Best Credit Cards for Good Credit Scores in March 2023

The Chase Freedom Flex℠* offers the widest spread of benefits for a card that requires at least good credit and also has no annual fee. The cash-back categories make this a good card for domestic travel (keep in mind, this card does have foreign transaction fees) and dining, and the introductory APR credit card allows you to finance a large purchase comfortably. The rotating rewards category adds even more value, and covers a lot of common budget items. For January through March, you earn 5% cash back on purchases at grocery stores (excluding Walmart), Target and for fitness clubs and gym memberships, on up to $1,500 in combined purchases throughout the quarter.

Remember to manually activate the bonus rotating category through your online account. Chase doesn’t post the upcoming rewards categories until shortly before the new quarter begins.

For more information, see our full Chase Freedom Flex review.

The Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card is an all-around excellent travel credit card if you’ve established a good credit history. The welcome bonus alone can earn you enough points to book your next flight, but the rewards program adds extra incentives to your travel spending. If you redeem your rewards points for travel booked through Chase Ultimate Rewards, you’ll get a 25% boost on your points value. So instead of being worth 1 cent each -- like when you redeem them for statement credits -- points used for travel in the Chase Ultimate Rewards portal will net you 1.25 cents each.

This card has a lot of other built-in perks, like a 10% anniversary points boost: On your account anniversary, Chase gives you bonus points equal to 10% of your total purchases made the previous year. That means if you spend $25,000 on purchases, you’ll get 2,500 bonus points. Although there’s a $95 annual fee, the quality of perks, including primary auto rental collision damage waiver and travel assistance, easily offset that expense.

Check out our full review of the Chase Sapphire Preferred Card for more details.

You don’t have to think about which credit card to use for which spending categories with the Wells Fargo Active Cash. Typically for people with good or excellent credit, you earn 2% cash rewards across your purchases. There are no rotating categories to activate, specific portals you need to book through or strategies you need to employ. Besides the simplicity, the Active Cash Card has a competitive welcome offer for credit cards with no annual fee, and the introductory APR allows you to benefit from short-term financing on purchases or a qualifying balance transfer.

For more details, see our full Wells Fargo Active Cash review.

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The BankAmericard® credit card gives cardholders 21 billing cycles to pay off a transferred balance at 0% introductory interest (then 16.24% to 26.24% variable APR). It provides the same amount of time for new purchases, but there are no rewards.

It’s one of – if not the – longest introductory APR periods available. It does charge a balance transfer fee of 3% of the amount of each transaction, which is pretty standard across balance transfer credit cards. That makes it stand out among its competitors. Keep in mind you’ll need to make any balance transfers within 60 days of account opening to qualify for its low-interest offer.

There’s little to the card outside of that, but it presents one of the best choices for a balance transfer credit card if you’re looking to pay off some credit card debt.

For more information, see our full review of the BankAmericard credit card.

The Blue Cash Preferred® Card from American Express is a top choice if you have a credit score over 670 and want to earn maximum rewards on groceries and rewards on gas. Though there is a $95 annual fee ($0 intro annual fee for the first year), if you have a hefty grocery or gas bill it may be negligible, as these are some of the best cash-back rates you can earn on U.S. supermarket and U.S. gas station purchases. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, most American households’ grocery expenditure sits under the card’s $6,000 annual spending threshold for the U.S. supermarket rewards. You will only exceed this spending threshold if you average over $115 in groceries per week in a year. Cash back is received in the form of Reward Dollars that can be redeemed as a statement credit.

See our full review of the Blue Cash Preferred Card for more details.

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The Capital One Venture Rewards Credit Card* is a solid mid-tier travel card. It features flexible rewards, an application fee credit for Global Entry or TSA PreCheck and travel accident insurance**.

You’ll earn 2x miles per dollar no matter what you’re buying. Each mile equates to 1 cent if you redeem for past travel expenses, which means the card essentially earns a 2% return. While that’s competitive with many no-annual-fee cards, the extra perks set it apart.

You can find out more in our Capital One Venture Rewards card review.

The Discover it® Cash Back* offers high rewards for bonus categories that change every three months.

While its 5% cash-back rate is higher than most credit cards without an annual fee, you’ll only earn that rate on up to $1,500 in quarterly spending upon activation. That means you can earn a maximum of $75 in rewards before your cash-back rate drops to 1%. The Discover it Cash Back also has one of the best welcome bonuses on the market. Discover will essentially double the rewards you earn at the end of your first year with the card.

You can read all about it in our Discover it Cash Back review.

The Double Cash Card is a great choice if you need to improve your credit by paying down existing credit card debt with a balance transfer or if you’re looking for consistent rewards. While it doesn’t offer many additional card perks like shopping protections, it does offer cardholders a relatively generous amount of time to pay down a transferred balance.

You can find all the details in our Citi Double Cash Card review.

With the U.S. Bank Cash+, you’ll earn the most rewards in the two eligible categories you spend the most in each month, plus unlimited rewards for either grocery store, gas station or restaurant spending. Some of the eligible top-spend categories are fast food, home utilities, department stores, cell phone service, electronic stores and TV, internet and streaming.

While 5% is a high rewards rate, it’s hampered by its spending limit. Your 5% rewards will fall to 1% after $2,000 in spending each quarter. An unlimited flat-rate rewards card could earn more rewards given enough spending, considering you could use it for all of your purchases.