Do not view having to manually enter transactions a bad thing. Connected accounts don't always work like you would think.
First you need your credit card to be a cc type account in your chart of accounts. You can add it ahead of time or on the fly, every account field dropdown includes <add new> option.
To enter cc charges you use the Expense enter screen accessed from "+", vendors. The only specific option just for cc is Enter cc credit which is strictly for returns or discounts.
Record a payment to the cc company by recording a check ("+" write check) with the aforementioned cc account from your COA as the detail
If you reconcile the account to the statement prior to paying a popup will prompt to create a payment check
