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American Express cards

Here are quick links to the American Express cards that we cover.

Amex Cash Back Cards

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Blue Cash Preferred® Card from American Express card art
Blue Cash Preferred® Card from American Express
Annual fee: $0 intro fee for the first year, then $95
Blue Cash Preferred® Card from American Express. A cash back card that offers 6% on up to $6,000 spent at U.S. supermarkets each year. One of the best credit cards for groceries and a great credit card for gas.

Card review: Benefits, features and rewards of the Blue Cash Preferred.
Welcome bonus: Best public Blue Cash Preferred welcome bonus.
Blue Cash Everyday® Card from American Express card art
Blue Cash Everyday® Card from American Express
Annual fee: $0
Blue Cash Everyday® Card from American Express. A cash back card with no annual fee that offers 3% on groceries at U.S. supermarkets, 3% on gas at U.S. gas stations, and 3% on U.S. online retail shopping. Each bonus caps increased rewards at $6,000 or spending per year. Other purchases earn 1%. A well-balanced cash back card with useful bonus categories and no annual fee.
American Express Blue Business Cash™ Card card art
American Express Blue Business Cash™ Card
Annual fee: $0
American Express Blue Business Cash™ Card. A small business cash back card that offers 2% rewards on the first $50,000 spent each calendar year, then 1%. A good 2% card for small businesses that spend less than $50,000 each year.

Amex Membership Rewards-earning cards

American Express® Business Gold Card card art
American Express® Business Gold Card
Annual fee: $295
American Express® Business Gold Card. A small business card that earns 4x Membership Rewards® in two select business categories where you spend the most each statement cycle.

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    Aaron Hurd is a credit card, travel rewards, and loyalty program expert. Over the past 15 years, he has authored over a thousand expert contributions published by leading outlets including WSJ, TIME, Newsweek, Forbes, NerdWallet, The Points Guy, Bankrate, CNET, and many others. He has also served in consulting roles for many of these same outlets, designing content strategy, hiring teams of teams of editors and contributors, developing thought-leadership pieces, and ghost-editing for senior editors. Aaron is well-known in the miles and points community and regularly presents about travel rewards at conferences like the Chicago Seminars and Minnebar. Aaron has enjoyed the game of optimizing credit card rewards since getting his first credit card shortly after he turned 18. He started learning about credit cards and travel rewards from the (now defunct) FatWallet Finance forums and FlyerTalk. He holds more than 40 open credit cards and has first-hand experience with almost every major credit card product.

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