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> I mean, it’s basically their only purpose in life Cash back/miles is another one.

• skeletal88 6y ago
  Does not exist in europe, because they come from insane fees charged from merchants and the fees are regulated here to be lower than in the us.
  • maccard 6y ago
    Amex offers 1.25% cashback, and they also have rewards cards that provide "points" which are redeemable on most major airline/hotel rewards programs. In practice Amex is almost universally accepted (I make 1-2 transactions a month that aren't on my Amex, but almost never a big ticket purchase). For the cases that amex isn't accepted, all the major airline groups have a rewards card too (although BA's is an Amex), and most of the supermarkets have cashback cards in the 0.75-1% range.
    • Semaphor 6y ago
      Yup. I’m in Germany and I get cash back points on my Amex. Same experience that it’s very rare not being able to use it, I carry a Mastercard for that case.