[maccard]

The link I shared is a list of cards from Amex that don't charge any fee. Anecdotally the number of places that reject my personal amex is very close to zero (there's one cafe enar me which doesn't take it).

> I see no real reason why to use Amex over Visa or Master/Maestro

Cashback/rewards, and it's accepted on Amazon in the UK after this year is a really good reason to use it over Visa at least. Maestro is non-existant in the UK. Maybe mastercard is a better choice, but I carry two cards _anyway_ , so one might as well be an Amex, and the second should be a mastercard?

[nixass]

Majority of hotels around Europe don't accept it, same with restaurants, small business, shops.. there is not a single reason to own one in Europe, even with cashback (cashback to what actually, since i cannot use it anywhere)

[maccard]

I've travelled around the UK, Ireland, France, Spain, Italy and almost exclusively used my Amex over the last 5 or so years.

> Majority of hotels around Europe don't accept it, same with restaurants, small business, shops

I completely disagree. Almost every restaurant, hotel, cafe takes it. All major airlines accept them, the major train operators accept them, the major hotel booking sites and airbnb both accept it.

> there is not a single reason to own one in Europe, even with cashback (cashback to what actually, since i cannot use it anywhere)

Well there is, cashback, and contrary to what you're saying it _is_ usable in europe. You can book a flight with Ryanair, a train on trainline, hire a car via hertz/sixt/europcar, book a stay with airbnb/booking/hotels, and eat out in restaurants and local cafes all with an amex.

[nixass]

I spend on business travels around Europe 1/4 of the year, 2 years ago we were moved from Visa to Amex and the company reversed the move after 1 month back to Visa. Couple of major hotel chains didn't accept the Amex. In Dublin specifically I had huge issues with Amex, not to mention Germany and Scandinavia. It was just bad experience all together