American Express Corporate Card
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Overall score, out of 100 · How this works
- Frequent flyer57
- Rewards57
- Sign-up bonus55
- Travel55
- Velocity Points57
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Pros & cons
What's good
- 50,000 bonus Membership Rewards points to start, worth around $500 at our 1c-per-point valuation.
- Complimentary travel insurance.
- Points transfer to 13 rewards programs, including Accor Live Limitless (ALL), Air New Zealand Airpoints and British Airways Club.
- No fee to add an additional cardholder.
Worth noting
- 3.5% foreign transaction fee on overseas spending, at the high end of the market.
- Charge card: the full balance must be paid each month, with no option to carry a balance.
Card details
The basics
- Additional cardholder fee
- $0 p.a.
- Card tier
- Standard
- Card type
- American Express
- Card use
- Corporate
- Credit limit
- $1,000 – $100,000
- Credit rating
- Good
- Rewards program
- American Express Membership Rewards
Eligibility
- Instant approval
- No
- Joint application
- No
- Minimum age
- 18 years old
- Minimum income
- Not specified
- Residency
- Australian citizen or permanent resident
- Temporary residents
- Not eligible
Rates & fees
Ongoing interest rates
- Cash advances
- 0.00% p.a.
- Purchases
- No interest. Pay in full each month
Fees
- Additional cardholder fee
- $0
- Annual fee
- $70 p.a.
- Cash advance fee
- —
- Foreign transaction fee
- 3.5%
- Late payment fee
- $30
Repayments
- Interest-free period
- Up to 51 days on purchases
- Minimum repayment
- 2% of the closing balance or $25, whichever is greater
Balance transfers
This card has no promotional balance transfer offer. To move existing debt to a lower rate, compare balance transfer cards.
Introductory purchase offer
This card has no introductory purchase rate offer. If you're carrying a balance or planning a big spend, compare 0% purchase cards.
Rewards
Earn rate
- Everyday spend
- 1.5 pts per $1
- Bonus categories
- None
- Other purchases
- None
- Overseas spend
- None
- ATO/government
- None
- Reduced rate above monthly cap
- None
- Points cap
- Uncapped
- Points expiry
- Points don't expire while your account is open and in order.
Sign-up bonus
- Bonus spend required
- —
- Sign-up bonus
- 50,000 points
Transfer partners
- Accor Live Limitless (ALL)
- 5 pts → 1 pt (≈ 0.3 pts per $1)
- Air New Zealand Airpoints
- 200 pts → 1 pt (≈ 1 pt per $133)
- British Airways Club
- 3 pts → 1 pt (≈ 0.5 pts per $1)
- Cathay (Asia Miles)
- 3 pts → 1 pt (≈ 0.5 pts per $1)
- Emirates Skywards
- 4 pts → 1 pt (≈ 0.38 pts per $1)
- Everyday Rewards
- 5 pts → 4 pts (≈ 1.2 pts per $1)
- Hilton Honors
- 2 pts → 1 pt (≈ 0.75 pts per $1)
- Malaysia Airlines Enrich
- 3 pts → 1 pt (≈ 0.5 pts per $1)
- Marriott Bonvoy
- 3 pts → 2 pts (≈ 1 pt per $1)
- Qatar Airways Privilege Club
- 3 pts → 1 pt (≈ 0.5 pts per $1)
- Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer
- 3 pts → 1 pt (≈ 0.5 pts per $1)
- Velocity Frequent Flyer
- 2 pts → 1 pt (≈ 0.75 pts per $1)
- Virgin Atlantic Flying Club
- 3 pts → 1 pt (≈ 0.5 pts per $1)
Where these points could take you
- Auckland
- Flying Virgin Australia non-stop, using transferred Velocity points. Economy 17,900 pts, Business 35,500 pts.
- Los Angeles
- Flying United Airlines non-stop, using transferred Velocity points. Economy 48,000 pts.
- Singapore
- Flying Singapore Airlines non-stop, using transferred Velocity points. Economy 29,000 pts.
- Tokyo
- Flying All Nippon Airways non-stop, using transferred Velocity points. Economy 45,000 pts.
Flights you could book with the sign-up bonus plus a year of spending $3,000 a month on this card. One-way from Sydney or Melbourne, one adult, before taxes and carrier charges. Award prices and seat availability change.
Complimentary insurance
Cover has conditions and exclusions, which are set out in the issuer's PDS. A missing row means we haven't captured that figure, not that the cover is absent.
Transit accident
- Activation
- Pay the fare with the card
- Age limit
- 79 years
- Cover limit
- $150,000
- Maximum trip length
- 30 days
- What it pays
- Death or defined serious injury only
Where this card sits vs similar cards
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- Issuer
- American Express