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Old Jun 12, 2012 | 3:23 pm
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S.Bling
 
Join Date: Oct 2007
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Originally Posted by b8b
Has anyone confirmed this?

It's an interesting idea. Will make it more exclusive, though it might cause some issues for some customers. I imagine this would only apply to the personal card, not the business card.
Confirmed in writing.

They sent the official notification that, effective September 1st:
1. The maximum is 2 supplementals
2. The price is increasing to $2,500 for each card (increased from $1,500).
3. If any "grandfathered" AU's are cancelled for any reason (either by them or you or expired by accident) they cannot be reinstated.

Numbers 1 and 3 were suspected already - but number 2 is a significant deterrant to Cents keeping their spouses and/or dependents/partners as supplemental Cents. It encourages them to drop down to Plats, and "thin-out the ranks" of Cents.

Why they are attacking existing members especially now (when competition is improving and the cent has been reducing the level of benefits and/or losing some Cent benefits altogether) is somewhat confusing...

:-(
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