Archive for September, 2008
Who Needs AAA If You Have A Black Card
An infrequently talked about benefit of having a Centurion card is the roadside assistance. Black cardmembers, and platinum ones too, receive roadside assistance service if you run out of gas, break down, etc. This program comes with a $50 credit for service, so if you need a tow, the first $50 of the tow will [...]
Move Over Mikimoto, $5 Off TGI Friday’s
Yea that’s right, $5 bucks off a meal at TGI Fridays. I went to check my mail today, hoping I might have a Mikimoto gift card, or a Cannon PowerShot camera, but instead I have a voucher for 5 bucks off TGI Friday’s when I spend $15 or more and pay with an Amex [...]
Statistically, How Rare is the Black Card?
This post is sort of a food for thought post. I was interested to know exactly how rare the Centurion card really is, so I did a little bit of research with the US Census department. Any of the population and household numbers I got from Census.gov and from CNN.
There are roughly 19,000-20,000 Black cards [...]
Even More Free Black Card Gifts
It appears that good things come in groups of 3. First, Amex recently sent Centurion members a Mikimoto gift card, and now they just recently sent 2 more things out. A few days ago I received word that several members had received a $500 credit at the Wynn Tower Suites, which can be used toward [...]
Best Buy Jumps On Black Card Bandwagon
It became public today that Best Buy inadvertently sent out an email to a small group of rewards customers for their new “Premier Black” program. The new rewards program is will supposedly include access to a best buy concierge, exclusive shopping privileges and a little more. This is the email that went out:
It [...]
16 With A Black Card, Harrison Gevirtz
Move over Bow Wow, meet Harrison Gevirtz. Harrison is a young entrepreneur/internet marketer that has done quite well for himself at such a young age. I can only imagine what the local high school kids think. He can’t go to the bars quite yet, but he could sure throw down on some [...]
