USAA Cashback Rewards Plus American Express vs Preferred Cash Rewards Visa Signature
Both are USAA cards. Here is every spend category, ranked by what each card actually returns.
Everything else
- Preferred Cash Rewards Visa Signature 1.5% 1.5% base rate
- Cashback Rewards Plus American Express 1.0% 1% base rate
Groceries
- Cashback Rewards Plus American Express 3.0% 3%, capped
- Preferred Cash Rewards Visa Signature 1.5% 1.5% base rate
Gas
- Cashback Rewards Plus American Express 5.0% 5%, capped
- Preferred Cash Rewards Visa Signature 1.5% 1.5% base rate
What the numbers are doing
Cashback Rewards Plus American Express's 3% on groceries runs out: it applies to the first $3,000 of groceries spend a year, and everything past that earns 1%.
Where they differ: Preferred Cash Rewards Visa Signature takes everything else; Cashback Rewards Plus American Express takes groceries and gas.
| Category | Best card |
|---|---|
| Everything else | Preferred Cash Rewards Visa Signature1.5% |
| Groceries | Cashback Rewards Plus American Express3.0% |
| Gas | Cashback Rewards Plus American Express5.0% |
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Every category, every card
Everything else
- Preferred Cash Rewards Visa Signature — 1.5%
- Cashback Rewards Plus American Express — 1.0%
Groceries
- Cashback Rewards Plus American Express — 3.0%
- Preferred Cash Rewards Visa Signature — 1.5%
Gas
- Cashback Rewards Plus American Express — 5.0%
- Preferred Cash Rewards Visa Signature — 1.5%
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