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Debt (Details 2) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified | Dec. 31, 2014 | Dec. 31, 2013
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Aggregate annual maturities on long-term debt obligations |  |
2015 | $ 12,079 us-gaap_LongTermDebtMaturitiesRepaymentsOfPrincipalInNextTwelveMonths |
2016 | 11,552 us-gaap_LongTermDebtMaturitiesRepaymentsOfPrincipalInYearTwo |
2017 | 16,354 us-gaap_LongTermDebtMaturitiesRepaymentsOfPrincipalInYearThree |
2018 | 9,443 us-gaap_LongTermDebtMaturitiesRepaymentsOfPrincipalInYearFour |
2019 | 6,114 us-gaap_LongTermDebtMaturitiesRepaymentsOfPrincipalInYearFive |
Thereafter | 3,180 us-gaap_LongTermDebtMaturitiesRepaymentsOfPrincipalAfterYearFive |
Total | 58,722 axp_LongTermDebtGross |
Unamortized Underwriting Fees | (116)us-gaap_UnamortizedDebtIssuanceExpense | (105)us-gaap_UnamortizedDebtIssuanceExpense
Unamortized Discount and Premium | (932)us-gaap_DebtInstrumentUnamortizedDiscountPremiumNet |
Impacts due to Fair Value Hedge Accounting | 281 axp_LongTermImpactDebtDueToFairValueHedgeAccounting |
Total long-term debt | 57,955 us-gaap_LongTermDebt | 55,330 us-gaap_LongTermDebt
Parent Company [Member] |  |
Aggregate annual maturities on long-term debt obligations |  |
2015 | 0 us-gaap_LongTermDebtMaturitiesRepaymentsOfPrincipalInNextTwelveMonths / dei_LegalEntityAxis = us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember |
2016 | 1,350 us-gaap_LongTermDebtMaturitiesRepaymentsOfPrincipalInYearTwo / dei_LegalEntityAxis = us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember |
2017 | 1,500 us-gaap_LongTermDebtMaturitiesRepaymentsOfPrincipalInYearThree / dei_LegalEntityAxis = us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember |
2018 | 3,850 us-gaap_LongTermDebtMaturitiesRepaymentsOfPrincipalInYearFour / dei_LegalEntityAxis = us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember |
2019 | 641 us-gaap_LongTermDebtMaturitiesRepaymentsOfPrincipalInYearFive / dei_LegalEntityAxis = us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember |
Thereafter | 3,147 us-gaap_LongTermDebtMaturitiesRepaymentsOfPrincipalAfterYearFive / dei_LegalEntityAxis = us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember |
Total | 10,488 axp_LongTermDebtGross / dei_LegalEntityAxis = us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember |
Total long-term debt | 9,708 us-gaap_LongTermDebt / dei_LegalEntityAxis = us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember | 10,354 us-gaap_LongTermDebt / dei_LegalEntityAxis = us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember
American Express Centurion Bank [Member] |  |
Aggregate annual maturities on long-term debt obligations |  |
2015 | 1,305 us-gaap_LongTermDebtMaturitiesRepaymentsOfPrincipalInNextTwelveMonths / dei_LegalEntityAxis = axp_AmericanExpressCenturionBankMember |
2016 | 0 us-gaap_LongTermDebtMaturitiesRepaymentsOfPrincipalInYearTwo / dei_LegalEntityAxis = axp_AmericanExpressCenturionBankMember |
2017 | 1,300 us-gaap_LongTermDebtMaturitiesRepaymentsOfPrincipalInYearThree / dei_LegalEntityAxis = axp_AmericanExpressCenturionBankMember |
