anyone have an AMEX blue card?

[Mo0o]

I currently have a CITIBank Plat. Dividend Select and was wondering if its worth getting an AMEX Blue card since it seems to have better cash back stuff. I dont carry a balance so none of the APR stuff applies, just interested in the perks.

http://www.bettercreditcard.com/

 

[chambersc]

i have an amex blue. i like the chip they have in the card. more and more places are starting to develop the "swipe and go" tech. i've had it for about 10months.

 

[halik]

I've got both the gold and blue, I'm not sure aboutt he blue in particular, but Gold has some decent perks. Outside the rewards point, they have free towing/roadside assistance, free rental insurance and stuff like that.

 

[KillerCharlie]

The cash back is only 1% on certain purchases (groceries and gas stations) and 0.5% on the rest. Once you spend $6500 in a year, it goes to 5% (groceries and gas stations) and 1.5% everything else.

I estimated how much I charge a year and found that the Chase Freedom Visa is a much better deal for me.

 

[Thorny]

I have a blue, and I use my Citi for rewards instead of it. The points just don't seem to add up for the blue even though I've made several large purchases on it. Plus I just tried to use some of my points last week at ticketmaster and they didn't work so I ended up paying cash for something I was expecting to be free. I still use AmEx for some things due to the protection they offer, but everything else goes to Citi.

 

[Reckoner]

You need to spend over 6500 a year on it to be worth anything good

 

[DaWhim]

got my blule for like 3 years already.

 

[kami333]

Check this site out link

It's also good to keep an eye out for promotional rates, Discover runs them pretty often (double percentage for certain months on certain categories, etc)

 

[RossMAN]

I don't have an Amex Blue but I do have another suggestion.

If you're a CostCo member, I would highly recommend the TrueEarnings cc.

 

[gotsmack]

http://www.citicards.com/cards/wv/cardDetail.do?screenID=914

this card is good too, I just got mine on Saturtday.

3% at restaurants, 3% office supply stores, 3% gas, 3% car rentals. Everything else is 1%.

I like how the costco amex has 2% for traveling but I don;t have a costco memebership, and when I travel it goes on the company credit card.