Originally Posted by
dhuey
Funny to me how for so long cc companies would tell us to cut up our old cards when a replacement came. Now it's flipped, and they warn us not to but the metal card into a shredder. I'm guessing it might not go well for the shredder if you put a metal Plat card in there.
Roger that. I tried to shred a plastic/metal combo card a while back, the card won and my trusty fellowes office depot shredder was rendered largely inoperable.
I now have a few envelopes stashed to send back old cards. I have sometimes sent multiple cards incl other issuers (i.e. Amex in the Chase envelope, and vice versa) and no complaints.
Originally Posted by
DCJoe1
I love how randomly variable Amex is. I see the plastic option on my business platinum, but not on my MS personal platinum.
I personally prefer the plastic as it doesn't weigh down my wallet and I can take it thru airport WMD on the rare instance when TSA isn't barking at me to empty pockets. But I hate how cheaply they are constructed, they seems to peel apart after a certain number of swipes, which unfortunately are still required by some merchants, parking meters, etc. Even P2 commented on how flimsy the plastic cards are.