2018 | 125 us-gaap_LongTermDebtMaturitiesRepaymentsOfPrincipalInYearFour / dei_LegalEntityAxis = axp_AmericanExpressCenturionBankMember |
2019 | 0 us-gaap_LongTermDebtMaturitiesRepaymentsOfPrincipalInYearFive / dei_LegalEntityAxis = axp_AmericanExpressCenturionBankMember |
Thereafter | 2 us-gaap_LongTermDebtMaturitiesRepaymentsOfPrincipalAfterYearFive / dei_LegalEntityAxis = axp_AmericanExpressCenturionBankMember |
Total | 2,732 axp_LongTermDebtGross / dei_LegalEntityAxis = axp_AmericanExpressCenturionBankMember |
American Express Credit Corporation [Member] |  |
Aggregate annual maturities on long-term debt obligations |  |
2015 | 5,227 us-gaap_LongTermDebtMaturitiesRepaymentsOfPrincipalInNextTwelveMonths / dei_LegalEntityAxis = axp_AmericanExpressCreditCorporationMember |
2016 | 7,057 us-gaap_LongTermDebtMaturitiesRepaymentsOfPrincipalInYearTwo / dei_LegalEntityAxis = axp_AmericanExpressCreditCorporationMember |
2017 | 6,532 us-gaap_LongTermDebtMaturitiesRepaymentsOfPrincipalInYearThree / dei_LegalEntityAxis = axp_AmericanExpressCreditCorporationMember |
2018 | 1,295 us-gaap_LongTermDebtMaturitiesRepaymentsOfPrincipalInYearFour / dei_LegalEntityAxis = axp_AmericanExpressCreditCorporationMember |
2019 | 4,150 us-gaap_LongTermDebtMaturitiesRepaymentsOfPrincipalInYearFive / dei_LegalEntityAxis = axp_AmericanExpressCreditCorporationMember |
Thereafter | 0 us-gaap_LongTermDebtMaturitiesRepaymentsOfPrincipalAfterYearFive / dei_LegalEntityAxis = axp_AmericanExpressCreditCorporationMember |
Total | 24,261 axp_LongTermDebtGross / dei_LegalEntityAxis = axp_AmericanExpressCreditCorporationMember |
American Express Bank, FSB [Member] |  |
Aggregate annual maturities on long-term debt obligations |  |
2015 | 0 us-gaap_LongTermDebtMaturitiesRepaymentsOfPrincipalInNextTwelveMonths / dei_LegalEntityAxis = axp_AmericanExpressFederalSavingsBankMember |
2016 | 0 us-gaap_LongTermDebtMaturitiesRepaymentsOfPrincipalInYearTwo / dei_LegalEntityAxis = axp_AmericanExpressFederalSavingsBankMember |
2017 | 1,300 us-gaap_LongTermDebtMaturitiesRepaymentsOfPrincipalInYearThree / dei_LegalEntityAxis = axp_AmericanExpressFederalSavingsBankMember |
2018 | 0 us-gaap_LongTermDebtMaturitiesRepaymentsOfPrincipalInYearFour / dei_LegalEntityAxis = axp_AmericanExpressFederalSavingsBankMember |
2019 | 0 us-gaap_LongTermDebtMaturitiesRepaymentsOfPrincipalInYearFive / dei_LegalEntityAxis = axp_AmericanExpressFederalSavingsBankMember |
Thereafter | 0 us-gaap_LongTermDebtMaturitiesRepaymentsOfPrincipalAfterYearFive / dei_LegalEntityAxis = axp_AmericanExpressFederalSavingsBankMember |
Total | 1,300 axp_LongTermDebtGross / dei_LegalEntityAxis = axp_AmericanExpressFederalSavingsBankMember |
American Express Charge Trust II [Member] |  |
Aggregate annual maturities on long-term debt obligations |  |
2015 | 0 us-gaap_LongTermDebtMaturitiesRepaymentsOfPrincipalInNextTwelveMonths / dei_LegalEntityAxis = axp_AmericanExpressChargeTrustMember |
2016 | 2,500 us-gaap_LongTermDebtMaturitiesRepaymentsOfPrincipalInYearTwo / dei_LegalEntityAxis = axp_AmericanExpressChargeTrustMember |
2017 | 0 us-gaap_LongTermDebtMaturitiesRepaymentsOfPrincipalInYearThree / dei_LegalEntityAxis = axp_AmericanExpressChargeTrustMember |
