Barclays AARP Essential Rewards Mastercard from Barclays vs Upromise World Mastercard
Both are Barclays cards. Here is every spend category, ranked by what each card actually returns.
Everything else
- Upromise World Mastercard 1.3% 1.25% base rate
- AARP Essential Rewards Mastercard from Barclays 1.0% 1% base rate
Gas
- AARP Essential Rewards Mastercard from Barclays 3.0% 3%
- Upromise World Mastercard 1.3% 1.25% base rate
Drugstores
- AARP Essential Rewards Mastercard from Barclays 3.0% 3%
- Upromise World Mastercard 1.3% 1.25% base rate
What the numbers are doing
Where they differ: Upromise World Mastercard takes everything else; AARP Essential Rewards Mastercard from Barclays takes gas and drugstores.
| Category | Best card |
|---|---|
| Everything else | Upromise World Mastercard1.3% |
| Gas | AARP Essential Rewards Mastercard from Barclays3.0% |
| Drugstores | AARP Essential 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
- Upromise World Mastercard — 1.3%
- AARP Essential Rewards Mastercard from Barclays — 1.0%
Gas
- AARP Essential Rewards Mastercard from Barclays — 3.0%
- Upromise World Mastercard — 1.3%
Drugstores
- AARP Essential Rewards Mastercard from Barclays — 3.0%
- Upromise World Mastercard — 1.3%
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