Merchant Category Lookup Tool
Lyft has been seen to be coded as:
- Transportation - Taxis & Coach
- Transportation - Travel & Transit
- Taxicabs and limousines
Currently, the following cards earn more than 1x at Local Commuter Transport:
Brex Cash Card
American Express® Green Card
Transportation - Travel & Transiton local transportation, including rideshare Card offer not available through this site.
Chase Sapphire Reserve®
Taxicabs and limousines
Chase Ink Business Preferred®
Taxicabs and limousines
Alaska Airlines Visa Signature® credit card
Capital One Venture X Rewards Credit Card
on all purchases
Capital One Venture Rewards Card
on all purchases
Capital One Venture X Business
on all purchases
Capital One Spark Miles for Business
on all purchases
The Blue Business® Plus Credit Card from American Express
Transportation - Taxis & Coachon all purchases ($50,000 annual limit)
Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card
Taxicabs and limousineson travel not purchased through Chase TravelSM
World Of Hyatt Credit Card
Taxicabs and limousines
The New United Club℠ Card
The New United Gateway℠ Card
The New United Quest℠ Card
The New United℠ Business Card
IHG One Rewards Premier Business Credit Card
Southwest Rapid Rewards® Plus Credit Card
Southwest Rapid Rewards® Priority Credit Card
Taxicabs and limousines
Southwest Rapid Rewards® Premier Credit Card
Southwest® Rapid Rewards® Performance Business Credit Card
Southwest® Rapid Rewards® Premier Business Credit Card
Capital One Spark Miles Select for Business
on all purchases Card offer not available through this site.
Air France KLM World Elite Mastercard®
Virgin Atlantic World Elite Mastercard®
The Hilton Honors American Express Business Card
on other eligible purchases (up to the first $100,000 spent per calendar year; 3x points thereafter)
Chase Freedom Unlimited®
Taxicabs and limousineson all purchases
Chase Ink Business Unlimited®
on all purchases
United Club℠ Business Card
Capital One VentureOne Rewards Credit Card
on all purchases
IHG One Rewards Premier Credit Card
Taxicabs and limousineson all purchases
The Bilt Mastercard®
on other eligible purchases when you use the card 5 times each statement period. See Rewards & Benefits
TD Double Up℠ Credit Card
on all eligible purchases
Bank of America® Premium Rewards® Elite Credit Card
Bank of America® Premium Rewards® credit card
Amazon Visa
Synchrony Premier World Mastercard®
on all purchases
Wells Fargo Active Cash℠ Card
on other eligible purchases
Citi Double Cash Card®
TAXICAB/LIMOUSINE
Prime Visa
Capital One Spark Cash Plus
Capital One Spark Cash
on all purchases
Ink Business Premier® Credit Card
on every purchase
The American Express Blue Business Cash™ Card
on all purchases ($50,000 annual limit. Cash back is issued as a statement credit.)
Marriott Bonvoy Bevy® American Express® Card
on other eligible purchases
Marriott Bonvoy Bold™ Credit Card
Marriott Bonvoy Boundless™
on other eligible purchases Card offer not available through this site.
Marriott Bonvoy Brilliant® American Express® Card
Transportation - Taxis & Coachon other eligible purchases
Marriott Bonvoy Business® American Express® Card
Transportation - Taxis & Coachon other eligible purchases
Hilton Honors American Express Aspire Card
Transportation - Taxis & Coachon other eligible purchases Card offer not available through this site.
Hilton Honors American Express Surpass® Card
Transportation - Taxis & Coachon other eligible purchases
Hilton Honors American Express Card
Transportation - Taxis & Coachon other eligible purchases
Preferred Cash Rewards Credit Card
Capital One QuicksilverOne Cash Rewards Credit Card
on all purchases
Bank of America® Travel Rewards credit card
Discover it® Miles
on all purchases
Capital One Quicksilver Cash Rewards Credit Card
on all purchases
Capital One Quicksilver Secured Cash Rewards Credit Card
Cash Magnet® Card
on all purchases (issued as a statement credit) Card offer not available through this site.
Capital One Quicksilver Student Cash Rewards Credit Card
on all purchases
Bank of America® Travel Rewards Credit Card for Students
on all purchases Card offer not available through this site.
Capital One Spark Cash Select
IHG One Rewards Traveler Credit Card
on all purchases
Choice Privileges® Visa Signature® Card
J.P. Morgan Reserve®
Taxicabs and limousines
Chase Freedom Flex℠
Taxicabs and limousines
Chase Ink Business Cash®
Taxicabs and limousines
Blue Cash Preferred® Card from American Express
(issued as a statement credit)
What are Merchant Category Codes (MCCs) and why are they important?
Merchant Category Codes (MCCs) are a way for credit card networks to identify different types of merchants. Based on the type of business, a merchant is assigned a category code, which is how credit card companies know that something “codes as travel” or “is a restaurant”.
The MCC of a merchant is defined by the network of cards (Visa, Mastercard, American Express and Discover in the U.S.). Typically, merchants receive the same coding with Visa and Mastercard, however, vendors are sometimes coded differently with American Express.
When such coding differences happen, a transaction with a merchant may code as “Bakery” with Visa/Mastercard and not receive any bonus points but may code as “Restaurant” with American Express and receive bonus points if that particular card offers a bonus multiplier at restaurants.
AwardWallet currently uses data gathered across American Express, Mastercard, and Visa cards issued by Chase, Citibank, and American Express to perform this analysis. We fully expect there to be an occasional anomaly where such coding conflicts occur and are working to point out when this occurs.
If you notice something that has been miscategorized, please let us know by submitting a bug report.
If you’d like to learn a bit more about MCCs, take a look at some resources here: