I have noticed recently that people have been finding my site when looking to compare the American Express Blue and Blue Cash cards. If folks search long enough on my site, they’ll find out a decent amount about one of these cards, the Blue Cash; however not much in the way of a side-by-side comparison between the two. In this post, I’d like to close that gap so people interested in one of these cards can quickly see which one might work best for them.

Before diving into the differences between these two cards, let’s cover what they have in common. With either card, both will offer the following:

• No annual fee
• Ability to carry a balance (in addition to the option of paying off the balance in-full each month)
• 20-day grace period between a statement close date and its payment due date
• A rewards program (the details of which differ though)
• No limit or expiration on the rewards you earn
• Introductory 0% APR on purchases

Subscribers to my tutorial on getting free money know that I’m no fan of carrying a balance. The interest rates on credit cards are rarely low enough to justify carrying a balance. With both the Blue and Blue Cash cards however, it’s easy to make an exception to this rule. With the 0% APR on purchases, I myself carried a revolving balance on the Blue Cash card, then paid off the entire balance at the end of the introductory period.

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