American Express

Amex Green

$150/year, earning Membership Rewards Points, on the American Express network.

Card terms last verified against issuer pages on 2026-09-20.

At a glance

The Amex Green is a $150/year card from American Express earning Membership Rewards Points. It earns 3x on travel, 3x on dining, 3x on transit and 1x on everything else. It carries 1 recurring statement credit worth $209 a year, listed in full below with the cap and reset date for each.

Annual fee$150

Credits a year$209

Base rate1x

Foreign feeNone

Welcome bonus

40,000 Membership Rewards Points — Spend $3,000 within the first 6 months.
Welcome offers change frequently and are often targeted. Confirm the current offer on the issuer's own application page before applying.

What it earns

Rates are the multipliers American Express advertises. We do not convert them into a percentage return, because that requires putting a price on Membership Rewards Points and that price is a judgement, not a fact — see how we source this.

Category	Rate	Notes
Travel	3x
Dining	3x
Transit	3x	Booked through the American Express travel portal
Other	1x	Everything else

Statement credits

$209 a year across 1 credit against a $150 annual fee. The columns that matter are the cap and the reset date: a credit paid monthly cannot be saved up, and one that resets on the calendar year expires on 31 December no matter when you opened the card.

Resets on the calendar year, expiring 31 December

Resets on your cardmember year

Credit

Windows in a year

Each

A year

$209 CLEAR® Plus Credit CLEAR® Plus helps get you to your gate faster by using unique facial attributes to verify you are you at 50+ airports nationwide. You can cover the cost of a CLEAR Plus Membership1 with up to $199 in statement credits per calendar year after you pay for CLEAR Plus with the American Express Green Card®.‡ 1Excluding any applicable taxes and fees. Subject to auto-renewal.

Once a year, resets on the calendar year

$209

Questions people ask about the Amex Green

What is the annual fee on the Amex Green?

The Amex Green has a $150 annual fee.

What statement credits does the Amex Green include?

It carries 1 recurring statement credit worth $209 a year in total: $209 CLEAR® Plus Credit ($209, resets on the calendar year). Verified 2026-09-20.

What does the Amex Green earn?

3x on travel, 3x on dining, 1x on other, and 1x on everything else, in Membership Rewards Points.

Is the Amex Green worth the annual fee?

Its recurring statement credits total $209 a year against a $150 fee, so the card pays for itself on credits alone if you use 72% of them. Whether that holds depends on whether the specific merchants suit you — the credit table on this page lists each one.

Does the Amex Green charge foreign transaction fees?

No — the Amex Green has no foreign transaction fee.

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Verify before you apply. Card terms change without much notice, and issuers vary offers by applicant. Everything on this page was last checked on 2026-09-20 against our card database. The issuer's own terms page is the authority.