Originally Posted by isherlock

i received a centurion invite from amex canada a week ago, actually i wasn't too excited, and have already decided not to upgrade my platinum card. unlike in the US, in canada ALL credit cards are chip and pin now, they were originally a bit behind on the system so they still had to swipe amex cards, but even that has been fixed/upgraded in most places now. so majority of the time you will be using your card as a debit card, the merchant won't look or touch your card, which basically takes the prestigious "WOW thats a cool metal card" factor down the drain. even at high end restaurants the waitress will now bring a terminal over for you to insert your card. admittingly thats the factor i though it would be worth to have the card, instead of the perks.

just to give some insights on latest qualification details, ive been a member since 07 and platinum since 09 and regularly spend 120k-200k annually, last year through i spent almost 400k, but the spending is really all over the place, from mcds to fine hotel to cruise to just daily groceries. i did not have a high portion of luxury travel/hotel as with a 2 year old i haven't traveled much lately other than a family trip to hawaii last dec. but my wife did buy quite a bit at holt renfrew with her supplementary card, that may have something to do with it? i don't know.