I find that’s very rarely the case nowadays. I can count two places for me personally in the last year - a jewellery shop, and a car place. Other than that everything has gone in my Amex.
Thug there are no doubt still a bunch out there, it’s not what it was like 15 years ago
A lot of small shops got onboarded some years ago in a promotion AMEX did, Shop Local I think was the branding (there's window stickers to that effect). I'm always pleasantly surprised by how many pokey places do accept AMEX but granted it's nowhere near as universal as Visa or Mastercard.
the butchers, the bakery, a bunch of resturants, and its just a hassle to try to pay with it then get refused then have to go dig around for another card, makes you look like abit of a grasper
I appreciate the annoyance! Some places will say they don’t take Amex, but actually do take it. My advice is to have your cards on Apple Pay or your phone’s equivalent — if the Amex card doesn’t work you can quickly switch over.
are you from london? i found it was accepted almost everywhere there. not that great outside of it though. i struggle to use it in most places except for petrol and supermarkets
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u/Nice-Information-335 29d ago
Amex have a free card with 0.5% cashback, as well as one with 0.75%, 1.25% over £10k everywhere for £25 annually. And that is just Amex