American Express · American Express
American Express Blue Cash Preferred (Morgan Stanley)
✓ VerifiedWelcome bonus
Earn $250 back after you spend $3,000 in the first 180 days.
- Annual fee
- $95 · $0 first year
- Rewards
- Cash back
- Earn rates
- 6% U.S. supermarkets (up to $6,000/yr) — At U.S. Supermarkets on up to $6,000 per year in purchases, then it's 1%.
- 6% Select U.S. streaming subscriptions — Page states 6% on select U.S. streaming subscriptions; no cap stated.
- 3% U.S. gas stations and transit — Includes taxis, rideshare, parking, tolls, trains, buses, and more; no cap stated.
- Foreign transaction fee
- 2.7%
- Purchase APR
- 19.49%–28.49% variable
- Issuer rules
- Only available to clients with an Eligible Account with Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC (which includes E*TRADE from Morgan Stanley) or Morgan Stanley Private Bank, National Association; American Express may cancel the Card Account if you do not maintain an Eligible Account.
- Applicants must be individuals 18 years of age or over with a valid U.S. home address (including U.S. territories and Puerto Rico) and an eligible Morgan Stanley or E*TRADE from Morgan Stanley account.
- An existing American Express Card cannot be converted; a new application and approval are required.
- 0% introductory APRs and introductory plan fees are not available to applicants who have or have had this Card.
- Balance transfers must be requested within 60 days of account opening; up to two requests, eligible amount not more than $7,500, minimum $100.
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Sources
Every value above is verified against these sources. Last checked 2026-07-27. Anything the issuer does not publish is left out rather than estimated, so a missing row means the issuer does not state it.
- credit-card-bonuses-api (open reference; these fields not issuer-verified) — name, issuer, network, imageUrl, signupBonus, rewardsCurrency · accessed 2026-07-24
- Issuer page (read 2026-07-27) — annualFee · accessed 2026-07-27
- Issuer page (read 2026-07-27) — foreignTransactionFeePct · accessed 2026-07-27
- Issuer page (read 2026-07-27) — apr · accessed 2026-07-27
- Issuer page (read 2026-07-27) — earnRates · accessed 2026-07-27
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