Other options for spending: Frequent travelers looking to be rewarded for their airline and other transportation spending should check out cards such as the Amex Platinum, which offers 5x points on airfare purchased directly with the airline and airfare and hotels booked via American Express Travel. In late 2019, Amex announced a number of new benefits to go along with the steeply increased annual fee. Many of the perks fall under the lifestyle and luxury-experience categories, although there's also a selection of travel-related benefits, from hotel status to airport lounge access and baggage insurance.
Related: Is Jerry Seinfeld the reason that the Amex black card exists? Earning pointsĪs with the Amex Platinum and The Business Platinum Card® from American Express ($595 annual fee $695 if application is received on or after ) (see rates and fees), the Centurion Card really delivers when it comes to non-spending benefits. The card details on this page have not been reviewed or provided by the card issuer. The information for the Citi Prestige card has been collected independently by The Points Guy. You'll pay $5,000 for an additional cardholder, and you're only allowed to add two. This means that you're looking at a tab of $15,000 - between the initiation fee and the first-year annual fee - before you can even start using your card. There's an initiation fee of $10,000, along with an annual fee of $5,000. The initiation and annual fees for the Centurion Card make the annual fees for other top-tier cards such as The Platinum Card® from American Express (see rates and fees) and the Citi Prestige® Card ($695 and $495, respectively, per year) look like child's play. (Photo by The Points Guy) Fees and payments For the personal card, the bar is rumored to be set at around $350,000. There's no official requirement for Centurion eligibility, but we're talking big bucks.Īmex reportedly extends invitations to apply for the business card only if you've spent (and paid off) at least $450,000 (or $500,000 - we've heard both) across all your Amex accounts in a calendar year. It's potentially much easier to get the card as a business owner, but either way, it requires racking up significant charges.
#AMEX BLACK CARD FEE FREE#
Want more from TPG? Sign up for our free daily newsletter! Getting the cardįirst things first: There are two versions of the Centurion Card - a business version and a personal one.
The information for the Centurion Card has been collected independently by The Points Guy. So with all that is going on, is the prestigious and exclusive Amex Centurion card still worth it? As travel continues to be on hold for many, a lot of the perks that come with the Centurion card aren't currently as valuable (though Amex has recently sweetened the deal in other ways). Thanks, however, to some kind TPG sources who are lucky enough to be part of the Centurion "club" (including the original Points Guy himself, Brian Kelly, who carries the business version), we can share a comprehensive rundown of the benefits. Unless you're invited to apply and accepted (more on how that happens later), Amex keeps a tight lid on the numerous benefits and exclusive perks available to cardholders. The Centurion Card from American Express is perhaps the most desirable piece of plastic anodized titanium out there, in no small part because of the shroud of secrecy and exclusivity that surrounds it. Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available.
0 kommentar(er)
