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Best credit card to use at The Parking Spot.

Travel

The Parking Spot is the largest near-airport parking operator in the US, with covered and uncovered lots plus shuttle service at 25-plus airports, booked ahead on theparkingspot.com for member rates through its Spot Club program. Airport parking charges typically code as parking or travel merchants.

  1. #1
    FNBO
    5x points on travel
    Airlines, hotels, car rental, cruise lines, travel agencies, transit, taxis, tolls, and timeshares by merchant category code
    5.0%5x points
  2. #2
    Navy Federal
    4x points on travel
    4.0%4x points
  3. #3
    PenFed Credit Union
    4x points on travel
    4x with PenFed Honors Advantage (military or Access America checking); 3x otherwise
    4.0%4x points
  4. #4
    U.S. Bank
    4x points on travel
    4.0%4x points
  5. #5
    Barclays
    4x points on travel
    4.0%4x points
  6. #6
    Barclays
    4x points on travel
    4.0%4x points
  7. #7
    Chase
    3x points on travel (up to $150,000/year, then 1%)
    Travel, shipping, internet/cable/phone, advertising on search engines and social media (combined $150,000/yr cap)
    3.8%3x points
  8. #8
    Comenity Capital Bank
    3% on travel
    Includes AAA purchases
    3%
  9. #9
    Chase
    3x points on travel
    Travel other than Air Canada direct purchases, which earn 3x under the airlines category
    3.0%3x points
  10. #10
    Citi
    3% on travel
    Includes Costco Travel
    3%
  11. #11
    Citi
    3% on travel
    Includes Costco Travel
    3%
  12. #12
    Navy Federal
    3x points on travel
    Includes airlines, hotels, car rentals, ride-sharing, parking, tolls, museums, amusement parks, and golf courses
    3.0%3x points
  13. #13
    USAA
    3x points on travel
    Travel plus transit, including rideshare and tolls
    3.0%3x points
  14. #14
    Wells Fargo
    3x points on travel
    3.0%3x points
  15. #15
    Wells Fargo
    3x points on travel
    3.0%3x points
  16. #16
    Robinhood
    3% flat-rate cashback
    3%
  17. #17
    Bank of America
    3% on travel if you select it as a bonus category (up to $2,500/quarter, then 1%)
    3% in choice category (gas, online shopping, dining, travel, drugstores, home improvement); cap is combined with groceries/wholesale-club row
    3%
  18. #18
    Bank of America
    3% on travel if you select it as a bonus category (up to $2,500/quarter, then 1%)
    3% in choice category (gas, online shopping, dining, travel, drugstores, home improvement); cap is combined with groceries/wholesale-club row
    3%
  19. #19
    Venmo Credit Cardif it’s your top category
    Synchrony
    3% on travel if it's your top eligible spend category that cycle
    Automatically on your highest-spend eligible category each statement period (8 eligible: transportation, travel, groceries, entertainment, dining & nightlife, bills & utilities, health & beauty, gas). Drugstores here represents health & beauty; bills & utilities maps to utilities.
    3%
  20. #20
    Chase
    2x points on travel
    All other travel worldwide
    2.5%2x points

Parking spend near airports frequently counts toward travel multipliers (Chase Sapphire Preferred and Reserve both include parking in their travel definitions) and Capital One Venture X's flat 2x applies regardless of coding. Book prepaid online rather than paying the gate rate: the member discount usually outweighs any category difference.

Last updated September 14, 2026