The American Express Centurion Card – Enjoy luxury with a high flyer, prestige credit card

Cream of the Crop. The black-colored, invitation-only credit card lets you in on the most exclusive features and offers of American Express.

The American Express Centurion card is offered by American Express and is their black credit card. Owning one of these cards is a mark of distinction, and it is a card that is only available by invitation.

American Express Centurion card

This card is at the top of all the other prestige cards offered by American Express. It is one level above the Platinum credit card and there is no other card offered by American Express that provides more features and exclusive offers than this one. It is at the top of the list when it comes to cards.

This card has a mystique to it you will not find in any other card. An invitation is extended to current cardholders that have an extremely high income. Approximately 1% of American Express cardholders are issued an invitation, and that is why it is called the American Express Centurion card.

The American Express Centurion card first started as a rumor. There was talk that there was a card that offered more than the Platinum card and had very high credit limits.

The American Express company quickly took advantage of the rumors and released the Centurion.

The annual fee on this black card is $4300. There is also an initiation fee that is twice the amount of the annual fee. This initiation fee is only charged one time, and it is not enforced in Australia.

This invitation only card has its own travel agency as well as a dedicated American Express concierge service. This service can handle a variety of unique requests, and has built up a reputation based on the odd requests it fulfills. One of the other perks of owning one of these prestige cards is the ability to get free tickets for companions as long as the full ticket price is paid with certain airlines. This can apply to personal travel as well as business travel. There is also a program that is similar for hotel stays and there is automatic enrollment in car hire and preferential Airline programs.

The American Express Centurion card is a black card that is available for the discriminating cardholder that wants more in a card and is willing to pay highly for it.

American Express Rewards Credit Cards Comparison

			Interest Rate (p.a.)	Balance Transfer Rate (p.a.)	Annual fee	Cash Advance Rate (p.a.)
	American Express Velocity Platinum Card	The flagship card from the new American Express Velocity range. 2 for 1 Business Class Flexi Fares with V Australia, Complimentary Virgin Australia Domestic Flight Every Year, 3 Velocity Points per $1 spent with the Virgin Australia group of Airlines.	20.74%		$349
	American Express Platinum Card	Receive 75,000 Membership Rewards Bonus Points when you spend $500 on your card – that is enough points for a return flight from Sydney to Hong Kong!	%		$900
	American Express Qantas Ultimate Card	Receive up to 30,000 bonus Qantas Frequent Flyer points after you make your first purchase on your credit card, and 2,500 after your first spend in Australia on selected Qantas Services.	20.74%		$450	20.99%
	American Express Platinum Business Card	Provides easy tracking and management of business expenses – reporting meets ATO requirements. Dedicated Platinum Business Concierge to assist you day-to-day.	%		$1200
	American Express Gold Business Card	Keep track of your business expenses with a dedicated business credit card. Your account details can be uploaded in to MYOB, Excel or Quicken to help with BAS reporting.	%		$169

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