Originally Posted by PIT_Flyer
Is there something I'm missing here?
Yep. Unless something is changed, when you get the Centurion card you also get gold status in the programs of CO, DL, and US. This has nothing to do with the Amex Platinum card and my mention of platinum merely reflected that I would like to qualify for platinum in one of the programs because I think that is much better to be platinum than to be gold.