With all the recent talk about American Express benefits, it’s easy to assume that any notice about a perk going away has something to do with the usual suspects. Maybe it’s Uber. Maybe it’s Saks. Maybe it’s one of those credits that gets more attention than actual use.
So when I saw a message on my March Delta Skymiles Amex statement saying that “Events with Amex” would be removed as a Card Member benefit effective June 10, 2026, I had to stop for a second. Not because I was worried I was about to lose something I used all the time, but because I honestly wasn’t even sure what American Express was talking about.
And that, I think, is exactly why this is worth explaining.
The wording on the statement makes it sound like some recognizable Amex benefit is disappearing. But unless you’ve spent more time than most people digging through the fine print of American Express entertainment perks, there’s a good chance you’ve never once thought about “Events with Amex” as a benefit you had in the first place.
What made this even more confusing was that the notice didn’t appear on just one statement. After spotting it on my Delta card, I checked my other American Express accounts and saw the same language there, too. So this wasn’t a co-branded card benefit going away. It appears to have been a broader Amex entertainment benefit that, for whatever reason, was described in a way that likely left plenty of cardmembers wondering exactly what they were losing.
What Was “Events with Amex,” Exactly?
After digging around a bit, it turns out “Events with Amex” wasn’t really one standalone perk. It was more of an umbrella term covering several entertainment-related benefits that American Express has offered over the years.
An older version of Amex’s benefit language shows that “Events with Amex” included things like Amex Presale Tickets, Amex Reserved Tickets, Fan Experiences at select events, exclusive merchandise and offers, and even complimentary amenities at certain venues or pop-ups. In other words, this wasn’t some mysterious VIP package for a handful of Platinum cardmembers. It was the catch-all label for a bunch of event-related perks that many people used without thinking of them under that specific name.
That’s also what makes the statement sound bigger than the actual change.
If Amex said it was removing access to presale tickets, reserved seating, or event offers, that would sound like a real loss. But that’s not what they said. Instead, they said they were removing “Events with Amex,” which is a phrase that probably sent plenty of people to Google because they didn’t know what it meant in the first place.
What’s Actually Changing
Once I started looking into it, the bigger story became pretty clear. American Express appears to be getting rid of the branding and folding everything into its broader entertainment page and “Amex Experiences.”
This does not appear to be Amex eliminating event access altogether. The statement itself says cardmembers can still access special tickets, unique offers, and exclusive Card Member experiences at select events. In other words, the kinds of perks that used to fall under the “Events with Amex” umbrella don’t appear to be disappearing. They just won’t be packaged under that name anymore.
And that lines up with what’s already happening on Amex’s website. Older links and references tied to these event benefits now redirect to the general American Express Experiences page. So this feels much less like a major benefit cut and more like a quiet consolidation that was already underway before most cardmembers ever noticed.
Why The Statement Notice Is So Confusing
If you’re wondering why this feels harder to follow than it should be, the answer is simple: American Express seems to have retired the explanation before many cardmembers even knew the label existed.
Events with AMEX was one of those card benefits you’d see on the card benefits page of your account. Sandwiched between “Pay Over Time” and “Contactless Payments,” it was easy to scan and immediately forget you ever saw it.
That creates a weird situation where the statement announces the removal of a benefit, but if you look for details, most of the old references have already been removed and redirected to a broader Experiences page. So you’re left trying to figure out whether Amex is taking something away, renaming it, or just reorganizing how it talks about it.
From what I can tell, this is mostly the third option.
The old “Events with Amex” label has disappeared, while the actual entertainment benefits people are more likely to recognize—presales, reserved ticket access, event offers, and on-site experiences—continue under newer branding. That doesn’t make the statement wrong. But it does make it sound more dramatic than the practical effect is likely to be for most cardmembers.
So, Are Cardmembers Losing Anything Important?
For most people, probably not much.
If you’ve ever used your Amex card to get access to a presale, score reserved tickets, or take advantage of some sort of event-related offer, those types of benefits still appear to be part of the broader Amex Experiences. What seems to be going away is the older umbrella name that grouped them together.
That said, it’s not completely meaningless either. Whenever a company removes a named benefit and folds it into a more generic landing page, there’s always a chance that some smaller pieces of the old program quietly fade away over time. Maybe a certain type of on-site perk becomes less common. Maybe some event-specific experiences get scaled back. Maybe nothing changes at all, and only the branding disappears. Right now, this looks much more like a reorganization than a devaluation, but it’s still the sort of thing worth noticing.
At the very least, it’s a reminder that not every “benefit removal” notice means you’re losing one of the headlining perks everyone talks about. Sometimes it just means a company has decided to rename, consolidate, and streamline something that was already buried three layers deep in its benefits language.
Final Thought
If you saw this notice on your Amex statement and had no idea what “Events with Amex” was, you’re not alone. After digging into it, this looks a lot less like American Express taking away a meaningful card perk and a lot more like the company retiring an older label that most cardmembers never really knew existed.
So yes, Amex is removing a card benefit. But no, it’s probably not the kind of change most cardmembers need to worry about. The confusing part is that they announced it in a way that makes it sound much bigger than it really is.
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