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Verified May 2026

USAA Preferred Cash Rewards

USAA|Personal
/5
Annual Fee
$0
Sign-Up Bonus
$250 cash bonus
Bonus Value
$250

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Is this card worth it?
Annual fee
$0
Welcome offer
$250 cash bonus
Est. value
$250
Best for
Cashback

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Earn a $250 cash reward bonus after spending $1,000 in qualifying purchases within 90 days of account opening.

Benefits and fees last verified May 2026against the issuer's published terms.

Earning Rates

1.5x
all purchases

Important considerations

  • Rewards do not transfer to travel partners

    Rewards are fixed cash back with no airline or hotel transfer partners, so you cannot convert them into points for premium cabin or outsized award value.

Based on this card's terms last verified May 2026.

USAA Preferred Cash Rewards

USAA

Not enough context

Not enough context to say

Nothing we know about this card and about you decides it either way. The unknowns below are the reason, and each one names what would settle it.

What we still do not know (3)

  • spend-categories
    Which categories get the most spend each month, for example dining, groceries, travel or gas? We hold no category spending data at all, so we will not guess one.
  • held-cards
    Which cards are currently carried? Without that list we cannot say whether this one duplicates a card already held.
  • tracked-objectives
    Which trip is being saved toward? A tracked trip is what turns this card's currency into a concrete gap it could close.

Ecosystem fit

NO_TRANSFER_ECOSYSTEM

This card's rewards do not transfer to any airline or hotel program in our graph.

Portfolio overlap

HOLDINGS_UNKNOWN

We do not know which cards you hold, so we cannot say whether this one duplicates anything.

Saved-trip relevance

NO_TRACKED_OBJECTIVES

You track no saved trip, so there is no goal for this card to move toward.

Earn fit

ASK_SPEND_CATEGORIES

We need to ask before we can answer this

Which categories get the most spend each month, for example dining, groceries, travel or gas? We hold no category spending data at all, so we will not guess one.

We hold no category spending data for you, and we will not estimate one. Until this is answered, this card's earn rates are facts about the card, not a fit for you.

Verified economics

VERIFIED
$0 annual feeIssuer check 2026-05-24

No publishable welcome offer (no-current-offer).

  • Rewards do not transfer to travel partners. Rewards are fixed cash back with no airline or hotel transfer partners, so you cannot convert them into points for premium cabin or outsized award value.

Computed 2026-08-25T22:26:48.282Z from the facts above. This is a request-time answer, not something we monitor for you.

Earning rates

1
  • 1.5%
    everything else

    Flat 1.5% cash back on all purchases, no categories to track, no enrollment, no quarterly activation, no caps

Statement credits

1
  • Flexible redemption

    Flexible redemption: redeem as a statement credit, electronic deposit to an eligible USAA bank account, toward travel, for gift cards, merchandise, or charitable contributions

Perks & memberships

2
  • Card networkIssued on the Visa Signature network (despite some legacy references calling it a Mastercard, USAA issues this as a Visa Signature product per usaa.com, U.S. News, NerdWallet, and FinanceBuzz)
  • No foreign feesNo foreign transaction fees, earn the same 1.5% on international purchases

Travel & purchase protections

2
  • Visa Signature benefits: auto rental CDW (secondary U.S., primary abroad), travel accident insurance, trip cancellation / interruption protection, baggage delay reimbursement, Visa Signature Luxury Hotel Collection
  • Zero-liability fraud protection on unauthorized transactions
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  • Membership-gated: must be a USAA member to apply. USAA membership is restricted to current and former U.S. military servicemembers, their spouses, and their dependents
  • Cash rewards never expire as long as the account remains open and in good standing

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How to Earn the Bonus

Spend $1,000 in the first 3 months to earn the $250 cash bonus bonus.

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Earn $250 cash bonus

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