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Old Apr 7, 2018 | 5:10 pm
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ricardojrsousa
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Originally Posted by caliform
I'd go for a regular Amex card. The FB cards are now not worth their annual fee.
Originally Posted by kubrick
Explanation for Ricardo: the FB Amex cards used to give you both level miles and award miles for every purchase. Now they only give you certain number of XPs every year (number of XPs depend on whether you have Gold or Plat Amex).

Non-FB Amex Platinum cards have Priority Pass included.
Thanks, Going for any AMEX I'd have to use a technique as above (as in Portugal amex is obtained through a bank and rather troublesome to get, very few issues cards). I do see the advantages of a normal AMEX though,

Originally Posted by Carel1
Yes you can, the only thing you need is a Dutch bank account. You can get a Dutch bank account on a Dutch internet bank like Bunq.
Originally Posted by AlicorporateUK


Is it that straight forward? I had an Amex in the UK and had to forward proof of address (together with a landline number), even though I used Global Transfer and had been a customer for several years. More recently, I did exactly the same thing in order to get an Alitalia’s branded Amex in Italy (as a Poland-resident, yet with a holiday home in Italy and, as such, a correspondence address in the Country) and, again, I had to go through a verification process (which included copy of my Italian ‘tax code’).

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Exactly. My question was... beyond the fact that in theory you can get one, how likely is it that I won't have to submit the kind of info that would prevent me from getting one. Example: how do they check my earnings to see if I qualify? A local employer is needed? Or a local tax registration?
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