{"id":153196,"date":"2021-06-04T20:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-05T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milesopedia.com\/news\/difference-credit-and-charge-cards-american-express\/"},"modified":"2024-05-31T14:13:27","modified_gmt":"2024-05-31T18:13:27","slug":"difference-credit-and-charge-cards-american-express","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesopedia.com\/en\/guide\/tutorials\/difference-credit-and-charge-cards-american-express\/","title":{"rendered":"The difference between CREDIT and CHARGE cards from American Express"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;The difference between CREDIT and CHARGE cards&#8221; google_fonts=&#8221;&#8221; el_id=&#8221;the_difference_between_credit_and_charge_cards&#8221;][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;Definition of a CREDIT card&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h3|text_align:left&#8221; google_fonts=&#8221;&#8221; el_id=&#8221;definition_of_a_credit_card&#8221;][vc_column_text el_class=&#8221;checkmarks&#8221;]A CREDIT card allows the cardholder to make purchases &#8220;on credit&#8221; by not having to pay for them until the credit card bill is due.<\/p>\n<p>The main aspect of a credit card is that it offers <strong>payment flexibility<\/strong>. A <strong>credit card holder does not have to pay back the ENTIRE amount spent on the card each month<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, he can choose to pay:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>a minimum amount (decided by the card issuer, here American Express)<\/li>\n<li>or any amount between this minimum and the total balance<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If the full balance due is not paid, the cardholder has to pay additional fees: interest on the balance due&#8230; which is very high (around 20%).[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text el_class=&#8221;checkmarks&#8221;]Also, <strong>the CREDIT card has a limit<\/strong>, which is called the &#8220;credit limit&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>At American Express, the minimum credit limit is $1,000. In general, a limit of $10,000 will be the one granted to you based on your record. You may very well have a higher limit like $20-30,000.[\/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;Definition of a CHARGE card&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h3|text_align:left&#8221; google_fonts=&#8221;&#8221; el_id=&#8221;definition_of_a_charge_card&#8221;][vc_column_text el_class=&#8221;checkmarks&#8221;]A CHARGE card allows the cardholder to make purchases that can be paid for at a later date until the payment card account bill is due.<\/p>\n<p>However, the payment card does not offer payment flexibility. Indeed, <strong>the payment card holder must repay the entire amount borrowed each month on<\/strong> the due date.<\/p>\n<p>And the CHARGE card has no pre-set limit: only American Express knows how much it is willing to lend you. Generally, this will be based on your purchasing habits on the card and payments made.<\/p>\n<p>For example, it may be possible to make large purchases on a CHARGE card , such as the purchase of a car worth tens of thousands of dollars.[\/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;Why is this difference important?&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h3|text_align:left&#8221; google_fonts=&#8221;&#8221; el_id=&#8221;why_is_this_difference_important_&#8221;][vc_column_text el_class=&#8221;checkmarks&#8221;]American Express Canada has an unofficial limit on the number of CREDIT and CHARGE cards that <strong>can be held simultaneously<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>4 CREDIT cards<\/li>\n<li>an unlimited number of CHARGE cards<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;Transferring credit from one card to another&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h3|text_align:left&#8221; google_fonts=&#8221;&#8221; el_id=&#8221;transferring_credit_from_one_card_to_another&#8221;][vc_column_text el_class=&#8221;checkmarks&#8221;]You can transfer your credit limit from one CREDIT card to another by simply calling American Express. The procedure is immediate.<\/p>\n<p>The minimum limit on a card is usually $1,000.<\/p>\n<p>Therefore, before cancelling a card, it is advisable to transfer almost all the available credit from one card to another!<\/p>\n<p>That way, in the event you apply for a new CREDIT card in the future, and American Express denies or puts a hold on your application, it will be easy to ask American Express <strong>to transfer some of the available credit to your new card <\/strong>![\/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;How do I know if a card is for CREDIT or CHARGE?&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h3|text_align:left&#8221; google_fonts=&#8221;&#8221; el_id=&#8221;how_do_i_know_if_a_card_is_for_credit_or_charge_&#8221;][vc_column_text el_class=&#8221;checkmarks&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>In the product description, American Express indicates whether it is a credit card or a charge card.<\/p>\n<p>For example. <a href=\"https:\/\/milesopedia.com\/en\/credit-cards\/american-express-cobalt-card\/\">American Express Cobalt<sup>&reg;<\/sup> Card<\/a> is a CREDIT card.<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=&#8221;228302&#8243; img_size=&#8221;large&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; style=&#8221;vc_box_shadow&#8221;][vc_column_text el_class=&#8221;checkmarks&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>While the <a href=\"https:\/\/milesopedia.com\/en\/credit-cards\/american-express-aeroplan-card\/\">American Express<sup>&reg;<\/sup> Aeroplan<sup>&reg;<\/sup>* Card<\/a> is a CHARGE card. You can see that this card does not have any &#8220;annual interest rate&#8221; information.<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=&#8221;228300&#8243; img_size=&#8221;large&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; style=&#8221;vc_box_shadow&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;List of American Express Canada CREDIT cards&#8221; google_fonts=&#8221;&#8221; el_id=&#8221;list_of_american_express_canada_credit_cards&#8221;][vc_column_text el_class=&#8221;checkmarks&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>There are 10 American Express CREDIT cards:<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text]<div class=\"wpb_content_element wpb_miles_element\">\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\tdata-template='compare'\n\t\t\t\tdata-post_type='card'\n\t\t\t\tdata-per_page='15'\n\t\t\t\tclass='deferred_container--preload container_card container_template--compare container_count--9 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class=\"card--apply\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"shimmer shimmer-btn\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"card card-list\">\n\n\t<div class=\"card-list--grid\">\n\n\t\t<div class=\"card-list--card\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"card-graphic-cta shimmer shimmer-card\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"card-list--title-offer\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"card--title\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"shimmer shimmer-bar\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"card-list--offer\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"shimmer shimmer-bar\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"card--apply\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"shimmer shimmer-btn\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"card card-list\">\n\n\t<div class=\"card-list--grid\">\n\n\t\t<div class=\"card-list--card\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"card-graphic-cta shimmer