Are you eligible for a business card?
You must have a business to apply for a business card. That said, its not uncommon for people to have businesses without realizing it. If you regularly sell items on eBay, for example, then you have a business. Similar examples include: consulting, writing (e.g. blog authorship!), handyman services, owning rental property, etc. In any of these cases, your business is considered a Sole Proprietorship unless you form a corporation of some sort. If you want to keep things simple, you can use your own name as the business name and your own social security number as the business Tax ID.
Business Cards and Chase’s 5/24 Rule
Chase's 5/24 Rule: With most Chase credit cards, Chase will not approve your application if you have opened 5 or more cards with any bank in the past 24 months. To determine your 5/24 status, see: 3 Easy Ways to Count Your 5/24 Status. The easiest option is to track all of your cards for free with Travel Freely. |
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According to Doctor of Credit, the following banks do not routinely report business accounts to the personal credit bureaus:- American Express (except for Canadian Amex)
- Bank of America
- Barclaycard
- Capital One Spark Cash
- Chase
- Citi
- FNBO
- Navy Federal CU
- PNC
- US Bank
- Wells Fargo
The following banks do report business cards on personal credit reports (and therefore do count towards 5/24):
- Capital One (except the Spark Cash Plus charge card)
- TD Bank
- UBS Bank
Best Business Card Offers
If you’re interested in seeing more than the top 10 offers, simply click “Next” at the bottom of the page, or use the drop down selector at the top to show more than 10 items.
Calculations
First year values are calculated as: estimated first year value minus estimated first year costs. First year value includes signup bonus points and statement credits. First year costs include the first year annual fee and the opportunity cost of meeting minimum spend requirements.
Please note that valuable perks such as free checked bags, companion passes, airport lounge access, etc. are not included in these calculations.
Full details of how first year value is calculated can be found here: Credit card signup bonus estimation details.
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The Discover It Business Card is no longer offered.
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What do you think of the Amazon Business Amex card that effective 10/1/2020 will give 5% back on all Amazon spend up to $120,000 on Amazon.com & Whole Earth which is good towards Amazon purchases? They also offer a bonus of a gift card for $125 on Amazon.
If you spend a lot at Amazon, I think it’s an excellent choice.
Thanks, Greg!!! It’s nice to see that you are still monitoring these posts.
Just got denied for a Chase Ink Business Preferred card. Got a letter stating the reason I was denied was “business structure.” I run a sole proprietorship (IT Consulting) and have thousands in income, and credit score in that letter was nearly perfect (883/900 possible). Not sure why they list sole proprietorship as an option in the application if they no longer approve for it. Bewildering to me…..
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Why don’t you list the Barclays AAdvantage Aviator Business card here? Isn’t that a good deal getting 50k AA points after only one purchase?
You are correct. That was an oversight — I did not have that card set as a business card in our system, so the table on this page wasn’t pulling that card. I’ve fixed that.
The Aviator card is now in the 11th spot (on the second page of results).
To answer your question: yes, it’s a good deal to pick up 50K AA miles with a single purchase. This page ranks the best offers based on first year value. That considers the value of any welcome offer minus any first year annual fee and minus the opportunity cost of spending on that card vs a 3% cash back card. The display here is automated based on the math.
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Any idea if the WF Business Platinum card shows on your personal credit reports?
My understanding is that they do not show up on your personal credit report
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Got this pop up ad for an 80K Marriott business card. So…it doesn’t report to the bureaus for personal credit (thinking of 5/24 implications here)…but since it’s a Chase card, Chase will still add it to the 24 month rolling count, right?
https://creditcards.chase.com/a1/marriottbusiness/naep/8TK?CELL=641N&jp_cmp=cc/10988188/ext/82740466/146493263
80K is the current public offer for that card. No, I don’t believe it will add to your 5/24 count, but I have received some conflicting datapoints regarding that so I can’t promise you 100%
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