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Old Jul 10, 2021, 7:17 pm
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Originally Posted by dayone
Agreed. The mid-80s saw the rise of "premium" credit cards. Amex had its Gold card and I think Continental Airlines and Marine Midland were the first to introduce a gold airline credit card, the TravelBank Gold MasterCard.
Just out of curiosity, Plat didn't exist back in the 80s? Is that why people were "flashing" gold cards?

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