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

Dining

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

Groceries

  1. JetBlue Premier 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 Premier Card 1.4% 1x base rate

Drugstores

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

Flights

  1. JetBlue Premier Card 8.1% 6x
  2. AARP Essential Rewards Mastercard from Barclays 1.0% 1% base rate

What the numbers are doing

JetBlue Premier 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.

The table is earn rate only — annual fees are not netted out of it. These cards charge AARP Essential Rewards Mastercard from Barclays $0 and JetBlue Premier Card $499 a year, so a thin lead in one category may not cover the difference.

Where they differ: JetBlue Premier 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 Premier Card1.4%
DiningJetBlue Premier Card2.7%
GroceriesJetBlue Premier Card2.7%
GasAARP Essential Rewards Mastercard from Barclays3.0%
DrugstoresAARP Essential Rewards Mastercard from Barclays3.0%
FlightsJetBlue Premier Card8.1%

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

Dining

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

Groceries

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

Gas

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

Drugstores

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

Flights

  1. JetBlue Premier Card — 8.1%
  2. AARP Essential Rewards Mastercard from Barclays — 1.0%
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