The Black Card - First look at the new Amex Centurion Card (Unboxing)
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- Опубликовано: 20 ноя 2019
- A short list of people who have seen the mysterious "Black Card": Kim, Kanye, Oprah, Seinfeld and me.
The Amex Centurion Card is the most exclusive credit card in the world. You can't apply it. If you qualify, American Express will send you an invitation. Somehow I got my hands on one!
Amex just released a brand new titanium card design and announced a bunch of new perks for their celebrities and billionaire card members. Oh, and they doubled the already outrageous annual fee to $5,000! I'll give you a full rundown.
In this video:
0:18 - Did Jerry Seinfeld this card?
2:21 - Unboxing the Centurion Card
4:12 - Centurion Card vs Apple Card (titanium flex drop test)
5:00 - How do you get a Black Card?
5:32 - How much is the annual fee?
6:30 - New benefits for 2020
11:03 - More perks for cardmembers
13:42 - First hand experience with the card
14:46 - Is it worth $5,000 per year?
16:03 - My conclusions
What do you think? Let me know in the comments!
Back in 2004, a client of mine who owns a medium sized business had this card. He used to use his Platinum card for a big portion of his cash flow for the business so he could get the travel points. At the time, he said it was over $100k/yr in spending. He was invited to get the black card and he accepted. I accompanied him to Vegas for a business trip for a few days. We stayed at Bellagio. The front desk upgraded our rooms, provided us with gift baskets, free breakfast, and free spa visit. There was an impossible to get into restaurant there. He called his black card concierge and we walked right in. He said that it was like traveling with a personal assistant and concierge. A quick call from wherever and everything was arranged. And the concierge connections made sure everything was first-rate for a good price.
They say the wealthy buy time. That's what he considered the prime benefit: Access to people who could supply him with time.
That’s the way to do it. My friend who has the card also initially was invited because of using the card to fund lots of big business expenses
@@HeythereDavehere What did your friend downgrade to since he found the Centurion card not worth it?
And then the store tells you they don’t take Amex...
That's when you tell them. "How much does it cost to buy this whole place"?
Boom!
I haven’t ran into this problem a lot lately. I’m a green card holder granted but it seems to be accepted a lot of places compared to even two years ago.
@@CityLifeinAmerica Amex is expanding acceptance, is one of the main goals at the moment.
@@wat2999 😂😂😂😂 legend!
I have several customers who pay me with their black cards, honestly when they give it to me they try to see my reaction and I just swipe it like "whatever" just to piss them off hahah.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣love it. That's what I use to do with people giving me their Chase Metal or Amex Platinum. I just swipe....like bitch I got one too......lol.
A card is a card it all spends the same.
Get that alot at the grocery store i get young college folks coming in with top of the line cards expecting a reaction. i toy with them asking for an ID and ask me why and my response is not sure if this is your parents card or yours its a security measure we have to take for the cardholders safety and everyone flips out and decline the transaction for 3 dollars, twinkies 99 cents and 20 oz coke for 1.99 totaling 3.15 after sugar tax
You try to piss off your high spending customers? Bold strategy Cotton
They are attention seekers just like those people driving Ferraris and/or Lamborghinis expecting other drivers to notice their cars.
I remember working at a luggage store in Florida and one guy bragged about having this card because he thought he was super-elite. I saw probably about 3 of those cards that week. It was a very rich area of Florida. I made the mistake of telling him that fact and he complained to the upper management of my company and practically got me fired.
The Platinum card is fine for me. The perks are pretty good and I don't have to give Amex $15,000 for absolutely nothing.
A friend of mine also told me who has the platinum card tells me that they think the centurion is definitely not worth it.
i have the gold i didnt get the platinum cuz i dont travel much
@@spaceoutmisfit1738 I don’t blame you, the most I would go is gold. Right now I have the green card.
@@spaceoutmisfit1738 same with me. my gold card works fine.
Much cheaper to paint my Apple Card black.
Now THAT might make for a funny video!
Mych cheaper painting normal Amazon one though 😂
exactly my thoughts
But you need a training and certification to do that ;-)
I disagree the black card sounds expensive while the apple card sounds like cheap tin.
