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Chase Freedom Flex vs IHG One Rewards Business Credit Card

Both are Chase 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. IHG One Rewards Business Credit Card 1.8% 3x base rate
  2. Freedom Flex 1.0% 1% base rate

Dining

  1. Freedom Flex 7.0% 7%: 3% plus the rotating bonus this quarter
  2. IHG One Rewards Business Credit Card 3.0% 5x

Groceries

  1. Freedom Flex 5.0% 5%, rotating this quarter
  2. IHG One Rewards Business Credit Card 1.8% 3x base rate

Gas

  1. IHG One Rewards Business Credit Card 3.0% 5x
  2. Freedom Flex 1.0% 1% base rate

Travel

  1. IHG One Rewards Business Credit Card 3.0% 5x
  2. Freedom Flex 1.0% 1% base rate

Travel · portal

  1. Freedom Flex · Chase Travel 5.0% 5%

Drugstores

  1. Freedom Flex 3.0% 3%
  2. IHG One Rewards Business Credit Card 1.8% 3x base rate

Advertising

  1. IHG One Rewards Business Credit Card 3.0% 5x
  2. Freedom Flex 1.0% 1% base rate

Lyft

  1. Freedom Flex 2.0% 2%
  2. IHG One Rewards Business Credit Card 1.8% 3x base rate

What the numbers are doing

Freedom Flex wins dining at 7% because the rotating calendar is on it this quarter, stacked on the card's own 3%. The quarter ends December 31, 2026; after it the card earns 3% there, and no later quarter in the published calendar brings it back.

The table is earn rate only — annual fees are not netted out of it. These cards charge Freedom Flex $0 and IHG One Rewards Business Credit Card $200 a year, so a thin lead in one category may not cover the difference.

Where they differ: IHG One Rewards Business Credit Card takes everything else, gas, travel and advertising; Freedom Flex takes dining, groceries, drugstores and lyft.

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CategoryBest card
Everything elseIHG One Rewards Business Credit Card1.8%
DiningFreedom Flex7.0%
GroceriesFreedom Flex5.0%
GasIHG One Rewards Business Credit Card3.0%
TravelIHG One Rewards Business Credit Card3.0%
Travel · portalFreedom Flex · Chase Travel5.0%
DrugstoresFreedom Flex3.0%
AdvertisingIHG One Rewards Business Credit Card3.0%
LyftFreedom Flex2.0%

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. IHG One Rewards Business Credit Card — 1.8%
  2. Freedom Flex — 1.0%

Dining

  1. Freedom Flex — 7.0%
  2. IHG One Rewards Business Credit Card — 3.0%

Groceries

  1. Freedom Flex — 5.0%
  2. IHG One Rewards Business Credit Card — 1.8%

Gas

  1. IHG One Rewards Business Credit Card — 3.0%
  2. Freedom Flex — 1.0%

Travel

  1. IHG One Rewards Business Credit Card — 3.0%
  2. Freedom Flex — 1.0%

Travel · portal

  1. Freedom Flex · Chase Travel — 5.0%

Drugstores

  1. Freedom Flex — 3.0%
  2. IHG One Rewards Business Credit Card — 1.8%

Advertising

  1. IHG One Rewards Business Credit Card — 3.0%
  2. Freedom Flex — 1.0%

Lyft

  1. Freedom Flex — 2.0%
  2. IHG One Rewards Business Credit Card — 1.8%
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