{"id":12596,"date":"2022-06-13T06:14:54","date_gmt":"2022-06-13T05:14:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/?p=12596"},"modified":"2022-06-26T16:56:06","modified_gmt":"2022-06-26T15:56:06","slug":"what-are-the-benefits-of-uk-american-express-centurion-card","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/2022\/06\/13\/what-are-the-benefits-of-uk-american-express-centurion-card\/","title":{"rendered":"What are the benefits of UK American Express Centurion card?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A friend of mine has just received his UK Amex Centurion card. Usually nicknamed the Black Card<\/em> by the public, it is probably the most prestigious bank card out there, and very few people are eligible to even receive an invitation to apply. Still, many people – just like me – are very curious about its eligibility criteria and benefits, and I’ll take this chance to briefly talk about them.<\/p>\n\n\n

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[Background]<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

First of all, my friend already has the US Amex Centurion card. Having been a customer with both Amex US and Amex UK, he was quite frustrated with the difficulty to obtain a Centurion card in the UK, and shifted all his spend to the US Amex cards from late 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He spent roughly two million dollars over a span of eight months, and then successfully received an invitation to apply for the Centurion card after querying the Platinum Concierge services. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Interestingly, he is based in the UK and none of the two million dollar purchases was made in the US.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[Get the UK card]<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you already hold the US Centurion card, you can acquire one in other countries through Amex Global Transfer services. It’s a privilege of the US card though, as Centurion members in other countries can’t acquire a US card through the same procedure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since my friend is based in the UK, it’s sensible to apply for a UK Centurion card too. After receiving the invitation, he still needs to fill out a form.<\/p>\n\n\n

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[Fees]<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because he’s already a Centurion cardholder, the joining fee is waived. Last I heard the fee was \u00a33,000, although I’m not sure if it has increased since.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The annual fee is \u00a33,400.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unlike the US counterpart, the UK Centurion card comes with a free supplementary card.<\/p>\n\n\n

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[Welcome Box]<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It took five days for the application to go through, and then two more days for the cards to arrive.<\/p>\n\n\n

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[Card Designs]<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Similar to the US Platinum card, the Centurion card offers two artist designs besides the classic design, by Kehinde Wiley and Julie Mehretu respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n

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The two UK cards and one US card completes the collection \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[Status Benefits]<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Centurion card offers elite status with the following airlines:<\/p>\n\n\n\n