Originally Posted by
GUWonder
It would take a tremendous leap of faith to think that geography doesn't play a role in what the qualification arrangements are for getting access to becoming a Centurion Card member.
In very recent times, there are some UK Amex cardholders who got invites to Centurion with way less than even $200k in annual spend on Amex cards.
There are Swedish Amex cardholders who got invites to Centurion with less than $150k in annual spend on Amex cards.
There are US Upper Midwest cardholders who got invites to Centurion with around $800k-$1.5M in annual spend on Amex cards while their same relatives around NY/NJ/CT doing the same or even way more annual spend on Amex cards did not.
Geographic consideration, spending volume, but also spending nature -- as in how much spent at specific merchant/submerchant types -- probably come ups in the consideration process for sending invites. The determinations about invitations seem to be also under the influence of Amex's area management figures.
This type of thing keeps being said over and over and over again "
......while their same relatives around NY/NJ/CT doing the same or even way more annual spend on Amex cards did not."
I averaged 650k over past three years (prior 5 years average was around 200k) and I live in northern NJ, totally a NYC commuter town with wealthy people and high home prices. And I got the invite in JULY 2021. So, there is clearly something much more to it than spend because I think we are misleading people by focusing entirely on spend. I have no earthly idea what else it might be, but you certainly do not need to charge millions a year on Hermes/Rolex/Ferrari to get it (I didn't!).