Originally Posted by Jumpcut

Beware, the 3% restaurant and 2% travel rebates on this card don't apply to foreign transactions. All foreign transactions earn a 1% rebate. I learned this the hard way after racking up lots of hotel and restaurant charges in Hong Kong. I could find nothing in their written materials or website about this. I spent over a half hour with an Amex CSR and her supervisor to get it properly credited, to no avail. I was told that Amex can't usually verify the type of transaction on foreign charges, so all foreign charges earn a blanket 1%. YMMV.