forumpersona999

Here is the executive summary of what is currently on offer. CX MP DM never mentioned again since 2013. Emirates Skywards Gold is nice. I had a paid J ticket and got op-up to F recently but where I am based and where I need to go I have very little opportunity to fly EK. It's usually MH/TG/CX for me

CENTURION PORTFOLIO
 Joining fee HK$38,800 and annual fee HK$38,800
 One Centurion® Card
 One Centurion Additional Card (A/C)
 Two Centurion Supplementary Cards
 Four Platinum, Gold or Basic Supplementary Cards

NEW AND ENHANCED BENEFITS
 TRAVEL
 Travel Elite Tier Membership Privileges
> Emirates Skywards Gold Membership
 Meet & Greet Service
> Additional destinations at Bali, Phuket, Phnom Penh, Siem Reap, Kuala Lumpur, Frankfurt and Jakarta
> Removed: Shenzhen

 Hotel Privileges
> Peninsula Benefits:
- Overseas complimentary nights at the following participating hotels:
• The Peninsula Bangkok
• The Peninsula Chicago
• The Peninsula Manila
• The Peninsula New York
• The Peninsula Shanghai
• The Peninsula Tokyo
- The Centurion Suite at The Peninsula Hong Kong
(redeemable with Membership Rewards points)

 CLUBS
 Access to members-only clubs
> Fitness Center of The Ritz Carlton, Hong Kong

 LIFESTYLE
 Peninsula Benefits:
> Year Round Dining offers
> Year Round Spa offers
> Year Round Shopping offer

 Gourmet Club at Dining Concepts restaurants:
• Al Molo
• BellBrook
• BLT Steak
• Bouchon
• Bombay Dreams
• Cecconi’s
• Craftsteak
• Lupa
• La Locanda
• Manzo
• Mayta
• Mama San
• Nahm
• Olive
• Soho Spice
• Tango
• Toro

 The Centurion Yacht

 Heavily Subsidized Golf Program
> Preferred Golf Membership
Sought after by many, but available to a privileged few, the Centurion offers a wealth of unrivalled benefits and access to a level of personal service most people will never experience.

EXISTING BENEFITS
 TRAVEL
 Travel Privileges
> Meet & Greet Service
> Priority Pass Membership
> Plaza Premium Lounge
> Special Individual and Companion Travel Offers > Complimentary Airport Transfer
> Limousine at Destination

 Hotel Privileges
> FINE HOTELS & RESORTS > Relais & Châteaux – Club 5C
> Small Luxury Hotels of the World > IHG® Rewards Club – Platinum Elite > Starwood Preferred Guests > Le Club Accorhotels – Platinum
> Hilton HHonorsTM – Diamond > Club CarlsonSM – Gold Elite

 Cruise Privileges

 Premium Car Hire

 INSURANCE
 Comprehensive Travel Insurance covering the Basic Cardmember, spouse, children under age of 21 and all Supplementary Cardmembers, no matter how you book and pay for the trip
 No Worries Guarantee > Return Guarantee > Extended Warranty > Price Protection > 45 Days Cover against theft and damage
 Online Fraud Protection Guarantee

 CLUBS
 Access to members-only clubs
> Butterfield's > KEE private members club (Hong Kong & Shanghai) > The China Club Hong Kong > World Trade Centre Club Hong Kong
> The China Club Beijing > International Club Access
> Cipriani Hong Kong
> The Country Club at Hong Lok Yuen

 LIFESTYLE
 Centurion Events
 Heavily Subsidized Golf Program
> Golf Clubs in China:
• Palm Island Resort
• Shenzhen Airport Golf Club
• Zhuhai Golden Gulf Golf Club
> Golf Clubs in Hong Kong:
• SkyCity Nine Eagles Golf Club

 Gourmet Club
> Maxim's Chinese Restaurant
> m.a.x. concepts
> Cafe Deco Group
 Enjoy 15% savings on regular priced tickets at Broadway, PALACE and AMC Cinemas

 Year Round Privileges

 OTHER BENEFITS
 American Express Membership Rewards®
 Centurion Service available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year
 Emergency Assistance
 Concierge Service
 Online Services




An unpublished feature for some accounts is now the inclusion of a dedicated relationship manager. I had one who was positively useless. Spoke to mgmt and was assigned a somewhat more helpful person. Overall it doesn't do much though.

Kind of reminds me of the Starwood Platinum Ambassador where you see promos on SPG TV and think this is going to blow your mind. It won't.

My RM is my champion within Amex HKG but cannot get stuff done that couldn't be done without an RM. Just smooths out the communication a little.

Also all these meet and greet VIP escort and limousine benefits mentioned above obviously only apply on certain J and F tickets that you purchase via the super incompetent and frustrating Centurion Travel Service. Most of the time you can get much cheaper tickets off the airline website and book yourself a limo and still come out ahead vs. the CTS prices.

Having said that you do sometimes get lucky. And there is the occasional WOW offer or FHR bargain. But to sum it up: It's bad value. I travel 100 days / year and struggle to see much benefit vs. a Platinum charge card.