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Gold

Annual fee $325 · 4x dining & US groceries

Gold is built around food: a monthly dining credit, a monthly Uber Cash allowance, a Dunkin' credit, and a twice-a-year Resy credit. Used in full, those four credits cover most of the $325 fee, which makes Gold one of the more achievable break-evens on this list.

Fee break-even: 76.7%. Use about 77% of this card's valued credits over the year and the $325 fee is covered.

The math

Each credit's per-occurrence amount, multiplied by how often it resets in a year.

Dining credit
$10 × 12/yr
$120/yr
Uber Cash
$10 × 12/yr
$120/yr
Dunkin'
$7 × 12/yr
$84/yr
Resy
$50 × 2/yr
$100/yr
Total annualized credits$424/yr

Full credits table

CreditAmountCadenceResets byCategoryNotes
Dining credit $10 Monthly Calendar year dining None
Uber Cash $10 Monthly Calendar year rideshare None
Dunkin' $7 Monthly Calendar year dining None
Resy $50 Twice a year Calendar year dining None

Standing perks

Non-dollar perks that come with the card, not counted in the math above.

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