I totally agree. The apple card is not subtle at all.
The apple card is like a prius and the black card is a telsa
100% agreed
Apple Card sounds cheap
@@darealphantom **The apple card is a Prius, the Black Card is a La Ferrari
You need about 1 million more subscribers for the kind of quality content you're putting out.
Thank you @vesock1 - I really appreciate that!
I agree. this must be a fairly new channel? Dave Hanson/Hey there, Dave here. should have million subs. I had to Unsubscribe and Re-subscribe just to do it twice! good content! thumbs up! Nice Set too!
True. Though this dude had at least over 100k. In time my friend!!
I agree with that statement. I need to upgrade my studio like Dave's'
Check out his main channel Dumb Money.
This is how many people were sent here by Graham Stephan
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Lol I'm sure there's more than the 7 i see right now xD
You work in online marketing don't you Jake?
Graham Squad reporting in
Graham stephan sent me here. Grahams girlfriend is Macy Schmidt
Yo add me to the list! He has to mention him on his next video
Hey there, Dave!
I have been SO curious about this mysterious card ever since I heard about it from a friend a few yrs back. Thanks for finally unveiling the mystery Dave!
I have a Centurion card, and I have always been unhappy with the fee. I will not continue the card once the new fee increase takes place. The perks of the Centurion card are less than impressive. An occasional clerk recognizes card, but few other people notice or are impressed, as this card is obviously designed for those needing recognition and attention. Believe me, you don’t get value with this card.
L CMD you’re essentially paying for an unlimited credit line. You obviously spend enough yearly to qualify for it.
Same, it isn't as good as people think. That's why I switched to Chase and their J.P. Morgan Reserve card. It's much better and doesn't have the ridiculous fees without actually giving you anything. You pay more but everything is taken care of. With the black care they pay for the subscriptions, but they don't pay for the use of them. With the J.P. card they do.
Edit: spelling.
@@Robertking1996 The regular Amex and Plat cards already have essentially unlimited credit lines if you have good credit. This card is literally about prestige.
I rarely use the physical card mostly ApplePay. Sadly it doesn't impress anyone lol
@@Robertking1996 This is not really true, AMEX will allow spending based on income, for example and is the same across all amex products.
If I ever got an invitation to the black card I would laugh.
But would you ever get one?
I laugh everytime they send me a invite. It is still a honour.
I just throw it straight in the bin everytime they send me one now
What's interesting is how do you pay offset discharge what you've utilized with the card?
In other words how do you pay it off?
"That's bone. And the lettering is something called Silian Grail."
Jon it's very cool Jon, but that's nothing.
Eggshell, with Romalian type, what do you think?
If you’ll excuse me, I have to return some video tapes.
*sweating profusely* MY GOD.
Let’s see Dave Hanson’s card...
I've seen the Amex Black Card twice. Both times I worked for the Seahawks back in the late 00's. Drew Carey was one. The other was just some random guy with a lot of money. It was different. It was fun to hold. It wouldn't run through our older card readers for whatever reason.
LOL, I had that problem at a store I used to work at. The card was so thick it wouldn't fit through the register scanner. I found the backup scanner and plugged it in. Whew! It had JUST enough room to swipe the card through. This was about a year before chip readers became very widespread in my city.
Why am I watching this as if I'm ever going to own this card 😂😂 😂
Man you never know,life is crazy.
Haha... for what it's worth, I will never own this card either! Thanks for watching!
Read Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill
@@kristianwilson3708 great response. Best comment I’ve seen in a while. Keep up the positive energy 😎
@@michaelbraun6147 anytime brother
this channel is under rated
Appreciate your saying so... tell your friends :)
I just found it and I’m hooked
I would love to have this card, but I feel the Gold and Platinum still can show status while providing good benefits.
HE SAID HEY THERE DAVE HERE
DAVE YOU SAID IT
forget the card, your studio set up in on POINT !!!!!
If in some weird world I was ever invited I wouldn't accept but I'd save that invitation letter to show my great grandkids and tell the story to them as they sit around the fireplace
I work in a restaurant and it’s so true. People who pay with this card leave bad tips. Not always but I’ve seen it often enough.
