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View Poll Results: In which year was your first American Express card issued?
1958
2
0.49%
1959
1
0.24%
1960 - 1969
6
1.47%
1970 - 1979
29
7.09%
1980 - 1989
77
18.83%
1990 - 1999
98
23.96%
2000 - 2009
147
35.94%
2011 - 2013
49
11.98%
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Old Apr 22, 2013, 11:25 am
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Please mark the decade in which your first American Express card was issued, as shown by the Member Since date embossed on the card. If you have cards with various dates, please use the oldest one.

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Old May 8, 2013, 11:47 am
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Join Date: Aug 2002
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Originally Posted by eshekar
I'm 30 and I have an 88. Inherited my mother's "Member Since" date. Works out well for me.
My daughter's first card was on my account. She got an 80, and was born in 1983. As soon as she got her first personal account, she had the Member Since date reissued into this century.
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Old May 10, 2013, 11:24 am
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Originally Posted by jmcrae
That's pretty cool. Will Amex backdate an Authorized User to the Primary's Member Since date?

My mother's is 91 but mine is 02.
They used to. I believe they stopped in the past 3-5 years - but not exactly sure.
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Old May 10, 2013, 11:32 am
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Join Date: Mar 2013
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I got my first AMEX card in 1994, but cancelled it a few years later. I recently jumped back on the AMEX bandwagon and was pleased to see Member Since 1994 on my card.
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Old May 11, 2013, 3:59 pm
  #34  
 
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Since '78 ^
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Old May 16, 2013, 4:01 pm
  #35  
 
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'78 @ 20 when I graduated university.
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Old May 19, 2013, 8:38 am
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Since 2000
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Old May 21, 2013, 1:48 am
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'83. I don't remember if there were gaps in card ownership though. If so, would they keep the first date?
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Old May 21, 2013, 4:18 am
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Originally Posted by uszkanni
'83. I don't remember if there were gaps in card ownership though. If so, would they keep the first date?
Yeah, they should do.
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Old May 21, 2013, 7:25 am
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Join Date: Sep 2004
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believe FTr, Getiton is an original black card member circa 1958.
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Old Feb 28, 2021, 9:45 am
  #40  
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Member since '82.

The CSR I talked to yesterday said it was very rare for her to see a date that old. It actually made me feel " special".
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Old Feb 28, 2021, 11:53 am
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Originally Posted by david55
Member since '82.

The CSR I talked to yesterday said it was very rare for her to see a date that old. It actually made me feel " special".
I have been a member since 1981 and earlier this month along with an annual fee I received a congratulatory email for having been a member for 40 years. I currently have an Amex Plat and a Marriott Bonvoy Amex. I was a little disappointed that they didn't include anything other than the "congratulations".
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Old Feb 28, 2021, 2:14 pm
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1999 was my first Amex card.
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Old Feb 28, 2021, 3:33 pm
  #43  
 
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I'm 1989
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Old Feb 28, 2021, 4:13 pm
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Originally Posted by uszkanni
'83. I don't remember if there were gaps in card ownership though. If so, would they keep the first date?
Originally Posted by reclusive46
Yeah, they should do.
I wonder if this is subject to the same age-out as the "lifetime" exclusion for signup bonuses -- my first AMEX was in college in the early/mid 90s, then I cancelled and had zero AMEX cards for a while (I don't recall exactly when). The "Member Since" date on all my cards says 2004.
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Old Feb 28, 2021, 6:36 pm
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Originally Posted by Zorak
I.... my first AMEX was in college in the early/mid 90s, then I cancelled and had zero AMEX cards for a while (I don't recall exactly when). The "Member Since" date on all my cards says 2004.
You can ask customer service to adjust your Member Since date, but I do not know what information you must have to help them find the older account. I still have a physical card.
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