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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

Quality with rewards

Amex is a breeze. I get cashback, rewards, and easy transactions. Reviewed on: 9th July 2020

Great card, would recommend

Unlimited expenditure available, discounts available, regular updates and communication from company. would always recommend Reviewed on: 12th June 2020

Expressive

With Amex, I was able to afford those extra little luxuries and simultaneously earn Airmiles for travel. Sensible limit and good APR. The only downfall is sometimes these particular cards aren't accepted in some places. Reviewed on: 28th May 2020

My default credit card

I have had an American express rewards card for over 10 years. It is free and I get triple points on Supermarket shopping and standard points on all my other purchases - these come in handy at Christmas time Reviewed on: 8th February 2020

Great all rounder

Great all round card. Cash back for buying everyday items with an absolutely outstanding customer service team. Whenever had to call they have been polite, prompt and efficient. I trust them completely. Reviewed on: 28th January 2020

Top-tier Service

Unbeatable, love and definitely have faith in AMEX. Reviewed on: 27th January 2020

Outstanding

American Express customers service is on the ball very helpful and they sort problems straight away plus it doesn’t take forever to answer your call because they are open 24/7. All the information is always up to date and the service is simply the best if they had a bank account I would join straight away Reviewed on: 19th January 2020

Simple to sign up and use great for an oldie with easy password retrieval

I have held my American Express card for some years now. Originally I signed up for cash back, but I have stuck with AE because the customer service is really good and the card is easy to use. Also if it's been a while since I have used it, pin number retrieval is quick and simple. Reviewed on: 9th June 2019

Good card

Nice card, reward scheme good. not widely acceptable though Reviewed on: 5th June 2019

AMEX

Quick to get a decision, excellent customer care once you have the perks. Reviewed on: 5th June 2019

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