Originally Posted by
Critic
Point taken, but since Continental owns the marks related to OnePass and the President's Club, I don't imagine that Chase could make changes to the branding on the card without CO's say-so.
I concur that Chase doesn't change a CO-affiliated card's name without consulting with CO beforehand. I'm simply saying that even if Chase got CO's say-so, that is different from CO
instructing Chase to do so. This may seem a fine distinction, but I want to make it clear I was not stating CO
initiated this change, because I don't know that to be the case.
Originally Posted by
Critic
Fair enough, but again, if Chase were 'neutralizing' the name of the card, why would CO still be advertising it as the "Presidential Plus" card?
I was only speculating about the neutralization. I'm sure CO will change its advertising when it's time to do so, or shortly thereafter.
Originally Posted by
Critic
I'm not suggesting that your recollection was inaccurate, but generally lower-level bankers, branch managers and CSRs don't have insider information re: affinity credit card operations.
No offense taken. I don't disagree with your assessment of the lack of authoritativeness of my sources, that's why I was careful to cite them, lest you think I was getting this from JPMorgan Chase's CEO or something.
Originally Posted by
parsec
The reason those of you with the Presidential Plus card didn't get this maybe because this seems to be replacing the World card. That's the card that I've got now. The benefits mentioned seem to line up with that card as well. Two passes to the Presodental Club each year, airfare discount coupons, etc. The only new benefit seemed to be a 10,000 mile bonus once you reach $25,000 of spend each year (which I may hit this year and next considering I'll be using this to pay vendors for my upcoming wedding).
It's entirely possible Chase has changes in the works for all its cards; I don't know. The rep I spoke to about my Presidential Plus card was speaking to me about
that card specifically.
Congrats on your upcoming wedding.