The best credit card for Shell
At Shell, Chase Sapphire Preferred earns the most: $6.00 per $100.
Shell rings up as gas stations.
The short version
- Use: Chase Sapphire Preferred, if you carry it.
- Why Shell has its own page: the ranking is the same as for gas in general — it is here because people ask by name.
| # | Card | Earns | per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Chase · $95/yr
Gas and EV charging |
3x | $6.00 |
| 2 |
Sam's Club / Synchrony · No annual fee
Any gas station, first $6,000 a year · Up to $6,000 per year, then the base rate |
5% | $5.00 |
| 3 |
Citi · No annual fee
Select transit, and gas and EV charging stations |
3x | $4.80 |
| 4 |
Citi · $95/yr
|
3x | $4.80 |
| 5 |
Wells Fargo · No annual fee
|
3x | $4.50 |
| 6 |
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 |
| 7 |
Citi · No annual fee
Other gas and EV charging — shares the $7,000/year cap · Up to $7,000 per year, then the base rate |
4% | $4.00 |
| 8 |
Capital One · $95/yr
Base rate — no bonus applies here |
2x | $3.60 |
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.
More in gas stations
At the Shell checkout, it tells you.
Cardful recognises the store and ranks the cards you carry, on the page.