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Amex Blue Cash Preferred
Suburban families with kids — best US-supermarket card.
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How much Amex Blue Cash Preferred actually pays you over time, net of annual fees.
Includes 40% in this card's boost category, 60% general spend.
Estimates use the card's published rates and a 40/60 boost-vs-general split. Real returns vary with how tightly your spend matches each card's boost categories.
Reward rates
What you earn back, by category.
$250 statement credit after $3,000 in 6 months
What you get
- 6% cashback on US supermarkets (up to $6K/year, then 1%)
- 6% on streaming subscriptions
- 3% on US gas stations + transit
- 1% on everything else
- 0% intro APR for 12 months
Eligibility
These are guidelines, not hard cutoffs. Banks frequently approve below the listed income if your credit is healthy.
Best SaaS to pay with the Amex Blue Cash Preferred
The SaaS subscriptions where Amex Blue Cash Preferred earns the most for you — ranked by net annual savings vs a default 3.5%-forex retail card. If your stack covers all six, the modelled savings stack to ≈ ₹1,25,460/yr.
Greenhouse
Amex Blue Cash Preferred pays 1% rewards on Greenhouse.
Drift
Amex Blue Cash Preferred pays 1% rewards on Drift.
Vanta
Amex Blue Cash Preferred pays 1% rewards on Vanta.
Drata
Amex Blue Cash Preferred pays 1% rewards on Drata.
Trello
6% rewards on productivity category — better than the 1% default.
PostHog
6% rewards on marketing category — better than the 1% default.
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