Amazon Cards to Add Bonus Rewards on Chase Travel, Transit

Holders of the Prime Rewards card will now earn cash back in two more categories:

• 5% cash back on purchases made through the Chase Travel portal.

But the card is ditching its 2% rate at drugstores, meaning purchases there will earn just 1% back. Otherwise, the rest of its rewards structure will remain the same:

• 5% back at Amazon.com and Whole Foods Market.

• 2% back at restaurants and gas stations.

• 1% back on all other purchases.

The Amazon Prime Rewards Visa Signature Card will retain its annual fee of $0, but you’ll still need an Amazon Prime membership to get it. Membership costs $139 a year.

The Amazon Rewards Visa Card, which you can get without a Prime membership, is also getting an update to its rewards structure. Cardholders will now earn:

• 3% back on purchases made through the Chase Travel portal. 

• 2% back on local transit and commuting, including rideshares. 

This version of the card, too, is nixing its 2% rate at drugstores, but as with the Prime version of the card, Rewards Visa cardholders will continue to earn 2% back at restaurants and gas stations, plus 1% back on everything else. Its $0 annual fee will also remain unchanged.