50 Cafés in San Diego, CA that earn more on your cards
San Diego, CA has 50 Cafés in our listings: 50 take a dining program and none has a card perk. Most common price: $ (inexpensive). Top neighborhoods: College West (8), San Diego (7), and Pacific Beach (6).
50 restaurants
- Restaurants
- 50
- Neighborhoods
- 22
- Cuisines
- 10
- Dining programs
- 14
- With a card perk
- 0
The 3 best cards to bring to dinner in San Diego
Ranked by what each card earns across this city's restaurants at our point valuations, counting the dining program that pays most at each one. Card credits aren't counted. Bilt Dining (43 restaurants) and AAdvantage Dining (15) are the most widespread dining programs here, out of 50 restaurants. American Express Gold Card tops the list here on its own dining rate — ≈$6.00 on a $100 dinner before any program.
American Express Gold Card
$325 annual fee
≈$6.00 on a $100 dinner
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Chase Sapphire Reserve
$795 annual fee
≈$5.40 on a $100 dinner
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Chase Sapphire Preferred Card
$95 annual fee
≈$5.40 on a $100 dinner
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14 dining programs that pay in San Diego
Dining programs pay on top of your card. Join one, link a card, and every meal at a participating restaurant earns twice.
- Bilt Dining43 restaurants1 point per $1
- AAdvantage Dining15 restaurants1–5 miles per $1
- TrueBlue Dining15 restaurants1–3 points per $1
- Eat Around Town15 restaurants4–6 points per $1
- SkyMiles Dining15 restaurants0.5–5 miles per $1
- MileagePlus Dining15 restaurants0.5–5 miles per $1
- Rapid Rewards Dining15 restaurants0.5–3 points per $1
- Atmos Rewards Dining15 restaurants0.5–5 points per $1
- Hilton Honors Dining15 restaurants2–8 points per $1
- IHG Dine & Earn15 restaurants1–8 points per $1
- Dine Out with Wyndham15 restaurants1–5 points per $1
- Rakuten Dining14 restaurants5% back
- inKind5 restaurants20% back
- Upside4 restaurantsUp to 23% back
9 cuisines in San Diego
Café in 22 San Diego neighborhoods
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