American Express Amex EveryDay
American Express, American Express, no annual fee. Earns Amex Membership Rewards, valued at 2.00¢ a point.
Rates checked against the issuer 2026-10. Foreign transaction fee: not recorded here.
The short version
- Best at: nothing in particular — no category puts it in the top three of the catalogue.
- A year's rewards: about $649, with no fee to pay.
Is the annual fee worth it?
No annual fee, so everything it earns is kept: about $649 a year on the illustrative household's spending, which puts it number 4 of 59 the no-fee cards in the catalogue. All of them, ranked.
Priced on an illustrative household spending $2,205 a month on a card — the assumption, in full. Credits and perks are not priced: they are worth their face value only if you would have spent that money anyway.
What it earns, category by category
| Earns on | Rate | ConditionsWhat the issuer attaches to this rate: a spending cap, a category you have to switch on, or a booking you have to make through its travel portal. |
|---|---|---|
| Groceries | 2x | Up to $6,000 per year, then the base rate. U.S. supermarkets, on up to $6,000 a year |
| Everything else | 1x |
Where a year's rewards come from
| Spending on | Earns a yearWhat this card earns on each kind of spending over a year, for the illustrative household on the method page. Before the annual fee. |
|---|---|
| Groceries | $240 |
| Everything Else | $120 |
| Restaurants & Bars | $72 |
| Gas Stations | $36 |
| Online Shopping | $36 |
| Utilities | $36 |
Priced on an illustrative household spending $2,205 a month on a card — the assumption, in full. Credits and perks are not priced: they are worth their face value only if you would have spent that money anyway.
What the issuer lists besides rewards
- 20% extra points in any billing period with 20 or more purchases
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Point values: published industry valuations, read 2026-09. How every number here is worked out.