[UK] Centurion changes coming July 2015 & January 2017.
Jun 11, 2015, 7:52 am
#31
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Geneva, Dubai, Paris
Programs: Disillusioned Cent
Posts: 1,880
Talk about a good strategy!
Jun 11, 2015, 12:13 pm
#32
Join Date: Jan 2000
Posts: 3,021
Just confirmed with my PRM, increase to £2200, double MR stops 1 October, despite the fact that double MR is still a benefit of Gold cards, IHG will now be Gold Elite not platinum. I have been advised by Amex that these changes were brought in after feedback from their customers? I wonder who as I have never been asked!. Melia and Shangri la will be added. No other new benefits. Toddml, I agree with you on the card member offers, my partner also has gold and gets much better offers. I really feel its time that we all band together and write to the CEO the only alternative for me is to drop them.
Jun 11, 2015, 12:33 pm
#33
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: London
Programs: BA GfL & GGL, LH Sen, EK & VS Gold, Amex Cent
Posts: 1,719
[UK] Centurion Changes coming July 2015
Sad to see IHG go down but honestly I never got any benefits from Plat. I have also never used VS Gold really but EK has been an excellent addition. I'd love it if we got eg Lufthansa Senator or SAS Diamond for *G. Would help with travel as I fly a reasonable amount but not enough anymore for *G. I agree that hotel wise I think SPG Plat or substantially better FHR benefits than Plat would be great. I have used the confirmed upgrades several times as well as Sirius Gold which is good. Ti won't matter much anymore when we all move to Apple Pay next month!
Jun 11, 2015, 3:28 pm
#34
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: LHR
Programs: Centurion, VS Gold, EK Gold, Marriott Gold, Hilton Diamond, Jumeirah Gold
Posts: 179
Does it work for you on SPG spend? It seems to have never ever worked for me, and remains an ongoing issue I've had with AmEx (for several years now)... I can't help but feel the problems it has caused it what led them to remove the partner bonus (rather than actually fix the damn system!) 
Tesco including fuel (AND sainsbury, correction to my post above)
Waitrose (but not M&S)
spg (but not Marriott)
Harrods (but not john lewis)
VS & LH (not 9w to pick a random airline)
In reply to your query, I would not worry about that. I had the same issue with spg and partners not crediting duoble. I used to have to ring them every few months. They eventually fixed it and spg is now double - automatic, consistent and worldwide.
ysb41....whoever got double on everything & triple on supermarkets and partners....makes me feel I have lost out big!
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Jun 11, 2015, 6:15 pm
#35
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Ealing
Programs: Usual Amex Cent. GGL.
Posts: 1,483
Jun 11, 2015, 8:31 pm
#36
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Sydney
Programs: AA Exp, UA PP, IC Diamond, HH Diamond, Marriott Titanium, Hyatt Globalist, Amex Centurion
Posts: 477
What they should do is to say, here is a list of 10 amazing Centurion benefits, please pick 4 of them. Everyone of us values different things and that way they would save money and make everyone happy.
Jun 12, 2015, 1:05 am
#37
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Geneva, Dubai, Paris
Programs: Disillusioned Cent
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Jun 12, 2015, 1:11 am
#38
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Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: London
Programs: BA Gold / OnBusiness, SPG Lifetime Plat 100, AmEx Centurion & BAPP, Superking Westin Heavenly Bed :)
Posts: 1,142
Jun 12, 2015, 2:24 am
#39
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Ealing
Programs: Usual Amex Cent. GGL.
Posts: 1,483
Thing is the monitoring doesn't seem to be automated. I never fly VS these days so let my TitSupp have the VS Au. But several months on we're both Vs Au. I guess my membership will run until close of membership year. Makes me wonder about moving it back and forth between us
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Jun 12, 2015, 6:07 am
#40
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: London
Programs: BA GfL & GGL, LH Sen, EK & VS Gold, Amex Cent
Posts: 1,719
So sounds like IHG dropping is a rumour. From October is the fee increase (so if you renew before hand it won't affect before 2016), and new is Shangri-La Diamond and Melia Platinum. And obv the 2x MR dropping for partner payments (hotels, flights etc etc).
Jun 12, 2015, 6:28 am
#41
Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: USA
Posts: 237
Sad to see IHG go down but honestly I never got any benefits from Plat. I have also never used VS Gold really but EK has been an excellent addition. I'd love it if we got eg Lufthansa Senator or SAS Diamond for *G. Would help with travel as I fly a reasonable amount but not enough anymore for *G. I agree that hotel wise I think SPG Plat or substantially better FHR benefits than Plat would be great. I have used the confirmed upgrades several times as well as Sirius Gold which is good. Ti won't matter much anymore when we all move to Apple Pay next month!
Jun 12, 2015, 8:07 pm
#42
Join Date: Apr 2015
Posts: 11
Wow that's horrible. Sure makes me rethink whether I want a Centurion Card anymore!
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Jun 13, 2015, 12:54 pm
#43
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: The road less traveled
Programs: UA Gold MM, AA EXP, Delta Platinum, Marriott Titanium, HHonors Diamond, Natl EE, Hertz Platinum
Posts: 5,118
This is horrible news, but it was bound to happen. I sorely miss CX Diamond already and really the only thing I benefit from these days is the odd free hotel night here or there and an occasional restaurant booking that I could not have gotten otherwise. Hardly value.
I'm assuming no word on them dropping the Foreign Transaction Fees either?? This is the biggest disappointment for me and has me not putting barely a dime on the card since I am overseas so often nowadays.
One little tip that the UK team does not do a good job publicizing: all the Fine Hotels & Resorts Third Night Free and Fourth Night Free offers extended to U.S. cardmembers also apply. Just used a Third Night Free offer a couple weeks ago and saved $800. (Subscribe to Tom's FHRNews to get the regular updates on these offers.)
I'm assuming no word on them dropping the Foreign Transaction Fees either?? This is the biggest disappointment for me and has me not putting barely a dime on the card since I am overseas so often nowadays.
One little tip that the UK team does not do a good job publicizing: all the Fine Hotels & Resorts Third Night Free and Fourth Night Free offers extended to U.S. cardmembers also apply. Just used a Third Night Free offer a couple weeks ago and saved $800. (Subscribe to Tom's FHRNews to get the regular updates on these offers.)
Jun 15, 2015, 12:46 pm
#45
Join Date: Apr 2015
Posts: 11
I know the ICC Cent card also still charges a forex fee but the UK card is news to me. For thousands of dollars in annual fee, one should not have to pay a forex fee on any card!
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