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What your card actually earns.

Pick a card, enter monthly category spending, see the annual rewards in native units plus a conservative 1¢/pt cash-back floor as the $-equivalent.

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Monthly spend (USD)

Per-category breakdown

CategorySpend / yrMultiplierEarnings / yr
Dining$2,4003×7,200
Groceries$4,8001×4,800
Travel$2,4002×4,800
Gas$1,2001×1,200
Transit$6001×600
Streaming$3603×1,080
Everything else$18,0001×18,000

Annual rewards

Chase Sapphire Preferred

37,680

points/yr

Cash-equivalent (1¢/pt floor)
$376.80
Effective return rate
1.27%
Net of annual fee
+$281.80
Editorial· June 3, 2026

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