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From: andrew@grkermi.UUCP (Andrew W. Rogers)
Newsgroups: net.consumers
Subject: Re: Amex card fees
Message-ID: <471@grkermi.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 27-Jun-85 08:16:07 EDT
Article-I.D.: grkermi.471
Posted: Thu Jun 27 08:16:07 1985
Date-Received: Sat, 29-Jun-85 00:21:50 EDT
References: <5946@duke.UUCP> <465@grkermi.UUCP> <1485@utah-gr.UUCP>
Reply-To: andrew@grkermi.UUCP (Andrew W. Rogers)
Organization: GenRad, Inc., Concord, Mass.
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Summary: 

In article <1485@utah-gr.UUCP> thomas@utah-gr.UUCP (Spencer W. Thomas) writes:
>
>>PS to all pathologically insecure status seekers: AMEX Gold is going up from
>>$50 to $65.
>
>Actually, all you status-seekers just got a big kick in the butt from
>AMEX, with their introduction of the "Platinum" card.  You're all just
>second-class citizens now (unless you cough up ~$250/yr for the Platinum
>card).  Good reason to drop the Gold card for the plain old Green one.

You forgot to point out that the Platinum card isn't available to just *any*
status seeker with $250 to blow on a piece of plastic - you have to have
charged at least $10K/year for each of the past N years *and* be invited to
apply for the privilege of wasting that kind of money!

AWR