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Discover Discover it Cash Back vs Discover it Chrome

Both are Discover 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. Discover it Cash Back 1.0% 1% base rate
  2. Discover it Chrome 1.0% 1% base rate

Dining

  1. Discover it Chrome 2.0% 2%
  2. Discover it Cash Back 1.0% 1% base rate

Gas

  1. Discover it Cash Back 5.0% 5%, rotating this quarter
  2. Discover it Chrome 2.0% 2%

Drugstores

  1. Discover it Cash Back 5.0% 5%, rotating this quarter
  2. Discover it Chrome 1.0% 1% base rate

Flights

  1. Discover it Cash Back 5.0% 5%, rotating this quarter
  2. Discover it Chrome 1.0% 1% base rate

Public transit

  1. Discover it Cash Back 5.0% 5%, rotating this quarter
  2. Discover it Chrome 1.0% 1% base rate

What the numbers are doing

Discover it Cash Back wins gas, drugstores, flights and public transit at 5% only because the rotating calendar is on them this quarter. The quarter ends September 30, 2026; after it the card earns 1% there, and no later quarter in the published calendar brings it back.

Where they differ: Discover it Chrome takes dining; Discover it Cash Back takes gas, drugstores, flights and public transit.

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Pass content preview
CategoryBest card
Everything elseDiscover it Cash Back1.0%
DiningDiscover it Chrome2.0%
GasDiscover it Cash Back5.0%
DrugstoresDiscover it Cash Back5.0%
FlightsDiscover it Cash Back5.0%
Public transitDiscover it Cash Back5.0%

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Every category, every card

Everything else

  1. Discover it Cash Back — 1.0%
  2. Discover it Chrome — 1.0%

Dining

  1. Discover it Chrome — 2.0%
  2. Discover it Cash Back — 1.0%

Gas

  1. Discover it Cash Back — 5.0%
  2. Discover it Chrome — 2.0%

Drugstores

  1. Discover it Cash Back — 5.0%
  2. Discover it Chrome — 1.0%

Flights

  1. Discover it Cash Back — 5.0%
  2. Discover it Chrome — 1.0%

Public transit

  1. Discover it Cash Back — 5.0%
  2. Discover it Chrome — 1.0%

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