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Barclays AARP Essential Rewards Mastercard from Barclays vs JetBlue Card

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. JetBlue Card 1.4% 1x base rate
  2. AARP Essential Rewards Mastercard from Barclays 1.0% 1% base rate

Dining

  1. JetBlue Card 2.7% 2x
  2. AARP Essential Rewards Mastercard from Barclays 1.0% 1% base rate

Groceries

  1. JetBlue Card 2.7% 2x
  2. AARP Essential Rewards Mastercard from Barclays 1.0% 1% base rate

Gas

  1. AARP Essential Rewards Mastercard from Barclays 3.0% 3%
  2. JetBlue Card 1.4% 1x base rate

Drugstores

  1. AARP Essential Rewards Mastercard from Barclays 3.0% 3%
  2. JetBlue Card 1.4% 1x base rate

Flights

  1. JetBlue Card 4.1% 3x
  2. AARP Essential Rewards Mastercard from Barclays 1.0% 1% base rate

What the numbers are doing

JetBlue Card tops everything else at 1.4% only because this table values its points at 1.35 cents each. Value them at one cent and AARP Essential Rewards Mastercard from Barclays wins that category instead.

Where they differ: JetBlue Card takes everything else, dining, groceries and flights; AARP Essential Rewards Mastercard from Barclays takes gas and drugstores.

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CategoryBest card
Everything elseJetBlue Card1.4%
DiningJetBlue Card2.7%
GroceriesJetBlue Card2.7%
GasAARP Essential Rewards Mastercard from Barclays3.0%
DrugstoresAARP Essential Rewards Mastercard from Barclays3.0%
FlightsJetBlue Card4.1%

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. JetBlue Card — 1.4%
  2. AARP Essential Rewards Mastercard from Barclays — 1.0%

Dining

  1. JetBlue Card — 2.7%
  2. AARP Essential Rewards Mastercard from Barclays — 1.0%

Groceries

  1. JetBlue Card — 2.7%
  2. AARP Essential Rewards Mastercard from Barclays — 1.0%

Gas

  1. AARP Essential Rewards Mastercard from Barclays — 3.0%
  2. JetBlue Card — 1.4%

Drugstores

  1. AARP Essential Rewards Mastercard from Barclays — 3.0%
  2. JetBlue Card — 1.4%

Flights

  1. JetBlue Card — 4.1%
  2. AARP Essential Rewards Mastercard from Barclays — 1.0%
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