The Blue Cash Everyday® Card from American Express offers particularly high cash-back rates across several major spending categories, particularly for a card with no annual fee. For groceries at U.S. supermarkets, clothes shopping at U.S. online retailers and gas at U.S. gas stations, the 3% cash-back rate is one of the best you'll find regardless of annual fees (note that you'll have a $6,000 spending cap per year for each of these rewards categories -- after which you'll earn only 1% cash back.) Cash back is received in the form of Reward Dollars that can be redeemed as a statement credit.

Besides the rewards, this card also offers a very competitive welcome offer and an introductory APR on purchases and balance transfers that can help spare you from interest charges.

For more details, see our full review of the Blue Cash Everyday card.

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The Citi Premier Card is a points-earning card that encompasses boosted rewards for several popular spending categories for a $95 annual fee. You earn 3x points at gas stations, restaurants, supermarkets, air travel and hotels, and 1x points on all other purchases. When redeemed through the ThankYou Rewards portal for a statement credit, points are worth $0.01 each, netting you 3% back at gas stations if redeemed properly. 

But you need to be careful in redeeming these rewards, as there are other ways to redeem your rewards that may net a lesser value. Check out the details in our full review of the Citi Premier Card.

The Capital One Savor Cash Rewards Credit Card* boasts a headline rate of 4% cash back on dining and entertainment, which includes bars and restaurants, as well as tickets to movies, plays, concerts, sporting events, tourist attractions, theme parks, aquariums, zoos, dance clubs, pool halls and bowling alleys. But the rewards don't end with dining and entertainment: You can pick up another 3% cash back on your grocery store purchases (excluding superstores like Walmart and Target), and 1% on everything else. And as long as you spend $3,000 in the first three months after opening your account, Capital One will give you a $300 welcome bonus.

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The Capital One Venture Rewards Credit Card* offers travelers the opportunity to earn a solid 2x miles per dollar for their purchases, in exchange for a $95 annual fee.

You can redeem your miles for past travel expenses or use them to fund airfare with Capital One's travel partners. However, the credit card issuer isn't partnered with many US airlines.

Along with its solid rewards rate and welcome bonus, the card features a number of good travel perks including an application fee credit for Global Entry or TSA PreCheck, primary auto rental insurance** and travel accident insurance**. If you're looking for a travel credit card to add to your wallet, the Venture Rewards is a great option.

**Terms, conditions, and exclusions apply. Please refer to your Guide to Benefits for more details.

If you dine out often but don't want to pay the Savor's annual fee, consider the Capital One SavorOne Cash Rewards Credit Card*. Cardholders earn 3% cash back for dining, entertainment, popular streaming services and grocery stores (excluding superstores like Target and Walmart) -- making it a strong rewards card for people who like both going out and staying in. 

It also features an introductory 0% APR offer for purchases and balance transfers for 15 months before the standard APR of 19.24% to 29.24% (variable) applies. That means you can earn rewards for your purchases and then pay off the balance while it accrues no interest, or use a balance transfer to get rid of some existing credit card debt.

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The Blue Cash Preferred® Card from American Express is one of the best cards to choose if you're looking to earn a good return on your necessary spending. It provides one of the highest cash back rates at U.S. supermarkets and for select U.S. streaming subscriptions, while still offering strong rewards at U.S. gas stations and on transit. Cash back is received in the form of Reward Dollars that can be redeemed as a statement credit.

It does carry an annual fee of $95 ($0 intro annual fee for the first year), but if you use the card for all of your grocery spending, it shouldn't be hard at all to cover it. Just $1,600 in U.S. supermarket spending spending annually would net you $96 in rewards. If you take the card's other bonus categories into account, you'll earn even more than that.

In addition to its lucrative rewards program, it has a solid welcome offer as well as an intro APR period.

Get all the details in our Blue Cash Preferred review.

There are few cards on the market that offer the level of versatility of the Chase Freedom Flex*. Its rewards cover plenty of ground, featuring both bonus categories that rotate quarterly and static reward categories.

Its earning potential is hard to match by other credit cards with no annual fee. Some past rotating categories include purchases at grocery stores, Amazon and streaming services. The static categories include restaurants, drug stores and travel booked directly through Chase Ultimate Rewards. It even has an introductory APR offer to help you avoid interest charges.

It's hard not to see the potential value in the Freedom Flex, especially for a card without an annual fee. You can learn more about it in our Chase Freedom Flex review.

The Discover it® Cash Back* has the potential to be highly rewarding, especially during your first year with the card. It offers 5% cash back (on up to $1,500 in purchases when you activate, then 1%) for categories that rotate quarterly, but Discover will essentially double the cash back you earn for your first year at the end of your first year with the card.

There's an introductory APR offer and no foreign transaction fees to worry about. Combined with its strong 5% cash back rate and no annual fee, it's easy to see why this is a good card to pick. 

You can learn more in our Discover it Cash Back review.

If you're looking for a general rewards cards with a $0 annual fee, consider the Wells Fargo Autograph℠ Card. It offers rewards for an impressive spread of purchases, including restaurants, travel, popular streaming services, gas stations and phone plans.

3x points per dollar is a hard rate to beat for a no annual fee card. It doesn't offer the flexibility of a flat-rate credit card that earns rewards for every purchase, but if you spend a lot within its categories you'll rake in the rewards. Cardholders can avoid interest charges thanks to its introductory APR offer on purchases, and there's a few additional perks like auto rental collision damage waiver and cell phone protection.

Read more about it in our Wells Fargo Autograph review.