The best credit card for Amazon
At Amazon, Amazon / Chase Prime Visa earns the most: $5.00 per $100.
Amazon rings up as online shopping — An Amazon-branded card usually wins here.
The short version
- Use: Amazon / Chase Prime Visa, if you carry it.
- Why Amazon has its own page: at least one card pays a bonus that names this store, which a ranking of the whole category cannot show.
- Elsewhere in online shopping: Blue Business Plus leads — the full ranking.
| # | Card | Earns | per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Amazon / Chase · No annual fee
Amazon and Whole Foods, with an active Prime membership |
5% | $5.00 |
| 2 |
American Express · No annual fee
2x on every purchase, with no bonus categories to track · Up to $50,000 per year, then the base rate |
2x | $4.00 |
| 3 |
Capital One · $95/yr
Base rate — no bonus applies here |
2x | $3.60 |
| 4 |
Capital One · $395/yr
Base rate — no bonus applies here |
2x | $3.60 |
| 5 |
Citi · No annual fee
Base rate — no bonus applies here |
2x | $3.20 |
| 6 |
American Express · No annual fee
US online retail · Up to $6,000 per year, then the base rate |
3% | $3.00 |
| 7 |
Chase · No annual fee
Base rate — no bonus applies here |
1.5x | $3.00 |
| 8 |
Chase · No annual fee
Base rate — no bonus applies here |
1.5x | $3.00 |
No rotating categories switched on, and no travel-portal rates — the method.
Cards with a rate that names Amazon
- Amazon / Chase Prime Visa — 5% at Amazon · Amazon and Whole Foods, with an active Prime membership
Before you pay
A shopping portal and a card-linked offer can both pay on top of whichever card you use here — and the portal has to be started before you shop. How the three stack, and in what order.
More in online shopping
At the Amazon checkout, it tells you.
Cardful recognises the store and ranks the cards you carry, on the page.