Originally Posted by
xolinlevh
has Amex ever waived the fee when changing countries? if i keep my current US card for when i come back im already paying the fee for that one, not sure id wanna fling another $400 at a 2nd one if im only using it for one year...
Just a short suggestion: There is no obligation for you to get a "high" and "expensive" coulour of the Amex Card in UK.
I think it would be much better to keep you US Amex Card active and to open up a new UK based Amex Card. This could also be a green or blue card due to the fact that if you want to use any special services of gold or higher coulour card, you can use your "old" card. @:-)
So the second card is much lower than $400. And if you keep your US card active you can also keep your accumulated Amex rewards points.
More info can be seen at: American Express Global Transfers
reachable by: their website, Change country, in the lower part of the screen you see the link
(I don't type direct links for financial services here in for security reasons.)
So the best strategy may be: Keep the old card and coulour in US, choose a "low" and cheap colour (green, blue) for UK or a combined Amex/BA Card.
Hope this info helps.