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Old Nov 6, 2018 | 2:41 pm
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Originally Posted by acarney
It might also have something to do with the gold metal cards supporting contactless payments, not just "going cheap" on the card...
This is exactly it. I had a contactless Plat before I PC'd it and it's the same construction/weight as the new Gold card.

oof. mia beat me to it by 2 minutes.
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