Music

Agreed with Steve.

I personally don't care about any other country's entry point into Centurion since the barrier for entry is so incredibly low in other countries.

mia

Flyertalk is an international community and American Express is a multi-national issuer. We certainly are interested in the experiences of Centurion cardholders in any country, even if those experiences are not directly relevant in other markets.

Jay66

Most ignorant comment I read here....

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Thank you, Mia

RichardMannion

Lower than the US? Maybe, all relative and subjective
Incredibly low? No

fliesdelta

My experience of getting a Centurion invitation despite my lack of multi-million/year expenditures is in the US. I initially thought that it might have been due to my relatively long tenure paying Amex annual fees (first card was the green charge card in 1986, later the gold, now the platinum, plus a few of the credit cards like the Optima when it came out, the Delta co-branded Platinum, and a couple of corporate cards over the years), but others chimed in saying they had similar tenures and never got invited.

stimpy

Reading this forum over the years has taught us that many countries have a higher bar to pass. Hong Kong and Singapore for example have much higher annual fees and they have income verification. The US never had income verification in the past, although recent reports seem to suggest they may be starting that?

Rickie Cruz

So wanted to update everyone! The small team at Centurion (which I now know everyone lol) went more than above and beyond to help me. I had to apply for the 3 time to finally get it approved. If you read my first postings in this thread sharing with you guys when I got the invite call Jan 16th I had no idea they were going to do a pull only to find out I had delinquent accounts due to identity theft. I had to file a police report and get them removed. Called back AMEX once they were out of my report so they can run again my credit, and it ended up getting declined again. Why? Because I had to actually wait until on the AMEX portal it shows the latest fico reporting. Otherwise the system will almost auto decline when you reapply.

Through this whole process I learned quite a bit of info and one that some of you might already be aware of:

- When they take your app over the phone and you approve them to process it, if you don't get a notification of a hard inquiry on your report you more than likely wont get approved. If you do get the hard pull your approved. Yesterday they allowed me (and trust me after a lot of corporate escalation) a final 3rd application because they knew I went through a lot to clean up my credit with the derogatory accounts. I was approved fairly quickly. Today we setup the account over the phone. Everything is already setup online. Card should show up tomorrow This is for the Personal Centurion.

Will take some pics of the presentation once it shows up. I used to have the Business Centurion back in 07' I was 23 at the time. Back then you can just call after obviously hitting a certain spend and type of spend and apply. Now its a completely different ballpark. They literally handpick them and they don't actually send mass invites out. I have a completely different level of respect towards the selection process now.


Any questions you guys have don't hesitate to ask.

Jay66

Did you ever receive your card?

Rickie Cruz

Yes I did. Right before I departed to Barcelona, Lake Como, and St. Moritz! Was able to get a dedicated RM assigned to my account as well. I worked with him in the past. This is where I get the most amount of value with the card. For me, without a question the yearly cost of the card is nothing compared to the value I get from it. My RM is going to look over my spend and see what other cards I can get to maximize my MR. I know I am leaving several million MR points per year if I just use this card. That little task alone covers my early cost probably 3-4x.

Any other questions you guys have LMK

Personal Centurion

Maine2LA

I tend to agree (although not your choice of name). Surely they've considered this many times but decided it wasn't worthwhile, for whatever reason(s)?

Music

Rickie,
What is the point rebate on personal? On the business it's 50%.

Music

Bueller

GrnLantern

Still waiting on mine.

Late to the party, but congrats on securing a Personal Cent, Rickie! Well done.

Still working on getting an invite for a Personal, on my end. Reassuring to see folks are getting them in the US.

hawata

Rickie Cruz

20% but now we are getting 5x on hotels and travel too like platinum. There's a ton of other perks no one really talks about. If you have an RM they will bring them up based on what you use. Love the Hertz Platinum, and essentially having a full time assistant for literally everything you need. My RM is more like a friend now. Talk to him nearly everyday. With the Centurion relationship now, its definitely unlike any other card. It truly is a relationship that makes my life a lot more simpler in many ways.

My spend has always been around 80-120k mo, and can go all the way up to 200k (depends if I purchased a watch that month or not lol). My RM is getting me a few other cards to maximize MR earnings. I always redeem for travel and always fly first/business. Also, getting the free massages and special scotch at the Centurion Lounge is pretty awesome too