2018 | 1,287 us-gaap_LongTermDebtMaturitiesRepaymentsOfPrincipalInYearFour / dei_LegalEntityAxis = axp_AmericanExpressChargeTrustMember |
2019 | 0 us-gaap_LongTermDebtMaturitiesRepaymentsOfPrincipalInYearFive / dei_LegalEntityAxis = axp_AmericanExpressChargeTrustMember |
Thereafter | 0 us-gaap_LongTermDebtMaturitiesRepaymentsOfPrincipalAfterYearFive / dei_LegalEntityAxis = axp_AmericanExpressChargeTrustMember |
Total | 3,787 axp_LongTermDebtGross / dei_LegalEntityAxis = axp_AmericanExpressChargeTrustMember |
American Express Lending Trust [Member] |  |
Aggregate annual maturities on long-term debt obligations |  |
2015 | 5,422 us-gaap_LongTermDebtMaturitiesRepaymentsOfPrincipalInNextTwelveMonths / dei_LegalEntityAxis = axp_AmericanExpressLendingTrustMember |
2016 | 500 us-gaap_LongTermDebtMaturitiesRepaymentsOfPrincipalInYearTwo / dei_LegalEntityAxis = axp_AmericanExpressLendingTrustMember |
2017 | 5,639 us-gaap_LongTermDebtMaturitiesRepaymentsOfPrincipalInYearThree / dei_LegalEntityAxis = axp_AmericanExpressLendingTrustMember |
2018 | 2,886 us-gaap_LongTermDebtMaturitiesRepaymentsOfPrincipalInYearFour / dei_LegalEntityAxis = axp_AmericanExpressLendingTrustMember |
2019 | 1,317 us-gaap_LongTermDebtMaturitiesRepaymentsOfPrincipalInYearFive / dei_LegalEntityAxis = axp_AmericanExpressLendingTrustMember |
Thereafter | 0 us-gaap_LongTermDebtMaturitiesRepaymentsOfPrincipalAfterYearFive / dei_LegalEntityAxis = axp_AmericanExpressLendingTrustMember |
Total | 15,764 axp_LongTermDebtGross / dei_LegalEntityAxis = axp_AmericanExpressLendingTrustMember |
Other Subsidiaries [Member] |  |
Aggregate annual maturities on long-term debt obligations |  |
2015 | 125 us-gaap_LongTermDebtMaturitiesRepaymentsOfPrincipalInNextTwelveMonths / dei_LegalEntityAxis = axp_OtherSubsidiariesMember |
2016 | 145 us-gaap_LongTermDebtMaturitiesRepaymentsOfPrincipalInYearTwo / dei_LegalEntityAxis = axp_OtherSubsidiariesMember |
2017 | 83 us-gaap_LongTermDebtMaturitiesRepaymentsOfPrincipalInYearThree / dei_LegalEntityAxis = axp_OtherSubsidiariesMember |
2018 | 0 us-gaap_LongTermDebtMaturitiesRepaymentsOfPrincipalInYearFour / dei_LegalEntityAxis = axp_OtherSubsidiariesMember |
2019 | 6 us-gaap_LongTermDebtMaturitiesRepaymentsOfPrincipalInYearFive / dei_LegalEntityAxis = axp_OtherSubsidiariesMember |
Thereafter | 31 us-gaap_LongTermDebtMaturitiesRepaymentsOfPrincipalAfterYearFive / dei_LegalEntityAxis = axp_OtherSubsidiariesMember |
Total | $ 390 axp_LongTermDebtGross / dei_LegalEntityAxis = axp_OtherSubsidiariesMember |

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- Definition Including current and noncurrent portions, aggregate carrying amount of long-term borrowings before deducting any unamortized underwriting fee as of the balance sheet date. May include notes payable, bonds payable, commercial loans, mortgage loans, convertible debt, subordinated debt and other types of debt, which had initial maturities beyond one year or beyond the normal operating cycle, if longer, and after deducting unamortized discount or premiums, if any. + References No definition available. + Details
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