The best credit card for Netflix
At Netflix, American Express Blue Cash Preferred earns the most: $6.00 per $100.
Netflix rings up as streaming.
The short version
- Use: American Express Blue Cash Preferred, if you carry it.
- Why Netflix has its own page: the ranking is the same as for streaming services in general — it is here because people ask by name.
| # | Card | EarnsThe rate the card advertises here, in its own currency: cash back, points or miles. | per $100What $100 of spending earns, in dollars: the rate multiplied by what the currency is worth. This is what the table is ranked by. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
American Express, $95/yr
Select US streaming services |
6% | $6.00 |
| 2 |
Chase, $95/yr
|
3x | $6.00 |
| 3 |
Wells Fargo, No annual fee
|
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 |
Capital One, $95/yr
Base rate — no bonus applies here |
2x | $3.60 |
| 6 |
Capital One, $395/yr
Base rate — no bonus applies here |
2x | $3.60 |
| 7 |
Bank of America, $95/yr
|
2x | $3.10 |
| 8 |
Capital One, No annual fee
Groceries exclude superstores like Walmart and Target |
3% | $3.00 |
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.