Top of the table: Amex Business Platinum at 8.5¢ per dollar, against a $895 annual fee. Whether that beats a free card depends entirely on how much flights spending you actually put through it.
Flights — every card we track
| # | Card | Rate | Value per $ | Annual fee | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amex Business Platinum American Express |
5× | 8.5¢ | $895 | — |
| 2 | Amex Platinum American Express |
5× | 8.5¢ | $895 | — |
| 3 | Capital One Venture X Business Capital One |
5× | 8¢ | $395 | conditional |
| 4 | Chase Sapphire Reserve Chase |
4× | 7.2¢ | $795 | — |
| 5 | Chase Sapphire Reserve for Business Chase |
4× | 7.2¢ | $795 | conditional |
| 6 | Chase Ink Business Preferred Chase |
3× | 5.4¢ | $95 | conditional |
| 7 | Amex Business Gold American Express |
3× | 5.1¢ | $375 | cap $150,000 |
| 8 | Amex Gold American Express |
3× | 5.1¢ | $325 | — |
| 9 | Capital One Spark Cash Plus Capital One |
5% | 5¢ | $150 | — |
| 10 | Chase Freedom Unlimited Chase |
5% | 5¢ | — | — |
| 11 | Chase Ink Business Premier Chase |
5% | 5¢ | $195 | conditional |
| 12 | Citi Strata Premier Citi |
3× | 4.5¢ | $95 | — |
| 13 | Atmos Rewards Ascent Visa Signature Bank of America / Alaska |
3× | 4.2¢ | $95 | conditional |
| 14 | United Explorer Chase / United |
3× | 3.9¢ | $150 | conditional |
| 15 | Bilt Obsidian Card Bilt |
2× | 3.6¢ | $95 | — |
| 16 | Bilt Palladium Card Bilt |
2× | 3.6¢ | $495 | — |
| 17 | Chase Sapphire Preferred Chase |
2× | 3.6¢ | $95 | — |
| 18 | World of Hyatt Chase / Hyatt |
2× | 3.4¢ | $95 | — |
| 19 | Capital One Venture Capital One |
2× | 3.2¢ | $95 | — |
| 20 | Capital One Venture Business Capital One |
2× | 3.2¢ | $95 | — |
| 21 | Capital One Venture X Capital One |
2× | 3.2¢ | $395 | conditional |
| 22 | Wells Fargo Autograph Wells Fargo |
3× | 3¢ | — | — |
| 23 | Southwest Rapid Rewards Plus Chase / Southwest |
2× | 2.6¢ | $99 | conditional |
| 24 | Delta SkyMiles Gold Amex American Express / Delta |
2× | 2.4¢ | $150 | — |
| 25 | Citi Double Cash Citi |
2% | 2¢ | — | — |
| 26 | Bilt Blue Card Bilt / Wells Fargo |
1× | 1.8¢ | — | — |
| 27 | Chase Ink Business Unlimited Chase |
1.5% | 1.5¢ | — | — |
| 28 | Hilton Honors Amex Surpass American Express / Hilton |
3× | 1.5¢ | $150 | — |
| 29 | Citi AAdvantage Platinum Select Citi / American Airlines |
1× | 1.3¢ | $99 | — |
| 30 | Amex Blue Cash Preferred American Express |
1% | 1¢ | $95 | — |
| 31 | Capital One SavorOne Capital One |
1% | 1¢ | $39 | — |
| 32 | Chase Ink Business Cash Chase |
1% | 1¢ | — | — |
| 33 | Discover it Cash Back Discover |
1% | 1¢ | — | — |
| 34 | Marriott Bonvoy Boundless Chase / Marriott |
1× | 0.7¢ | $95 | — |
Cents-per-dollar figures use our standard point valuations, not transfer-partner rates. Transferring to an airline or hotel partner at the right moment can beat these numbers; routine redemptions generally will not. We publish the conservative figure on purpose.
Caps matter more than the headline rate for anyone who spends seriously in a category: a 5× rate that stops after $1,500 of spend is a different product from an uncapped 3×. Both are shown above.
This is a curated catalogue of the cards we track, not every card on the market. Rates can change without notice; confirm with the issuer before applying.
Disclosure — some Apply links pay us. Some of the cards listed here carry a referral link and some do not; each card’s own page says which. Where one exists, applying through it earns a referral reward for MaxMyPoints or for someone here, at no cost to you, and the offer through it is sometimes better than the issuer’s public one. Rates here are read from each issuer’s own published page, and the audit ranks cards on published rates and your own spending, and never reads which cards carry a referral link. These pages carry no application links.