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Name: American Express Credit Card
Rating: 4.16 (83 reviews)

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3.64

Based on 83 reviews, last reviewed 17th Sep 2024

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American Express credit card is a great credit card,... American Express credit card is a great credit card, especially the Cashback available Reviewed on: 26th August 2024

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1

Customer service level of zero I received my British Airways American Express card and set up a direct debit to pay off the full sum when it became due. Amex did not take the funds ... Read more Reviewed on: 17th September 2024

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Review of the American Express, American Express Credit Card:

Useless Customer Service and Dispute Team

RUBBISH CREDIT CARD AND CUSTOMER SERVICE!!! STAY AWAY!!! I bought a very expensive kitchen appliance from a prestigious online marketplace. After 3 months the appliance stopped connecting to the Internet, so I sent it to the manufacturer for repair. The manufacturer immediately contacted me to let me know that the item was part of a large lot of stolen appliances, and they confiscated it as it belonged to them. The marketplace refused to provide a refund, as the seller had already disappeared with my money, but that's a separate story and also a separate review/feedback. Given that I was basically sold fraudulently a stolen good I was 100% convinced that Amex would have protected me fighting "tooth and nail". In reality they found every possible way to deny me any kind of protection and refund. Their “purchase protection” scheme was denied because the item was allegedly bought "privately" even if it was a brand new item. The main dispute was denied basically without any comprehensible explanation although the true reason is that they operate a charge-back system, so if the merchant isn't happy with the charge-back (and who would be?) then Amex tends to favour the merchant (otherwise they might lose a big chunk of business which is a lot worse than losing just one private customer) and submit a one liner explanation which doesn't mean anything 99% of the times. Most of the denials happened only hours (sometimes less) after I raised the disputes and there was never a way to fully understand the reason behind them. The most common explanation was "the merchant has provided their terms and conditions"... Ok and so what? The terms of conditions of the merchant certainly don't cover selling stolen goods. Other times the response was that I didn’t return the item. The item was a “stolen good” therefore it got confiscated by the manufacturer. Besides returning a “stolen good” to the thief? It clearly meant that they never bother to read the one pager explanation I provided with the claim. The ice on the cake, however, was the final attempt to get a refund under the “Section 75” of the Consumer Credit Act, the law that should protect British customers better than anywhere else in the world... This was the only case when the "Dispute Team" bothered to read the details of the issue/dispute and they suddenly became shrewd lawyers and declined the refund on the legal ground that the "contractual chain" between the buyer and seller was interrupted by the marketplace. In reality the seller, to all extents and purposes, at least from my point of view, was the marketplace itself but that's a different story, one for the courtrooms… All in all, there is just a deep sense of being completely, utterly abandoned and neglected by the one of the largest and most effluent credit cards on the planet. Their standard "dispute" system is just a joke where they only move money from one party to another, without any shred of time/money effort spent by themselves to evaluate the facts and try to resolve the dispute in terms of what is right and fair. It should have been a “slam-dunk” case as I had all the police reports about the theft and the consequent fraud I was subjected to. USELESS!!! STAY AWAY!!! Reviewed on: 12th June 2023

Terrible company that doesn't care

American express are a company that doesn't care about their customers. They do not read customers communications and they do not communicate. I would highly recommend staying away from the brand. Reviewed on: 13th January 2023

Platinum Cashback card

Nice to have a cashback card with no annual fee, supplemented with further offers and the Shop Small campaign. Reviewed on: 3rd April 2022

Well it's amex

App is quite good. Plenty of schemes and offers. Only issue is being AMEX it can't be used everywhere. Reviewed on: 26th February 2022

It's so much good that you will stop using any other cards.

The best thing about having AMEX is that you never wait several minutes to connect to the customer service team. The max time I have ever waited is like 2-3minutes. Issues are solved on the spot no waiting or call later kind of silly responses. Customer agent knows that he/she is doing or needs to do. Reviewed on: 27th January 2022

Finance

Not acceptable in some stores . Mostly use it to order stuff online. High interest rate Reviewed on: 31st July 2021

Superb customer service

Always professional and customer-focussed Reviewed on: 8th July 2021

Excellent app, great customer care

The app is very user friendly and the statements are very clear. When I raised a query It was dealt with swiftly and efficiently. Also have a good cash back scheme, especially for the first 3 months Reviewed on: 15th June 2021

Great service, great card

Very good benefits and excellent customer service. Very happy with my Amex credit card Reviewed on: 14th June 2021

Great customer service and fraudulent identification in.

I’ve had issues with chargers and they are great to get refunds. Also identified a fraudulent transaction before processing a 3,250 US dollar charge for an online reservation with Philippine Airlines. Reviewed on: 14th June 2021

Quick application process

Decision was quick and card and details sent promptly Reviewed on: 15th April 2021

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