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Chase Rapid Rewards Priority

Chase · Visa · $229 annual fee · earns Southwest Rapid Rewards, valued at 1.30¢ a point.

Rates checked against the issuer 2026-08. Foreign transaction fee: none.

The short version

Is the annual fee worth it?

It earns about $492 a year on the illustrative household's spending, which is $263 once the fee is paid. The best card with no fee, American Express Blue Business Plus, nets $1,058 on the same spending — so this card is $795 a year behind. On earning alone it does not catch up at any level of spending this looks at — its credits and perks have to make up the difference, or the fee is not paying for itself.

Priced on an illustrative household spending $2,205 a month on a card — the assumption, in full. Credits and perks are not priced: they are worth their face value only if you would have spent that money anyway.

What it earns, category by category

Earns onRateConditions
Flights 4x Southwest only · Southwest purchases only
Gas Stations, Restaurants & Bars, Food Delivery 2x
Groceries 2x Up to $8,000 per year, then the base rate · Shares an $8,000-a-year cap with restaurants
Everything else 1x

Where a year's rewards come from

Priced on an illustrative household spending $2,205 a month on a card — the assumption, in full. Credits and perks are not priced: they are worth their face value only if you would have spent that money anyway.

Protections and travel benefits

From the issuer's own benefit summary as of 2026-09. These are read from summaries rather than the full guide to benefits, which has the exclusions — check it before relying on one.

What the issuer lists besides rewards

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Point values: published industry valuations, read 2026-09. How every number here is worked out.

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