Priceline VIP Rewards™ Visa® Card Review
Overview
The Priceline VIP Rewards™ Visa® Card is a category rewards card from Barclays, running on the Visa network. The Priceline VIP Rewards™ Visa® Card earns up to 5x on travel, dining, and gas, so it pays you the most exactly where you already spend. There is no annual fee, which means every dollar of rewards is pure profit. New cardholders can earn 20,000 bonus points after $500 in the first 90 days.
It earns its keep without an annual fee, which is rare for a card with real bonus categories. That combination makes it a strong everyday keeper that you never have to justify paying for.
Think twice if: your spending does not line up with its bonus categories, or if you would rather not think about where you swipe at all.
Our 4.0 out of 5 rating
Each score weighs the rewards rate, value after the annual fee, welcome offer, points flexibility, and perks, with every point valued at a flat 1 cent. This is our editorial assessment to help you compare cards, not a guarantee of approval or of the value you will get.
Rewards: how it earns
Where the Priceline VIP Rewards™ Visa® Card earns its rewards is its bonus categories: 5x on travel (about $90 a year on the $1,800 a typical household spends there), 2x on dining (about $60 a year on the $3,000 a typical household spends there), and 2x on gas (about $43 a year on the $2,160 a typical household spends there). Across a full year of average household spending, the card returns roughly $415 in rewards before any welcome bonus, so the more your spending overlaps those categories, the better it does.
| Category | Rate | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Travel | 5x | Bonus category |
| Dining and restaurants | 2x | Bonus category |
| Gas | 2x | Bonus category |
| Groceries | 1x | Base rate |
| Streaming | 1x | Base rate |
| Everything else | 1x | Everything else |
The fine print on rates: Points are locked to Priceline and redeem for 1 cent each as a statement credit or up to 1.5 cents toward Priceline travel. They do not transfer to airline or hotel programs.
Every point and mile above is valued at a flat 1 cent, the same honest standard we use for every card. Run your own spending through the calculator to see what this card would actually return for you.
Pros and cons
- 5x on travel
- 2x on dining
- 2x on gas
- No annual fee
- Welcome offer worth about $200
- Annual statement credits offset the cost
- Rewards stay locked to this card and cannot be moved to travel partners
The welcome bonus
The current welcome offer is 20,000 bonus points, earned after you spend $500 in the first 90 days. Valued honestly at a flat 1 cent per point, that is worth about $200. Stacking the welcome offer on top of a typical year of rewards and accounting for no annual fee, the first year is worth roughly $615.
Is the annual fee worth it?
The Priceline VIP Rewards™ Visa® Card has no annual fee, so there is no break-even math to worry about. Every dollar of rewards is profit, and you can keep it open for free, which also helps the average age of your credit over time.
Benefits and protections
Beyond the rewards, the perks and protections worth knowing about include:
- 5 points per dollar on Priceline bookings
- 10 points per dollar on Avis and Budget car rentals
- 2 points per dollar on gas and dining
- Automatic Priceline VIP Gold status on approval
- Global Entry or TSA PreCheck fee credit after $10,000 in annual spend
Statement credits
- Global Entry or TSA PreCheck fee credit (up to $120, after $10,000 in annual spend)
Who should get it, and who should skip it
It is best for people whose biggest monthly spending is travel and dining and who want to maximize those categories without paying an annual fee.
Skip it if your spending does not line up with its bonus categories, or if you would rather not think about where you swipe at all.
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Offer details verified against issuer sources as of July 2026. Editorial opinions are our own. Cardocrat values all points at a flat 1 cent and never inflates redemptions.
