<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by ahrz:
The Gold card is free for the first year if and only if this is explicitely written on the application form you used.
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Or if you´ve been offered a certain fare by Amex!
I once got an offer for a gold card free for every year durin wich I charge 10K Euros or more!