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Chase Ink Business Unlimited vs Sapphire Reserve

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. Sapphire Reserve 2.1% 1x base rate
  2. Ink Business Unlimited 1.5% 1.5% base rate

Dining

  1. Sapphire Reserve 6.2% 3x
  2. Ink Business Unlimited 1.5% 1.5% base rate

Travel · portal

  1. Sapphire Reserve · Chase Travel 16.4% 8x

Flights

  1. Sapphire Reserve 8.2% 4x
  2. Ink Business Unlimited 1.5% 1.5% base rate

Hotels

  1. Sapphire Reserve 8.2% 4x
  2. Ink Business Unlimited 1.5% 1.5% base rate

Peloton

  1. Sapphire Reserve 20.5% 10x
  2. Ink Business Unlimited 1.5% 1.5% base rate

Lyft

  1. Sapphire Reserve 10.3% 5x
  2. Ink Business Unlimited 5.0% 5%

What the numbers are doing

Sapphire Reserve tops everything else at 2.1% only because this table values its points at 2.05 cents each. Value them at one cent and Ink Business Unlimited wins that category instead.

The table is earn rate only — annual fees are not netted out of it. These cards charge Ink Business Unlimited $0 and Sapphire Reserve $795 a year, so a thin lead in one category may not cover the difference.

Where they differ: Sapphire Reserve takes everything else, dining, flights and hotels, plus 2 more. Ink Business Unlimited wins nothing outright in this wallet.

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CategoryBest card
Everything elseSapphire Reserve2.1%
DiningSapphire Reserve6.2%
Travel · portalSapphire Reserve · Chase Travel16.4%
FlightsSapphire Reserve8.2%
HotelsSapphire Reserve8.2%
PelotonSapphire Reserve20.5%
LyftSapphire Reserve10.3%

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. Sapphire Reserve — 2.1%
  2. Ink Business Unlimited — 1.5%

Dining

  1. Sapphire Reserve — 6.2%
  2. Ink Business Unlimited — 1.5%

Travel · portal

  1. Sapphire Reserve · Chase Travel — 16.4%

Flights

  1. Sapphire Reserve — 8.2%
  2. Ink Business Unlimited — 1.5%

Hotels

  1. Sapphire Reserve — 8.2%
  2. Ink Business Unlimited — 1.5%

Peloton

  1. Sapphire Reserve — 20.5%
  2. Ink Business Unlimited — 1.5%

Lyft

  1. Sapphire Reserve — 10.3%
  2. Ink Business Unlimited — 5.0%
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