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Old Aug 24, 2008 | 5:20 pm
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Originally Posted by Kate_Canuck
My Gold card shows that my status is effective only for the 12 month period beginning when I hit the $20,000 threshold (i.e. until June 2009, not December 2009).
Ouch.

This is a significant reduction in the benefit of the card. Previously it was until the end of the year plus a few months.

Thus people only need to spend the 20k on the Amex every other year to stay gold permanently.
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