As predicted the refreshed American Express gold card is now live. Benefits are as follows:
- $325 annual fee ($75 increase)
- Option of white gold card (alongside gold or rose gold)
- Card earns at the following rates:
- 4x on restaurants (limited to $50,000 per year, previously no limit)
- 4x on grocery (limited to $25,000 per year)
- 3x points on flights Booked directly with airlines or on amextravel.com
- 2x points on On Prepaid Hotels and other eligible travel purchases, booked through AmexTravel.com
- 1x points on all other purchases
- $7 monthly Dunkin donuts credit (new)
- $50 semi annual resy credit (new)
- $10 monthly Uber cash credit (same as before)
- $10 monthly GrubHub/5 Guys (previously not available on 5 guys, but available on mile bar and shake shack purchases)
How good/bad the refresh is really depends on how easily you can use the additional credits. Personally don’t find these types of cards worth keeping long term as I know I’ll forget to use the monthly credits/end up buying stuff I wouldn’t normally purchase. That being said let’s hope we get some links with no lifetime language. For existing cardholders you will get to take advantage of the new benefits without having to pay the increased annual fee until your next annual fee bills (sometimes there is an additional grace period where they keep billing the old annual fee as well).
Source: doctorofcredit.com