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Best credit card to use at Hotwire.

Travel

Hotwire, part of Expedia Group, specializes in opaque Hot Rate deals where the exact hotel or rental brand is revealed only after booking. These purchases typically code as travel and earn on cards with a travel multiplier, though the underlying supplier can occasionally drive the coding. A flexible travel card rewards both prepaid hotel and rental-car deals well.

  1. #1
    U.S. Bank
    4x points on travel
    4.0%4x points
  2. #2
    Barclays
    4x points on travel
    4.0%4x points
  3. #3
    Barclays
    4x points on travel
    4.0%4x points
  4. #4
    American Express
    3x points on travel
    3.6%3x points
  5. #5
    Comenity Capital Bank
    3% on travel
    Includes AAA purchases
    3%
  6. #6
    Citi
    3% on travel
    Includes Costco Travel
    3%
  7. #7
    Citi
    3% on travel
    Includes Costco Travel
    3%
  8. #8
    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)
    3.0%3x points
  9. #9
    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
  10. #10
    USAA
    3x points on travel
    3.0%3x points
  11. #11
    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%
  12. #12
    Wells Fargo
    3x points on travel
    3.0%3x points
  13. #13
    Wells Fargo
    3x points on travel
    3.0%3x points
  14. #14
    Chase
    2x points on travel
    All other travel worldwide
    2.5%2x points
  15. #15
    Chase
    5x points on travel
    2.5%5x points
  16. #16
    Chase
    5x points on travel
    Travel, gas stations, select advertising, and restaurants
    2.5%5x points
  17. #17
    Chase
    2x points on travel
    2.4%2x points
  18. #18
    Chase
    2x points on travel
    2.4%2x points
  19. #19
    Bank of America
    2x points on travel
    2.0%2x points
  20. #20
    Bank of America
    2x points on travel
    2.0%2x points

Last updated June 30, 2026