Rental car insuranceGetting into your Rental Vehicle can be the start of a great vacation. When you use your Eligible Card to reserve and pay for the Entire Rental and decline the collision damage waiver at the rental Company counter, you can be covered for Damage to or Theft of a Rental Vehicle in a Covered Territory. Please read important exclusions and restrictions. Not all vehicle types or rentals are covered. Coverage is not available for vehicles rented in Australia, Italy, and New Zealand. This product provides secondary coverage and does not include liability coverage.Carried by 186 of 581 cards in the catalog
American Express
Amex EveryDay® Preferred
$95 a yearEverything this card owes you
0statement credits
$0at face value, a year
3protections included
2spend categories that earn extra
0 of those 0 credits pay nothing until they are activated.
What the number is made of
Your card carries $0 in credits.
Not points and not a valuation. Statement credits with real dollar amounts, attached to real things — a hotel night, a dinner, a membership, a flight you were taking anyway.
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Every credit, on its own clock
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You get back$0Nothing selected yet — mark the credits you would use above.
Annual fee$95Charged in full, every year, whether you collect or not.
Your effective annual fee$95What the card really costs you once your credits are counted.
Window you would useWindow you would notCard anniversary, not the calendar
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The protections, and how rare they are
These carry no honest dollar value, so they stay out of the ledger above. What they have instead is scarcity: most cards don't carry them.
3 protections included on this card
Rental car insuranceGetting into your Rental Vehicle can be the start of a great vacation. When you use your Eligible Card to reserve and pay for the Entire Rental and decline the collision damage waiver at the rental Company counter, you can be covered for Damage to or Theft of a Rental Vehicle in a Covered Territory. Please read important exclusions and restrictions. Not all vehicle types or rentals are covered. Coverage is not available for vehicles rented in Australia, Italy, and New Zealand. This product provides secondary coverage and does not include liability coverage.Carried by 186 of 581 cards in the catalog
Travel & emergency assistanceWhenever you travel more than 100 miles from home, Global Assist Hotline is available for 24/7 medical, legal, financial and other select emergency assistance and coordination services, such as medical and legal referrals, emergency cash wires, and missing luggage assistance. Card Members are responsible for the costs charged by third-party service providers. Other terms and conditions apply.Carried by 342 of 581 cards in the catalog
Return protectionWith Return Protection, you may return eligible purchases to American Express if the seller won't take them back up to 90 days from the date of purchase. American Express may refund the full purchase price excluding shipping and handling, up to $300 per item, up to a maximum of $1,000 per calendar year per Card account, if you purchased it entirely with your eligible American Express® Card. Purchases must be made in the U.S. or its territories.Carried by 42 of 581 cards in the catalogWhat you get in
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Before the card arrives
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