shimmer-card\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"card-list--title-offer\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"card--title\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"shimmer shimmer-bar\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"card-list--offer\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"shimmer shimmer-bar\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"card--apply\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"shimmer shimmer-btn\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"card card-list\">\n\n\t<div class=\"card-list--grid\">\n\n\t\t<div class=\"card-list--card\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"card-graphic-cta shimmer shimmer-card\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"card-list--title-offer\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"card--title\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"shimmer shimmer-bar\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"card-list--offer\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"shimmer shimmer-bar\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"card--apply\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"shimmer shimmer-btn\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"card card-list\">\n\n\t<div class=\"card-list--grid\">\n\n\t\t<div class=\"card-list--card\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"card-graphic-cta shimmer shimmer-card\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"card-list--title-offer\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"card--title\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"shimmer shimmer-bar\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"card-list--offer\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"shimmer shimmer-bar\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"card--apply\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"shimmer shimmer-btn\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"card card-list\">\n\n\t<div class=\"card-list--grid\">\n\n\t\t<div class=\"card-list--card\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"card-graphic-cta shimmer shimmer-card\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"card-list--title-offer\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"card--title\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"shimmer shimmer-bar\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"card-list--offer\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"shimmer shimmer-bar\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"card--apply\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"shimmer shimmer-btn\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"card card-list\">\n\n\t<div class=\"card-list--grid\">\n\n\t\t<div class=\"card-list--card\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"card-graphic-cta shimmer shimmer-card\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"card-list--title-offer\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"card--title\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"shimmer shimmer-bar\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"card-list--offer\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"shimmer shimmer-bar\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"card--apply\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"shimmer shimmer-btn\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"card card-list\">\n\n\t<div class=\"card-list--grid\">\n\n\t\t<div class=\"card-list--card\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"card-graphic-cta shimmer shimmer-card\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"card-list--title-offer\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"card--title\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"shimmer shimmer-bar\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"card-list--offer\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"shimmer shimmer-bar\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"card--apply\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"shimmer shimmer-btn\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"card card-list\">\n\n\t<div class=\"card-list--grid\">\n\n\t\t<div class=\"card-list--card\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"card-graphic-cta shimmer shimmer-card\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"card-list--title-offer\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"card--title\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"shimmer shimmer-bar\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"card-list--offer\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"shimmer shimmer-bar\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"card--apply\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"shimmer shimmer-btn\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;List of American Express Canada CHARGE cards&#8221; google_fonts=&#8221;&#8221; el_id=&#8221;list_of_american_express_canada_charge_cards&#8221;][vc_column_text el_class=&#8221;checkmarks&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>There are 4 American Express CHARGE cards:<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text]<div class=\"wpb_content_element wpb_miles_element\">\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\tdata-template='compare'\n\t\t\t\tdata-post_type='card'\n\t\t\t\tdata-per_page='15'\n\t\t\t\tclass='deferred_container--preload container_card container_template--compare container_count--4'\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-tag=\"card_id\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-post_ids=\"22616,108765,22613,22617,22428\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-utm=\"wpb\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\n<div class=\"card card-list\">\n\n\t<div class=\"card-list--grid\">\n\n\t\t<div class=\"card-list--card\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"card-graphic-cta shimmer shimmer-card\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"card-list--title-offer\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"card--title\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"shimmer shimmer-bar\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"card-list--offer\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"shimmer shimmer-bar\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"card--apply\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"shimmer shimmer-btn\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"card card-list\">\n\n\t<div class=\"card-list--grid\">\n\n\t\t<div class=\"card-list--card\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"card-graphic-cta shimmer shimmer-card\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"card-list--title-offer\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"card--title\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"shimmer shimmer-bar\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"card-list--offer\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"shimmer 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shimmer-card\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"card-list--title-offer\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"card--title\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"shimmer shimmer-bar\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"card-list--offer\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"shimmer shimmer-bar\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"card--apply\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"shimmer shimmer-btn\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are important differences between CREDIT cards and CHARGE cards issued by American Express. 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