The best credit card for Uber
At Uber, Chase Ink Business Preferred earns the most: $6.00 per $100.
Uber rings up as rideshare & taxis — Uber Eats orders code as dining instead.
The short version
- Use: Chase Ink Business Preferred, if you carry it.
- Why Uber 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 | 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 |
Chase, $95/yr
Travel and internet, cable and phone — the first $150,000 each account year, shared with shipping and advertising. Up to $150,000 per year, then the base rate |
3x | $6.00 |
| 2 |
American Express, $150/yr
Transit — trains, taxis, rideshare, ferries, tolls, parking, buses and subways |
3x | $6.00 |
| 3 |
Wells Fargo, No annual fee
|
3x | $4.50 |
| 4 |
Wells Fargo, $95/yr
Travel other than hotels and airlines |
3x | $4.50 |
| 5 |
U.S. Bank, No annual fee
Travel — airlines, hotels, car rentals, taxis, limousines, passenger trains and cruise lines |
4% | $4.00 |
| 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 |
Navy Federal, $95/yr
Travel however it is booked — airlines, hotels, car rentals, buses, taxis, cruises, parking, rideshare and transit |
4% | $4.00 |
| 8 |
Chase, $95/yr
Travel booked anywhere else |
2x | $4.00 |
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.