Originally Posted by pod

Bearing in mind all Centurion products differ vastly by country, I would apply your quote only to versions not-US. You cannot get airline/hotel status that the card gives just by reading flyertalk. You'd have to do a lot of Mileage Runs on multiple airlines, and spend many nights in hotels, which would end up costing far more than the cost of the card. Maybe in future Centurion posts (if there have to be more), it would be helpful if people always refer to the actual product they are discussing, ie "US-Centurion," "UK-Centurion," you get the point...