Holy cow, as usual, the US Centurian card holders get the shaft - isn't Amex based here? Ugh...

I don't ahve all the info in front of me to give a good comp listing, but I will at a later point:

USA Amex Centurian:

Cost:
When I got the card in ~year 2000, it was US$1000 for the primary person (me), and $500 for each additional cardholder (I picked up one for the wife). There is absolutely no "free" cards. My annual fee has been $1000/$500 since I started with the card, but Amex sent a letter out a year or two back saying that new primary cardholders for non-grandfathered people will be US$2500 for the primary and US$1000(?) for the secondary.

I'm absolutely positive I held a letter in my hand from Amex that said this, because I remember reading it out loud to my wife and laughing because they saiid things like "We appreciate you telling your friends about the Card and urging them to apply. Please note that the annual fee has increased...." ...and we both laughed out loud.

So, $1000 for my card, $500 for the additional cardholder wife. I also still had a Platinum (US$395) and a Gold ($95? $150?) plus the additional cardholder fees that I finally got around to cancelling after the wife reminded me that we were paying nearly $2000 in annual fees to Amex.

I've never heard of an additional Centurian card for keeping your expenses organized, although I like that idea, but I'm sure USA Amex won't do it for free.

Any other US Centurian card people confirm what I'm saying? Please don't tell me it is just me that they are shafting!

--Doug