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Best credit card to use at Europcar.

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Europcar is one of Europe's largest car-rental networks, with counters across 130-plus countries; US travelers mostly meet it when booking European road trips, where its rates and one-way options frequently beat the American majors abroad. Rentals code as car rental agencies, squarely inside every travel category definition.

  1. #1
    U.S. Bank
    4x points on travel
    4.0%4x points
  2. #2
    World of Hyatt Businessif it’s your top category
    Chase
    2x points on car rentals if it's your top eligible spend category that cycle
    Automatically 2x total in your top three spend categories each calendar quarter, from dining, shipping, airline tickets bought directly with the airline, local transit and commuting, social media and search engine advertising, car rental agencies, gas stations, and internet/cable/phone services
    4.0%2x points
  3. #3
    Barclays
    4x points on travel
    4.0%4x points
  4. #4
    Barclays
    4x points on travel
    4.0%4x points
  5. #5
    Chase
    3x points on travel (up to $150,000/year, then 1%)
    Travel, shipping, internet/cable/phone, advertising on search engines and social media (combined)
    3.8%3x points
  6. #6
    American Express
    7x points on car rentals
    Booked directly with select car rental companies
    3.5%7x points
  7. #7
    Comenity Capital Bank
    3% on travel
    Includes AAA purchases
    3%
  8. #8
    Bank of America
    3% on travel if you select it as a bonus category (up to $2,500/quarter, then 1%)
    3% in choice category (gas, online shopping, dining, travel, drugstores, home improvement); cap is combined with groceries/wholesale-club row
    3%
  9. #9
    Bank of America
    3% on travel if you select it as a bonus category (up to $2,500/quarter, then 1%)
    3% in choice category (gas, online shopping, dining, travel, drugstores, home improvement); cap is combined with groceries/wholesale-club row
    3%
  10. #10
    Citi
    3% on travel
    Includes Costco Travel
    3%
  11. #11
    Citi
    3% on travel
    Includes Costco Travel
    3%
  12. #12
    Navy Federal
    3x points on travel
    Includes airlines, hotels, car rentals, ride-sharing, parking, tolls, museums, amusement parks, and golf courses
    3.0%3x points
  13. #13
    USAA
    3x points on travel
    Travel plus transit, including rideshare and tolls
    3.0%3x points
  14. #14
    Venmo Credit Cardif it’s your top category
    Synchrony
    3% on travel if it's your top eligible spend category that cycle
    Automatically on your highest-spend eligible category each statement period (8 eligible: transportation, travel, groceries, entertainment, dining & nightlife, bills & utilities, health & beauty, gas). Drugstores here represents health & beauty; bills & utilities maps to utilities.
    3%
  15. #15
    Wells Fargo
    3x points on travel
    3.0%3x points
  16. #16
    Wells Fargo
    3x points on travel
    3.0%3x points
  17. #17
    Robinhood
    3% flat-rate cashback
    3%
  18. #18
    Chase
    2x points on travel
    All other travel worldwide
    2.5%2x points
  19. #19
    Chase
    5x points on travel
    2.5%5x points
  20. #20
    Chase
    5x points on travel
    Travel, gas stations, select advertising, and restaurants
    2.5%5x points

Car rentals reward the right card twice: earning, via Chase Sapphire Preferred or Reserve travel multipliers and Capital One Venture X's flat 2x, and coverage, via the primary rental CDW several of those cards carry — genuinely valuable on European rentals where damage waivers are pricey add-ons. Watch foreign-transaction fees on cards that still charge them.

Last updated August 5, 2026