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Best credit card to use at Hotels.com.

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Hotels.com is one of the largest global online travel agencies, owned by Expedia Group. Bookings code as travel on every card we track. The honest catch: hotel chains typically do NOT credit Hotels.com stays toward elite-night or status counts, and many properties exclude OTA stays from earning their loyalty points — so a Hilton/Marriott/Hyatt loyalist almost always books direct. Hotels.com's own One Key Rewards (formerly Hotels.com Rewards) is now unified with Expedia's OneKeyCash and stacks across the Expedia family.

  1. #1
    Chase
    4x points on hotels
    Hotels booked directly
    5.0%4x points
  2. #2
    Citi Custom Cashif it’s your top category
    Citi
    5% on travel if it's your top eligible spend category that cycle (up to $500/month, then 1%)
    Automatically on your top eligible spend category each billing cycle
    5%
  3. #3
    Wells Fargo
    5x points on hotels
    5.0%5x points
  4. #4
    U.S. Bank
    4x points on travel
    Also gas stations and EV charging, up to $1,000/quarter
    4.0%4x points
  5. #5
    American Express
    3x points on travel
    3.6%3x points
  6. #6
    American Express
    3x points on hotels
    Direct hotel purchases
    3.3%3x points
  7. #7
    Lead Bank
    3x points on hotels
    Hotels (also earns on private charters and luxury car rentals)
    3.0%3x points
  8. #8
    Bilt
    2x points on travel
    3.0%2x points
  9. #9
    Bilt
    2x points on travel
    3.0%2x points
  10. #10
    Citi
    3x points on hotels
    On hotels booked directly
    3.0%3x points