Citi · Mastercard

Citi Custom Cash® Card

No annual fee · 1% on everything else · 3.0% foreign transaction fee

Earn rates · how we got this

CategoryRateCap
Category of your choice (you pick) 5% on the first $500/month
Everything else 1% uncapped

Non-cash perks

  • No category enrollment required — top category auto-detected each billing cycle
  • Citi Entertainment presale/exclusive event access

Does the fee earn out? · how we got this

No annual fee, so every point earned is pure upside. The question is only whether its rates beat the other cards already in your wallet — which depends on your spending, not the card.

Check the current offer on the issuer's site → Where a card link will appear once available — no link on this page pays us today.

Who this card is not for

Every point below is a term the issuer prints, read off this card's own row in our database — not an opinion about the card. two things on this card rule out a kind of spender:

  • Anyone applying today. The issuer no longer opens this card to new applicants. It stays published because people still hold it, not because it can be applied for.
  • Anyone who spends abroad. Every purchase in a foreign currency carries a 3.0% foreign transaction fee. On a card earning 1.0¢ per dollar at the base rate, that fee costs more than the rewards on the same purchase.

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Which card should this spending actually be on? The demo re-scores a year of realistic spending against every card in a wallet — free, no signup. See it on sample data →

Verified 2026-09-15 against issuer terms · sources: www.citi.com · www.cnbc.com. This card is closed to new applicants. Spot an error? Tell us.

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