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Posted on Friday, 29th January 2010 by CreditCardGuru

Q: What are the American Express Black card requirements?
A: The American Centurion black card qualifications (officially called the Centurion card) have changed slightly since it first came out in 1999, but they’ve always been strict nonetheless. Let’s take a look at what’s currently required in order to get this credit card:
The Annual Fee
When the card [...]

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Posted on Monday, 25th January 2010 by CreditCardGuru

If you carry a balance and someone said they know how you can reduce credit card interest rates, you would probably listen up. But if you get a phone call that makes this claim… hang up! There’s a new scam sweeping the nation that you need to know about.
The Typical Call
It starts out with a [...]

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Posted on Thursday, 21st January 2010 by CreditCardGuru

Today, black is the new platinum. The Citi Chairman card is this respective banks premier credit card. It’s actually been on the market for several years now, yet it doesn’t have the notoriety of the other uber-luxury credit cards. It’s issued by Citi, but operates over the American Express payment networks. I decided to do [...]

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Posted on Sunday, 17th January 2010 by CreditCardGuru

Q: How can you apply for an American Express Red Card?
A: This is a question I get asked regularly, so at this point I figure it would be easiest to write a blog post about the Red Card
What is it?
This credit card has been around since 2006. It’s a rewards card, but different [...]

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Posted on Wednesday, 13th January 2010 by CreditCardGuru

By now, we all know about the horrific catastrophe which has struck Haiti. Of course this would be horrific for any country, but for Haiti it’s a whole lot harder. Why? Because according to the CIA World Factbook, they are the poorest country in the Western hemisphere. If you think you have it tough, the [...]

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Posted on Friday, 8th January 2010 by CreditCardGuru

Remember the hysteria that surrounded the year 2000? Many believed it would bring about the end of the world! People were pitching their survival products. Some were saying gold coins were the only solution post-Y2K (sounds like today, huh?). But then when the clock finally struck midnight on December 31st that year, nothing happened!
The world [...]

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Posted on Monday, 4th January 2010 by CreditCardGuru

As some of you may have heard, earlier this year American Express filed suit against Courtney Love, alleging that she has an unpaid credit card balance of over $350,000 (with that amount I’m guessing she must have a Centurion card).
Now, Courtney has turned around and filed a counter-suit against them… she blames AmEx for the [...]

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