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May 21, 2019 | 12:21 pm

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RichardMannion

Join Date: May 2000

Location: Seattle, WA

Programs: Various

Posts: 2,155

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Originally Posted by Jay66

When you moved to the US could you leverage your UK Centurion to receive an Invite to the US or did you have to do it the old fashion way by spend and build a new relationship with AmEx US?

A bit of both - TBH, it was an ordeal. There is no direct transfer program for Centurion UK to Centurion US. So I ended up using my BA PP card I have to do Global transfer, and got a Gold card in the US which was helpful as it significantly accelerated by credit profile build as AmEx ported over my history.

Didn't bother me too much as I was still going back to the UK/EU a lot, so not having a US Centurion wasn't too much of an issue. When that travel slowed down and I was spending more time and money in the US, I tried again and it turned into a back and forth conversation between the US and UK at a very high level, bearing in mind at that point I had been a UK Centurion customer for over 15 years. It took a few months, but I was then called and asked if I would like the US card (and they graciously waived the initiation fee). I keep both Centurion accounts in the UK and Us as there is some overlap on benefits/coverage, and some noticeable differences; and for comedy, I still have my US Gold card too as some of the benefits on that are better than the US Centurion (which is weird, as that doesn't happen in the UK).

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