slay0r

not much on 'inventory' so to speak -- about 1.4 mil of it was on Facebook Advertising ( we run an advertising company ). The rest ? I'm not so proud of.. Clubs, Traveling, wastefull spending.. Las Vegas, NYC, Miami... Air Fare, Renting Yachts, Renting Cars. Just doing stupid things a 26 year old would do .. Not that im proud of it lol

slay0r

Interesting, I would think you'd need to be an amex member for longer than that.

JackDaniels

Yeah he said he expressed interest and they added him to a consideration list for when the invites are sent..

slay0r

I may try that

slay0r

Okay, I called up the platinum support on the back of my card. Got connected to Cent New accounts,they said they would put a notation on my account so next time there are considerations I will be looked at.. ya never know

HawkeyeFlyer

If you have not been invited there is something missing to this story. You say you have been told you are in the top 5% of spenders and have paid your bill in full each month with and average of $200K per spend per month last year and nearly $200k per month the year before. Something is not adding up

HawkeyeFlyer

I am continually amazed by some comments. You clearly want this card for prestige. Your credit, assets and spend may qualify you and i hope it does for your sake. However, this is purely at status symbol for you.
I never sought out this card, worried about whether my assets or spend would qualify me. In fact, I would have been insulted if any of this was in question. This is an elite card. If you have to question the income, spend, credit score, qualifications etc, you do not deserve it. Sorry if that is harsh but it is true.

HawkeyeFlyer

Relax, you are 26 and making a good living it seems. Enjoy it. If you need this Black card to impress women, friends, or worse yet yourself, you are in bad trouble. You have to realize someone will always have more money, more connections, more prestige, more power etc than you. There is no one person that holds the title in all categories. If you are doing as well as you say at 26 years old just enjoy the ride.
At the end of the day this is just a charge/credit card. Hopefully far more important things in your life will define who you are

slay0r

I want the card for the same reason anyone else would want it.. Why does that even matter anyway, I was simply asking the other people who have received invites what they thought about my current situation.... Sorry if I offended anyone with that. You have me entirely wrong, and it's not very nice to paint such a broad stroke over the internet without having zero inkling to what kind of person I am. You are making a shallow judgement based on the fact that I may seem adamant about receiving a credit card? I appreciate the advice but no, I can assure you i'm not in "trouble". I know money doesn't mean everything, I'm never keeping up with the jonese's .. When I make money, i save most and spend some on fun things. I am the most humble down to earth person , I don't do things to brag. I set goals and do them for myself.. when I was 21 and dropped out of school my goal was to move to NYC.. 2 years later I reached that goal.. I set a goal to reach a certain net worth by the age of 26.. I reached that goal. A goal of mine was also to one day get a black card.. and the fact that now, when I'm in a position where my company utilizes American Express on such a high scale, I could actually potentially reach another goal that I set... and I'm proud of that

SusanDK

The Facebook advertising probably won't help tip the scales towards the invite, although possibly an invite for the Business Centurion. A few years ago, the Google Adsense advertisers were all qualifying for the card based on spend but it seems AmEx is being a little more cautious these days.

The travel expenditures, particularly luxury travel, should get their attention and seems to be more important these days for an invite -- based on anecdotal evidence from various threads.

Not necessarily. AmEx is not as quick to give out Centurion invites anymore for internet marketing spend, particularly for a member / account that is not very old.


Congrats on your success and sensibility re: saving. Keep it up and you will likely get the black card, particularly as you have now expressed interest to AmEx.

rymetymeuk

I gotta say good on you! You're clearly doing something right to be in the position you are, so enjoy those 20's (as a 34yr old with a toddler and a baby on the way I would be lying to say I miss those years!).

As for why you want the card, who cares! If it makes sense for you, status symbol or not (and at 26 I probably would want the status symbol!) go for it. There's always haters, probably envious that they weren't doing as we as you at your age, so don't sweat them.

slay0r

thanks everyone, appreciate the positive input and kind words. Maybe I came across as a bit arrogant in my posts so I apologize for that.

HawkeyeFlyer

I am not hating on him. I have the personal card so I am not jealous or anything. I am simply giving him some words of wisdom that I wish someone would have gave me at his age. If he wants the card and he qualifies that is reason enough to get it, not saying he needs to justify it to me or anyone else. I wish you the best Slay0r

rymetymeuk

well you were being a bit of a snob, but that's your deal. Who cares, it's a damn charge card. Enjoy the ride slay0r, and congrats on your obvious success snapper.

Rykoshet

No, I didn't find him being a snob at all. I found slay0r to be the pretentious one, but that's just me.