Where to send your American Express Card cancellation letter
Read the addresses on this page next to the full guide to cancelling American Express Card.
The addresses we hold
If you are writing to American Express Card, this is the page with the address on it: New York, 10285, plus what to write on the envelope and how to prove it arrived.
Where the letter goesMailing address
American Express Card200 Vesey StreetNew York, NY 10285New York, ZIP 10285: where mail for American Express Card is delivered.
How to address the envelope
Copy it exactly onto the envelope
The envelope reads 200 Vesey Street, New York, NY 10285. Match the spacing and the box or street line exactly as printed.
Add the return address
Top-left, your own name and address. A return address is what the post office needs to send the letter back if American Express Card has moved.
Buy the certified service
Take the letter to a post office counter and ask for certified mail: you get a postmarked receipt and a delivery record. Keep the tracking number and check it until it shows delivered.
Keep what the post office gives you
Keep your copy of the letter, the receipt and the delivery record in one place. The delivery date is the one to quote if the account is billed again.
The cancellation letter
What the letter to American Express Card says: one clear cancellation request, no reasons given, the last four digits of the card, the name on the account and the address the statements are sent to quoted, and a request for written confirmation.
[Your name] [Your street address] [City, State ZIP] [Your email address]
[Date]
American Express Card 200 Vesey Street New York, NY 10285
To whom it may concern,
I am cancelling my account with American Express Card, account or member number [number], with effect from [date or "immediately"]. Please end every add-on and linked plan on this account at the same time.
Please stop all future charges to my payment method, remove my stored payment details, and send written confirmation of the cancellation and its effective date to [your email address].
Sincerely, [Signature] [Your printed name]
Keep reading
The full guide to cancelling this company, our letter template and the postal guides.
Let Postbye cancel American Express Card for you
We write your letter, mail it by certified mail the next business day, and confirm when the cancellation went through. You keep the signed proof.