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Name: American Express Credit Card
Rating: 4.1 (93 reviews)

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3.56

Based on 93 reviews, last reviewed 21st Apr 2025

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Latest highest rating:

4

Great offers on everyday purchases Great offers on everyday purchases Reviewed on: 21st April 2025

Latest lowest rating:

1

WHEN I NEEDED AMEX TO HELP THEY LET ME DOWN I have had a Amex card for 30 years. Now I have a platinum business card and a personal card. I left my credit card details with British Airways and B... Read more Reviewed on: 7th February 2025

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American Express American Express Credit Card reviews (93)

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

Great interest rates for the first 3 months

Great interest rates for the first 3 months - after that, Amex becomes a very average credit card with not lost of advantages Reviewed on: 23rd March 2023

Effective

Such a grate life saver when I have a emergency bill or pay out and very fair to customers, plus builds cash back and builds my credit score Reviewed on: 23rd March 2023

Just excellent

Exceptionally good service, I have never had a credit card before, having the American Express card and paying it off each month has given me an excellent credit rating, and I’m earning air miles. I cannot recommend them enough. Reviewed on: 10th March 2023

Great experience

I was in need for a credit card for a while, I found American Express. It was a very good digital application process on the American Express website. It is a very customer-oriented interface, and the approval process was very smooth. Besides, the mobile app is so good and I keep using it for all my needs about my credit card. Great credit card experience overall. Strongly recommended. Reviewed on: 10th March 2023

Great points

Enjoy using this card for my purchases as much as possible and nice to get a little bonus at the end of the year. Reviewed on: 10th March 2023

Offers great value as long as it's your main card

This is a terrific company that offers great products p I would recommend to everyone Reviewed on: 1st March 2023

low credit limit

they wouldnt increase my credit limit even when i asked Reviewed on: 9th February 2023

American Dream

The team have been very supportive of my financial needs and personal situation. Reviewed on: 9th February 2023

Free reward offers included!

Needed a simple card to keep an eye on my spending during a 3 week trip. This ticked all the boxes and more offers are available as time goes on (got good cashback on easyjet holidays and paid immediately!) Reviewed on: 30th January 2023

Brillant provider Crrdit cards

Great American Express, easy app and very good customer service Reviewed on: 16th January 2023

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