Two New Blue Cash American Express Cards!!!!!!!!!!!

[Ron1]

Craig,

I'm glad you called last night. You might end the old Blue Cash Card. I didn't know there was still option for a short time. Last night, I found the hidden link to apply for the old Blue Cash. It may be available for those people wanting to apply.  I hope that you're right about May 6. 

I didn't use my Old Blue Card that much when I had it. It's till inside the envelope. I used it to pay for internet purchase and Credit Secure.  

Ron.

[Ron1]

Most of time they pull from EXP. Sometimes, all 3.

Ron.

[Anonymous]

Fico-ers,

I am very convinced that the Blue Preferred cash card is going to kick the a**es of the competition out there.  For those that complain about the $75 AF - get over it.  If you really take a look at middle America's spending habits, the two necessities that are skyrocketing in price due to inflation is food and gas.

This card gives 6% cash back for groceries out of the gate and 3% for gas with no maximum limits and no minimum tier spend.  Though I won't get one personally because I use my upgraded full MR points AMEX Zync to buy groceries online and from Costco, I recommended my parents back home who do 90% of their food spending at groceries/supermarkets to get this card NOW.

[Ron1]

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@Anonymous wrote:

Fico-ers,

I am very convinced that the Blue Preferred cash card is going to kick the a**es of the competition out there.  For those that complain about the $75 AF - get over it.  If you really take a look at middle America's spending habits, the two necessities that are skyrocketing in price due to inflation is food and gas.

This card gives 6% cash back for groceries out of the gate and 3% for gas with no maximum limits and no minimum tier spend.  Though I won't get one personally because I use my upgraded full MR points AMEX Zync to buy groceries online and from Costco, I recommended my parents back home who do 90% of their food spending at groceries/supermarkets to get this card NOW.

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Why don't you get one? Amex Zync doesn't give you cash back bonus on groceries and gas purchases.

Ron.

[Ron1]

Here is another review for the card:

http://creditcardforum.com/rewards/232-warning-american-express-blue-cash-here-s-catch.html

Ron.

[haulingthescoreup]

Frankly, I wouldn't be a bit surprised to see AmEx start to dial down the rewards on this card once they see the usage patterns. (PenFed did something similar, knocking their grocery rebate from 2% to 1% and their overall 1.25% to 1%, although the gas reward is still 5%.)

That being said, I'm going to milk this for everything that I can, including stocking up on non-perishables if and when AmEx announces a change in rewards.

Note: the reward is for purchases made in grocery stores. I haven't seen anything that says that it's restricted for groceries. So as long as the store qualifies as a grocery store (as opposed to a wholesale discount store, for instance), it looks like any purchase goes, including dish towels, cat food, beer/ wine/ etc., DVD's, cigarettes (ugh), plastic lawn chairs, car batteries, garden gnomes, and whatever other wacko thing the store decides to sell. This is different from a sales tax exemption for food, for instance.

[Open123]

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@Ron1 wrote:

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@Anonymous wrote:

Fico-ers,

I am very convinced that the Blue Preferred cash card is going to kick the a**es of the competition out there.  For those that complain about the $75 AF - get over it.  If you really take a look at middle America's spending habits, the two necessities that are skyrocketing in price due to inflation is food and gas.

This card gives 6% cash back for groceries out of the gate and 3% for gas with no maximum limits and no minimum tier spend.  Though I won't get one personally because I use my upgraded full MR points AMEX Zync to buy groceries online and from Costco, I recommended my parents back home who do 90% of their food spending at groceries/supermarkets to get this card NOW.

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Why don't you get one? Amex Zync doesn't give you cash back bonus on groceries and gas purchases.

Ron.

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Yeah, just use this card for all grocery, gas, and dept store purchases.  Especially if you qualify for the $100 bonus cash back rebate, I don't see what the downside on getting this card just for the bonus categories.

However, if this surgical usage pattern persists, there will be no doubt Amex will reduce the rewards.

[DI]

I did the PC to Blue Cash Everyday because of the 3% in grocery.  I may contact AMEX to see if they can start offering 5% Cashback on gas to compete with a competitor. 

[Ron1]

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@haulingthescoreup wrote:

Frankly, I wouldn't be a bit surprised to see AmEx start to dial down the rewards on this card once they see the usage patterns. (PenFed did something similar, knocking their grocery rebate from 2% to 1% and their overall 1.25% to 1%, although the gas reward is still 5%.)

That being said, I'm going to milk this for everything that I can, including stocking up on non-perishables if and when AmEx announces a change in rewards.

Note: the reward is for purchases made in grocery stores. I haven't seen anything that says that it's restricted for groceries. So as long as the store qualifies as a grocery store (as opposed to a wholesale discount store, for instance), it looks like any purchase goes, including dish towels, cat food, beer/ wine/ etc., DVD's, cigarettes (ugh), plastic lawn chairs, car batteries, garden gnomes, and whatever other wacko thing the store decides to sell. This is different from a sales tax exemption for food, for instance.

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They have the right to change the terms of the card any time or shut down the program. It would be a couple of years down the road.  I don't really need Preferred card because my brother and I live together and we don't need buy a lot of groceries like a big family.  Costco Amex  and Simply Cash gave me 3% of cash rebate. So I don't really need that. 

Ron.

[Ron1]

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@DI wrote:

I did the PC to Blue Cash Everyday because of the 3% in grocery.  I may contact AMEX to see if they can start offering 5% Cashback on gas to compete with a competitor. 

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I thought you didn't  want the card. Anyway, Congrats for your new card.

Ron.