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Bank of America Customized Cash Rewards vs Travel Rewards

Both are Bank of America cards. Here is every spend category, ranked by what each card actually returns.

Best card by category Card terms as of Sep 14

Everything else

  1. Travel Rewards 1.5% 1.5x base rate
  2. Customized Cash Rewards 1.0% 1% base rate

Groceries

  1. Customized Cash Rewards 2.0% 2%
  2. Travel Rewards 1.5% 1.5x base rate

Wholesale clubs

  1. Customized Cash Rewards 2.0% 2%
  2. Travel Rewards 1.5% 1.5x base rate

What the numbers are doing

Customized Cash Rewards lets you choose one category to earn 3% on. This table assumes nothing is chosen yet, so it earns its base rate everywhere; choose in the generator to see where it lands.

Where they differ: Travel Rewards takes everything else; Customized Cash Rewards takes groceries and wholesale clubs.

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CategoryBest card
Everything elseTravel Rewards1.5%
GroceriesCustomized Cash Rewards2.0%
Wholesale clubsCustomized Cash Rewards2.0%

Content preview. Apple Wallet controls the layout; visible categories vary by device. Categories that rank the same as Everything else are left off; every other category is in pass details.

Every category, every card

Everything else

  1. Travel Rewards — 1.5%
  2. Customized Cash Rewards — 1.0%

Groceries

  1. Customized Cash Rewards — 2.0%
  2. Travel Rewards — 1.5%

Wholesale clubs

  1. Customized Cash Rewards — 2.0%
  2. Travel Rewards — 1.5%

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