Hello all,

I have held an Amex Business Platinum for the last 8-9 years. Annual spend is approx $100k.

In the process of buying a new business (same corporation, just a new venture) and annual spend will increase exponentially.

Have been given a few offers from my bank (private banking, Visa Infinite, etc) but would really like to stay with Amex. Prefer to move to a Centurion if possible.

Is there any way to do this or request it? Preferably without having to increase spending for a year or more before they will approve (meaning I have to wait...). Rather than cancelling the Platinum, I'd like to make them aware that I want a Centurion (otherwise I'm leaving...)

I knew an Amex business rep a while ago (no longer have his contact info and he has moved on) who said he "put together a business case" for someone to get them a card. He got details of their new venture, existing spend, etc and got them approved for a Centurion

1)Does anyone know of a way to request Centurion with outright cancelling?
2)Does anyone know of a rep like this who can help?
3)Any thoughts on just spamming people on LinkedIn to ask? I'm sure there is a Canadian VP of card products or something who I can message...