Bad News for Amex Cardholders with Resy Credits
American Express is making an important change to the Resy Credit that is available on several Amex cards. In recent monthly statements, cardholders are seeing a notice that beginning August 1, 2026, restaurants and other food and beverage establishments must be specifically marked as eligible for the Resy credit in order to qualify.
For now you can use this credit at any restaurant listed on Resy. All those restaurants now have labels stating: “This venue currently qualifies for the Resy Credit, a benefit for select American Express® Card Members.”
This is the notice that you will find in your most recent monthly statement:
Update to the Resy Credit Benefit
Effective August 1, 2026, U.S. restaurants and other food and beverage establishments (e.g., wineries, cafes) must be indicated as eligible for the Resy Credit on the Resy website or the Resy app at the time of purchase to qualify for the benefit. Qualifying restaurants and other food and beverage establishments will be indicated as eligible on their booking page on the Resy website or the Resy app and are subject to change at any time.”
Conclusion
For now it looks like all or most restaurants are marked as eligible for the Resy credit. And that makes sense, since the change will go live on August 1st. But just the fact that American Express is announcing this change, makes you think that after August 1st, not all Resy restaurants will be eligible. Or even worse, we might see restaurants not be eligible on weekend or peak hours.
Let us know what you think!
HT: r/amex
You jumped the gun on labeling the change as “bad.”. Amex has confirmed that legacy Resy restaurants are not affected. With the acquisition of Tock and Europe-based The Fork, Amex needs to eliminate cafe-style establishments from the “qualified” list. Ralphie says that all is right with the world