Amex Centurion Card eligibility in Australia

Jazzline said:
I’ll finish with some questions. Is the interest free statement period 44 or 55 days for the centurion? And I’ve herd there is some Langtons wine vouchers totalling $500 per year, true?

Thanks.
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44 days.
langtons offer is spend $500 and get $250 back. think its an annual credit
 
Franko Costa said:
Did you speak to someone special about this? I apply every 3 months and never heard anything. They always ask the same questions. I think I might start lying and say I'm a travel vlogger or something so they might give it to me or something. I really want this card
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I kinda used to feel like that.. And now that i have one... not so much... its still super cool, but most people have no idea.. it only vaguely impress's a fairly small set of people... and i would finish with that its no where as exclusive as it was say 10 years ago..

Having said all that, i am very happy with the cost benefit equation.. it suits me and my circumstances nicely..

I was putting through circa 2-2.5M a year on the plat, (circa 75:25 bus/ personal), and using Langtons and FHR and AMEX travel for bus class long haul quite a bit, b4 getting an invite..

So 2M bus, or 500K personal seems to be about the territory, from everything I've seen and heard.

Best wishes!
 
sudoer said:
Something tells me @Franko Costa doesn't want it for the prestige, but rather the additional 0.25 points per dollar!
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i think I'm weird for wanting this card more than having a porche/ferrari/rolex/ etc haha
having this card brings me a lot more joy
 
sudoer said:
Something tells me @Franko Costa doesn't want it for the prestige, but rather the additional 0.25 points per dollar!
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Yeah, understand, i was mostly the same.. but I've changed a bit on that front also.. Weather i earn 10 million amex points a year, or only 9 million is kinda meh now.....

At some point, i think by the time you are offered a Cent card, then the amount of money and points sloshing around kinda start to make chasing a few extra points here and there irrelevant.
daft009 said:
i think I'm weird for wanting this card more than having a porche/ferrari/rolex/ etc haha
having this card brings me a lot more joy
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The recent Centurion Ferrari drive day in QLD was a truly memorable day! I concur re the joy :-)
 
woomp001 said:
I kinda used to feel like that.. And now that i have one... not so much... its still super cool, but most people have no idea.. it only vaguely impress's a fairly small set of people... and i would finish with that its no where as exclusive as it was say 10 years ago..

Having said all that, i am very happy with the cost benefit equation.. it suits me and my circumstances nicely..

I was putting through circa 2-2.5M a year on the plat, (circa 75:25 bus/ personal), and using Langtons and FHR and AMEX travel for bus class long haul quite a bit, b4 getting an invite..

So 2M bus, or 500K personal seems to be about the territory, from everything I've seen and heard.

Best wishes!
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I don't care about how cool the card looks, it only for the extra points that I want it. All my travel is done with points so I don't use the portal that much.

I was tempted to spend $100k on the platform albut cancel after 6 months to see if I can get the offer within that time, but it's an expensive bet for $2.5k from the offset.
 
rkfwombat said:
Got the same. I think it was nominally for anyone that booked flights and a hotel from them in the same trip. Sam was pretty loose in how that was applied.
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I got the same. My concierge told me it was due to hitting a certain threshold of bookings through Amex?
 
I told them I want to cancel in Feb at my second renewal date.

I had Christmas chats with family I’ve given the other cards to and none of them find the concierge helpful. He cheerfully costs them more time than it would take doing it themselves.

It’s a shame. The stories of concierge skills back in the day were impressive.
 
I think that’s exactly it. It’s a vanity card. The urban legends about it are just that. I can’t get through to my RM directly anymore, god help me if I call outside of AU business hours for help. There’s the dreaded IVR and you get through to Manila. No more UK agents. They definitely are cutting back while they increase the AF knowing people will pay it.

It’s just a Platinum card with some Extras and a different colour.

YMMV.
 
albyd said:
I think that’s exactly it. It’s a vanity card. The urban legends about it are just that. I can’t get through to my RM directly anymore, god help me if I call outside of AU business hours for help. There’s the dreaded IVR and you get through to Manila. No more UK agents. They definitely are cutting back while they increase the AF knowing people will pay it.

It’s just a Platinum card with some Extras and a different colour.

YMMV.
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Would love more and more people to cancel so I can get an invite 😁
 
Precisely.

I’m not even against a vanity card. Take. Away the concierges, make the app and website better. Halve the price.

They’d make more.
 

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