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$25000 spent on a frequent flyer credit card vs. an Amex Blue Cash cash back card
| Grocery | Gas | Drugstore | All other purchases |
Annual Fee |
Fee to obtain ticket | Total cashback (total miles plus cash cost of "free" domestic flight) | |
| The Spend | $10,400 ($200/week) | $3000 | $1000 | $10,600 | |||
| American Express Blue Cash (5% on groceries, gas, pharmacy; 1.25% on everything else after you spend $6500 annually) | $520 | $150 | $50 | $132 | $0 | $0 | $852 |
| Airline credit card (miles earned) | 10,400 | 3000 | 1000 | 10,600 | up to $100 | up to $50 | (25,000 plus $150 in fees) |
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