The best credit card for Lyft
At Lyft, American Express Classic Green Card earns the most: $6.00 per $100.
Lyft rings up as rideshare & taxis.
The short version
- Use: American Express Classic Green Card, if you carry it.
- Why Lyft has its own page: the ranking is the same as for Uber and Lyft in general — it is here because people ask by name.
| # | Card | Earns | per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
American Express · $150/yr
Transit — trains, taxis, rideshare, ferries, tolls, parking, buses and subways |
3x | $6.00 |
| 2 |
Wells Fargo · No annual fee
|
3x | $4.50 |
| 3 |
Wells Fargo · $95/yr
Travel other than hotels and airlines |
3x | $4.50 |
| 4 |
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 |
| 5 |
Chase · $95/yr
Travel booked anywhere else |
2x | $4.00 |
| 6 |
Capital One · $95/yr
Base rate — no bonus applies here |
2x | $3.60 |
| 7 |
Capital One · $395/yr
Base rate — no bonus applies here |
2x | $3.60 |
| 8 |
Chase · $95/yr
Local transit and commuting, including rideshare |
2x | $3.30 |
No rotating categories switched on, and no travel-portal rates — the method.
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.
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At the Lyft checkout, it tells you.
Cardful recognises the store and ranks the cards you carry, on the page.