High acceptance of Amex in Switzerland
With American Express credit cards, Switzerland is open to you: You can pay with your card at more than 150,000 locations. For example in top restaurants, hotels and stores of all kinds. American Express offers several million acceptance points worldwide.
Tight network of American Express acceptance points in Switzerland
Whether at IKEA in Rothenburg, Coop in Bern or Cartier in Interlaken – with your American Express credit card you will be welcome everywhere. These stores are just a few examples of the more than 150,000 acceptance points in Switzerland – never before have you been able to pay with your American Express Card in so many places in Switzerland as in 2025. 15,000 acceptance points were added in the course of 2024 alone.
The range of providers where card payments can be made with the American Express Gold Card, the American Express Platinum Card or one of the other American Express credit cards extends from A for Aimé bakeries to Z for Zalando. Whether online or in a local store, you can pay with your American Express Card in many different sectors. These include supermarkets and drugstores, technology stores, hobby and leisure stores, fashion stores, mobility service providers, jewelry and watch boutiques, hotels, restaurants and bars.
The many American Express acceptance points
To give you an idea of where you can pay with an American Express credit card, here is a selection of chain stores and contract partners in Switzerland. As more are being added all the time, this list is never complete.
In Switzerland, you can pay here with your American Express credit card:
- Supermarkets, drugstores and bakeries: Coop, Manor, Migros, Rossmann, Aimé bakeries
- Travel & mobility: MSC Cruises, Kuoni, SBB, SWISS, Swisscharge, Hertz, Avis, SIXT
- Jewelry & watches: Bucherer, Cartier, Gübelin, Sora Choi Jewelry, Swiss Luxury Watches
- Hobby & leisure: Ticketcorner, Moodi, SalsaRica, SayFlowers, ABC Floral, iCrash, blue Entertainment, 3DFIT
- Fashion: Intimissimi, Calzedonia, Zalando, 5àsec, Yantra Connection
- Furniture & tableware: IKEA, Kuhn Rikon
- Hotels: Marriott, Hilton, Meliá, Radisson, Kempinski, Four Seasons, Baur au Lac, Badrutt’s Palace
- Restaurants: all GaultMillau restaurants in Switzerland and many more restaurants
Acceptance also in a large number of owner-managed companies
More and more small, owner-managed stores and family businesses in Switzerland are joining the American Express cosmos. These small stores are often located away from the main shopping streets in the individual districts, where they contribute to the diversity of shopping. If you do your weekly shopping at the supermarket around the corner, beautify your home with flowers from the local nursery or buy your meat from the long-established butcher in your local neighborhood – more and more small stores are accepting American Express Cards.
Why it’s worth shopping with American Express
The broad acceptance of American Express in Switzerland has an unbeatable advantage for you: Every time you pay with an American Express Card, an American Express Gold Card or an American Express Platinum Card, you collect bonus points that you can exchange for attractive rewards as part of the Membership Rewards bonus program or use to pay for selected purchases.
You also benefit from selected offers from various partners who grant special terms or other benefits via American Express Selects. And that’s not all: The Platinum Card and the Gold Card include Return Protection Insurance and an extended guarantee for purchased goods.
American Express credit cards: appreciated throughout Switzerland
With an American Express credit card, you have an advantage when paying online or in traditional stores. This is because these cards are popular with companies in a wide range of sectors throughout Switzerland and worldwide.
Payment is simple, fast and contactless. You also automatically collect points through our Membership Rewards program, which you can redeem later on. In many upscale hotels, restaurants and stores, you also receive special terms when you pay with your American Express credit card.
Frequently asked questions and answers
You will find nationwide acceptance in Switzerland. American Express members are welcome at more than 150,000 locations in 2025.
With the Membership Rewards program, you automatically collect points with every payment, which you can later redeem flexibly for rewards or purchases. Depending on the credit card, you benefit from various other advantages such as insurance benefits, special terms in hotels, restaurants and when shopping online and in local stores.
