I love the American Express mobile app for one big reason: it turns boring credit card data into visual, actionable information.
Whereas many apps just show you your transactions in a manner not much different from your monthly statement, AmEx lets you analyze transactions.
You can see some of the tools above. And it’s not just pretty charts.
Yes, there is a pie chart of your spend. But you can also drill down into a piece of the pie. In the example above, I’ve selected my travel category. The list at right shows only my travel transactions for that month.
When I click on the Delta transaction, I get enhanced data, including the ticket number and origin/destination. For the St. Regis Deer Valley, I can see my check in and check out dates.
That level of analytical tools make me want to put all of my transactions on AmEx.
That’s a powerful app.
Opportunity for improvement
The concept of “statements” and “months” is outdated. I should be able to access similar tools for the year, my life (I’ve been a cardmember since 1993) or any arbitrary date range.
