Originally Posted by
mojo2121
Isn't this the same idea with a Freedom card though? Those are also cash back but I heard if you link it to a UR card you can actually earn UR points instead?
Nope. The Freedom card might be marketed as a cash back card but you are actually earning UR points, which can be converted to cash back at $0.01 cpp. Ink Cash is truly a cash back card, not UR points. Ink Classic earns UR points.
What you may be confusing this with is the fact that you need a "premium" UR card (CSP, Ink Bold, Ink Plus, JPM Select or JPM Palladium) in order to transfer those UR points to travel partners. You don't actually "link" the cards per se, but you transfer the points to the premium UR card and then transfer them out to travel partners.