fffresh

I have heard that the total cardmember base for the American Express Centurion decreased slightly within the US over the past 12 months. I do not have access to any specific numbers and obviously we cannot confirm this piece of information for sure, but this is something which seems like a natural circumstance given the economic conditions.

Extreme z28

They're just making room for me.

Cucumber

Nope, actually for me

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Demon

As what I know,
the Centurion members in HongKong is increasing,
many Platinum members got the Centurion invitation.

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fffresh

I think your part of the world may be the only part that still has a growing economy. Here in the US many cardholders are downgrading from Centurion to Platinum or canceling their American Express altogether.

Demon

No, HongKong also face the economic problem as other countries.
I have created an AmEx Cards Fans Club at facebook,
some of HongKong members told us that some of their friends who is holding the Platinum Card have got the Centurion invitation.
But an AmEx staff told me that the approval is much tight now respones to the economic problem.

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CenturionNL

So who is telling the truth?????????

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Mogul of Pineapples

It's hard to say for sure. We can be sure though that American Express would never say their credit requirements for the Centurion card are not tight. They will always make the card seem and sound as exclusive as possible, even if it is not quite as exclusive as they make it sound. In an area like Hong Kong I would imagine it's not as rare since the incomes of so many business men there qualify.

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I think it is still pretty exclusive, Mr. Mogul. I mean, only 20,000 in the entire USA? Spending $250k in one year is no small feat and usually means your're at the top 1% of income in the USA, not everyone, but most, and of those, less than .05% have one... wow. What are you basing your judgements on, jealousy? I have a card. I can make it less exclusive by adding additional cardholders, but it still costs a fortune and that alone can make it pretty darn exclusive.

No offense or anything, but I would like to understand what you are basing your assumptions on.