are left off; every other category is in pass details.

Every category, every card

Everything else

  1. AARP Essential Rewards Mastercard from Barclays — 1.0%
  2. AARP Travel Rewards Mastercard from Barclays — 1.0%

Dining

  1. AARP Travel Rewards Mastercard from Barclays — 2.0%
  2. AARP Essential Rewards Mastercard from Barclays — 1.0%

Gas

  1. AARP Essential Rewards Mastercard from Barclays — 3.0%
  2. AARP Travel Rewards Mastercard from Barclays — 1.0%

Drugstores

  1. AARP Essential Rewards Mastercard from Barclays — 3.0%
  2. AARP Travel Rewards Mastercard from Barclays — 1.0%

Flights

  1. AARP Travel Rewards Mastercard from Barclays — 3.0%
  2. AARP Essential Rewards Mastercard from Barclays — 1.0%

Hotels

  1. AARP Travel Rewards Mastercard from Barclays — 3.0%
  2. AARP Essential Rewards Mastercard from Barclays — 1.0%

Car rental

  1. AARP Travel Rewards Mastercard from Barclays — 3.0%
  2. AARP Essential Rewards Mastercard from Barclays — 1.0%
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