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Please, indulge me on the Cent. benefits that make the initiation fee and annual fee worth it. I've been offered both and declined as I do not see the benefit and I am not a showy person; so I couldn't care less on flopping down a black card. Trust when I say, most people really do not care about what card a client has.
I'm pretty sure that "showy" is not one of the benefits that most people count on. Travelers may count on Delta and Hertz Platinum. I get a lot of value from those in many cases. Worth many thousands. I've also been using the complimentary airport escort a lot at CDG which saves a huge amount of time when things are busy, which has been the case lately. At LHR too. Some of the FHR hotels give nice extra bennies and upgrades when booking through CTS. And I'm one of the people that gets great value from the Equinox Destination membership, both at home and on the road. And the $2000 travel credit we got this year went a long way to covering the AF.
But as I always say, the number one benefit is that when you call up Amex with a problem, they always respond with a "yes sir" rather than "I'm sorry sir, but..."