Originally Posted by
scottsd
Let me put in a vote for the AMEX Costco True Earnings credit card.
It pays 3% for meals, 3% for gas and 2% for travel (plane, car rental, etc).
You have to be a Costco member to get it ($50/year). Once a year (Feb for me), they send a check for your total rewards with your regular statement. The check is good for cash or merchandise at your Costco store.
In two years of using the card mostly for T&E, I've received approx $300.
Plus the AMEX CS team is always available, very responsvie and polite and
helpful.
Note that you can quit your Costco membership and get a full refund anytime, but if you do so, your accumulated reward disappear, and eventually AMEX will actually close that account. This did happen to me one year, but I got AMEX to reinstate the card and the points by rejoining Costco.
Scott
Yes, I'm familiar w/the Costco AMEX. My ex has that card & I still share Costco membership w/him, but not the AMEX (already have AMEX Plat & now SPG AMEX). I agree that the fact that there is no annual fee (except for Costco membership) is a good thing, aside from the rebates. Sounds like you get a lot out of it, in terms of rebates, since you use it for T & E.
The rebate checks are great -- you can actually take it to Costco, then buy only a few things & get the rest back in cash. I only go to Costco occasionally as I have both a BJ's warehse (get rebates on membership & can use AMEX, MC/Visa, etc.) & Sam's club (use Discover there) memberships.