TITANIUM: THE NEW BLACK (A new, yet now defunct, American Express Card)

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[yankeedame]

First-class seats on some airlines are also part of the deal. If the flight is to Europe, they'll even throw in a loaner cell phone....

Heck, if I could qualify for AMEX Titanium I'd have a cell phone. (Cheeze...sort of like getting a free toaster when you open a bank account with $10,000. )

[Vision Thing]

I think that some cellphones don't operate correctly everywhere. In other words, if a cellphone works in the US, it may not work in Europe. So to help alleviate such an inconvenience, AMEX offered a loaner phone to their pampered black-card clientelle.

[absolootezer0]

i know a number of people that do that for the sole purpose of getting whatever pointsare associated with said card.

[RightWingAtheist]

[Domangart]

Those cut up cards may still be open lines of credit. Check it out.

[Not A Snowbird]

Okay, we are slaves to our mortgage company too. But other than that, we are free.

It's a great feeling, isn't it?

[tortoise]

Not worth the annual fee in my opinion. Been there, done that, don't even have a t-shirt any more.

[brwnsuga]

Thanks. got that covered. We closed them out with each company and updated our credit bureau. We are determined to not use credit for anything other than house and car note. It just works better for my family. My husband is in the military, so we are not rich. But if you live within your means the money is okay. My son thinks we are rich... isn't that cute.

[Vision Thing]

With a $2500 yearly fee and a $250,000 minimum spending limit per year, and all you get is concierge service (which the rich and powerful should be able to get from other sources, such as their own entourage), it seems like a bad deal. However, the value seems to be in the screw-you-because-I'm-richer-than-you-are statement that it makes on the more impressionable people amongst us.

[Aquinasfan]

Airports aside, the card comes dripping with perks like a personal concierge and travel agent - a service that will get you a table with 24 hour notice at any of the hottest (and priciest) restaurants. Want that hard-to-get shoe? They'll track a pair down and ship it to your suite at the Four Seasons (room upgrade courtesy of the Black Card).

I can't be the only one who'd rather be having a beer on his deck while barbequing up dinner for his family.

The Black Card - who cares?

[uglybiker]

I don't have any credit cards anymore. Hubbie paid them and helped me cut them up....... I have a debit card and no debt. Debt makes you a slave to whomever you owe.

I did the same thing. Now, my only debt is my home mortgage and I hope to have that wiped out in the next 5 years.

I'll be completely debt free.

[Vision Thing]

Yup. I agree. Frugality and being able to say no to the unnecessary are strengths. However, we simple people still need the suckers out there to spend their way into oblivion. As someone mentioned earlier in the thread, they are good for the economy.

[Lurking in Kansas]

...people with more money than sense.

Unfortunately, I have more sense than money. But I’d be willing to trade.

[Vision Thing]

Unfortunately, if you end up with the money at the expense of losing the sense, more than likely, you'll end up with neither of them.

So, we should ask for both.

[Lurking in Kansas]

...you'll end up with neither of them.

Good point, LOL! But, that's something I'll never need to worry.

[amexchic]

Just a quick lesson, the Titanium card is not a credit card. It is a charge card that has to be paid in full upon receipt of the bill each month.

[tony30101960]

I appears that the picture displays the plastic Centurion Card (or black card). The card made of titanium uses smaller font for “American Express”