Centurion card (USA) refresh. Some benefits removed/added. $5k annual fee.
Oct 31, 2019, 1:12 pm
#61
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Uber also has higher end transport options than just the discount ride of the sort you mention above.
Also, I don’t know about you but I know that there are times where a taxi or Uber are what I need and want and the alternatives aren’t all that better .... whether or not it means a six-years old Camry that smells like McDonald’s food.
Also, I don’t know about you but I know that there are times where a taxi or Uber are what I need and want and the alternatives aren’t all that better .... whether or not it means a six-years old Camry that smells like McDonald’s food.
Oct 31, 2019, 1:14 pm
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But the Uber VIP benefit means you can often get upgraded cars. Like a Mercedes S class when booking a normal Uber X. Or today I got a large Honda Odyssey. It wasn't real luxury, but better than an old Camry! And I always get high rated good drivers.
Oct 31, 2019, 1:17 pm
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I haven’t cared to look yet about the Plat AUs on Cent accounts here, but there will be the included Platinum AUs for some time at least. Surely, you’re not talking about that, right?
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Oct 31, 2019, 1:26 pm
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There isn’t such a company, at least not for the US markets of relevance to me. I don’t think there is even such a thing nation-wide in most of the countries which I visit or live in more than once a month. So Uber or something like it is often king, especially since I like an independent, self-reliant lifestyle when it comes to my travels.
Oct 31, 2019, 1:35 pm
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Amex Cents in the US are a large enough pool of relatively price-inelastic customers that Amex can have no/fewer included/free Cent AUs in the US than in Germany or the UK and not become an irrelevant market in size and thus worthy of exiting. If Germany- and UK-based Cent accounts saw a doubling of Amex fee costs from one year to the next at this point, it wouldn’t be long before the Centurion customer base in the UK and Germany would become very puny.
I haven’t cared to look yet about the Plat AUs on Cent accounts here, but there will be the included Platinum AUs for some time at least. Surely, you’re not talking about that, right?
I haven’t cared to look yet about the Plat AUs on Cent accounts here, but there will be the included Platinum AUs for some time at least. Surely, you’re not talking about that, right?
Oct 31, 2019, 1:48 pm
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Congrats on your fancy card gaining some new Saks credit 
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Oct 31, 2019, 2:04 pm
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Congrats on your fancy card gaining some new Saks credit
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/amer...nnual-fee.html
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/amer...nnual-fee.html
Oct 31, 2019, 2:05 pm
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Although stated to be titanium (as is the current design), the screenshot of the redesigned card looks like it's more like the current Platinum card, with only the name printed on the front, and with nothing raised/embossed. So, does this mean that it's a multi-layer design like Platinum, as opposed to the solid design of the current card? Also, it would sure be nice if it had contactless payment, although the screenshot doesn't have the symbol for such displayed on the front.
Oct 31, 2019, 2:06 pm
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We did though, two years ago when it went from 2500 to 5000. I wish I could see the numbers how it affected the centurion pool, and will in the US
Oct 31, 2019, 2:09 pm
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Although stated to be titanium (as is the current design), the screenshot of the redesigned card looks like it's more like the current Platinum card, with only the name printed on the front, and with nothing raised/embossed. So, does this mean that it's a multi-layer design like Platinum, as opposed to the solid design of the current card? Also, it would sure be nice if it had contactless payment, although the screenshot doesn't have the symbol for such displayed on the front.
Oct 31, 2019, 2:16 pm
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I never understood contactless when you have all of the pay methods. Is it just so the credit issuer can avoid paying fees to Apple/Samsung/Google?
Oct 31, 2019, 2:28 pm
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Oct 31, 2019, 2:41 pm
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