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USAA Cashback Rewards Plus American Express

No annual fee · 1% on everything else · no foreign transaction fees

Earn rates · how we got this

CategoryRateCap
Gas 5% uncapped
Groceries 2% uncapped
Everything else 1% uncapped

See how it ranks: best gas cards · best groceries cards.

Non-cash perks

  • Membership required (USAA: military members, veterans and eligible family)
  • 5% category also covers military base purchases (exchanges/commissaries)
  • No foreign transaction fees

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.

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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 2026-09-02 against issuer terms · sources: www.usaa.com. Spot an error? Tell us.

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