Originally Posted by
EWRFlyerNJ
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!).
I can't say much of anything about what happened in the US market with Centurion invites in the second half of this year. But in some parts of Europe, the invites seem to have gone out for those with lower spend levels than in prior years. My guess is that: Amex wants the Centurion membership fee revenue even more right now and has adjusted its "requirements" for who gets invitations; and the "requirements" been changing across its markets, domestic and international, where they offer a Centurion product. While the Centurion cards for accounts based outside of the US are a different mix of costs and benefits than in the US, usually best practices do make their way around and get used at least in part elsewhere -- and that means that changes that are noted outside of the US may be a reflection of what has also happened in the home (US) market with Centurion invites in 2021.