Wells Fargo Autograph
Wells Fargo, Visa, no annual fee. Earns Wells Fargo Rewards, valued at 1.50¢ a point.
Rates checked against the issuer 2026-08. Foreign transaction fee: none.
The short version
- Best at: streaming services (#3, $4.50 per $100); Uber and Lyft (#3, $4.50 per $100); parking and tolls (#3, $4.50 per $100).
- A year's rewards: about $690, with no fee to pay.
- Weighing it up against: Autograph Journey.
Is the annual fee worth it?
No annual fee, so everything it earns is kept: about $690 a year on the illustrative household's spending, which puts it number 3 of 59 the no-fee cards in the catalogue. All of them, ranked.
Price its credits, perks and sign-up bonus your way — tick what you would use and say what it is worth to you.
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 on | Rate | ConditionsWhat the issuer attaches to this rate: a spending cap, a category you have to switch on, or a booking you have to make through its travel portal. |
|---|---|---|
| Restaurants & Bars, Gas Stations, Public Transit, Flights, Hotels, Streaming, Phone & Internet, Food Delivery, Rideshare & Taxis, Parking & Tolls, Car Rental, Vacation Rentals | 3x | |
| Everything else | 1x |
Where it ranks
Against every card in the catalogue, scored in dollars per $100 with no rotating categories switched on:
- #3 of 117 for streaming services — $4.50 per $100
- #3 of 117 for Uber and Lyft — $4.50 per $100
- #3 of 117 for parking and tolls — $4.50 per $100
- #3 of 117 for car rentals — $4.50 per $100
- #3 of 117 for phone and internet bills — $4.50 per $100
Where a year's rewards come from
| Spending on | Earns a yearWhat this card earns on each kind of spending over a year, for the illustrative household on the method page. Before the annual fee. |
|---|---|
| Restaurants & Bars | $162 |
| Groceries | $90 |
| Everything Else | $90 |
| Gas Stations | $81 |
| Phone & Internet | $65 |
| Flights | $54 |
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.
- Cell phone — up to $600 per claim
What the issuer lists besides rewards
- Cell phone protection when you pay your monthly bill with the card
- No foreign transaction fees
- Cell phone claims pay up to $600 each and $1,200 a year, after a $25 deductible
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Point values: published industry valuations, read 2026-09. How every number here is worked out.