American Express Customer Service

Contact American Express & solve common issues

Use American Express's Phone Number

American Express's customer service phone number is the best way to reach them and resolve issues. While there may be a wait, you will be able to talk to a real human being.

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American Express: top questions and answers

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Contacting American Express customer support

Below you can compare and contrast the 7 ways to contact American Express by looking at which ones are the fastest and which ones other customers recommend the most for solving American Express customer service issues as reported to us by the 50 million or so customers that come to GetHuman each year and share their experiences. You can contact American Express across the following channels: Phone, Twitter, Facebook, Web.

Phone number / contactWaitVotes
800-528-4800
Customer Service
3 mins630
800-528-2122
Corporate Cardmember
6 mins35
@AskAmex
Customer Service
38 mins255
facebook.com/americanexpress?ref=ts
Customer Service
38 mins396
877-297-4438
Gift Card Support
38 mins472
800-528-5200
Merchant Services Support
2 mins294
Online Help at global.americanexpress.com
Customer Service
< 2 hrs205

Recent reasons customers contacted American Express:

The card is not swipable when I try to swipe it like a credit card it’s not recognizing...
We accidentally ran over my card with the lawnmower it chewed it up it’s unusable
I want to make payment by mail.
i have a question about an interest charge on my account
Submitted a request for an Amex card and wanted to cancel it cause i have no need for t...
Can somebody use American Express gift card without the code on the back
I'm inquiring as to the identity & business address of AMEXs indenture trustee. Further...
I asked for a statement of previous two years and you guys sent me my last statement wh...
Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren,**leider hat American Express meine Karte gesperrt* ich h...

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Contacting American Express at a Glance

American Express has no chat option
American Express has no customer email
American Express has 1 help forum
American Express has 1 twitter handle
American Express has 1 facebook page
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