Reply To: Amex Platinum benefits into 2025

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BBbetter wrote:

Maples wrote:

I honestly don’t get the care in the world for cards being treated as a status symbol.

I doubt anyone gets the plat card as a status symbol.
The only time a merchant asked about the card in the last few years was at Costco a few months back when they saw a white curve card.
I doubt even half the merchants would recognise a centurion card.

I don’t think the point is to impress the teenagers at Costco tills. Those who see it as a status symbol may want to impress friends and most likely colleagues.
Some people who are not into this hobby, I noticed, genuinely think Plat is a prestigious and rare element that most can’t get. Those are your target to impress unfortunately.