Love this setup!
The quality of your production is top notch. I was surprised by the limited number of subscribers your channel has got. I thought you were 5+ million subscribers in. I'm convinced that if you keep broadcasting original content and relying on high quality production, you will get there soon.
The Apple card sounds like a empty fish can.
From what I've heard working in the call centre industry a few years ago, the people who answer the phones are the same although their script is a bit different and the calls get prioritized for Centurians.
I never knew the production value for a credit card video can be this top notch!
Haha thanks Naam. You've got a good look going on your vids too! Keep it up!
That black card owner was a member since I was born.
That is one of the slickest cards I’ve laid my eyes on!
Agreed Rishabh. Way more refined than the previous version of the card.
Hi Dave, please make a video about de Amex Platinum benefits 😬
It's on the list! Any specific questions you'd like me to answer?
I've only encountered 3 Centurion Cards, and all 3 were used at a garage where I worked in 2003. 1 cardholder was a well known financier who runs a hedge fund. Another cardholder was a construction magnate. And the last one is a hyper-famous clothing designer. Only 2 of them had the heavy-ass metal card. The other one said she didn't like the metal one because it was "obnoxious". Her word, not mine.
6:25 so, your friend is Len Critcher? Interesting 😂
Oopsie!
David your production value is on another level. I also have a friend with the black card, however, I need to ask him how he feels about the annual fee change. Keep putting out great content brotha.
Thanks David! Appreciate it! I’m interested to hear what he says... my friend hasn’t cancelled (yet) but he’s not happy and feels taken advantage of. The only real downside to canceling is that once you do, you’re probably not ever going to be invited to get the card again
I have the "poor-man's" Amex Black Card. I took my prepaid American Express Bluebird card and painted the front black. It works just as well at McDonald's as the fancy-pants Amex Centurion. :)
Graham Stephen sent me here. Dope.
Graham sent me, but great job on production!
I have never been invited, but spent $20,000 a month for 20 years and have been a member since 1995. I always found my AMEX Business Platinum to be sufficient.
who else came from jacky?
Love the new design and I would definitely rock the Tom Ford wallet!! Awesome packaging!!
I was with my friend the other day and saw that he was using the Tom Ford wallet. It looks like it was designed for the card, with a cutout to the the Amex dude logo in the middle
“Kanye has the black card” Yes we know. He’s pulled it a number of times.
I’m close to being turned into a meme
This is such an underappreciated comment. Well done.
BOOM!
Lmaoooo okay okay
The African American Express is low key one of my favourite Kanye lines
Interesting to know the quirks and features of the Centurion card, by the way, very cool your new studio set!
Appreciate that SirAguilera... It's an interesting card that appeals to a very unique subset of society -- and the set was fun to make. I'm sure I'll use it again, but probably with a lighter background and overall brighter look. It was perfect like this for the "black" card tho
my father has this card and let me tell you, he cancelled it after a couple of months of use. When your already well off you pretty much have anything you want to your disposal. This card just reminds you to use it because of your status. My dad loves his platinum.
There are stories that a lot of Centurion cardholders asked to be downgraded to Platinum to save on the outrageous fees & still get basically the same benefits.
Not surprised at all! Major backlash
Hey there, Graham Stephen send me here😜
Me too
Warren Buffet uses the green. That's all I need to know.
Buffett doesn’t need the perks. His life is a perk.
Yes Amex Member since 91 Black Card Member since 2010 Great Benefits. Use it all the time😀
This guy deserves credit for his effort to wear black tshirt and set up all black background and ambience 👍
All black! Hard to shoot a video in the dark but that was my vision. I bought that desk just for this video
Hey there, Graham’s viewer here.
Deeply happy I come across this trustworthy vendor been a second time of getting CC from him *Ericroboti*
On telegram much love I have for you 💯✅
Platinum member here, I guess I’m a sucker peasant that is not making meaningful impact to the world 😂.
I spend about $400,000. A year on my green American Express that I’ve had since 1985, it is all for business purchases, steel etc for my manufacturing business. I have been offered the Centurion card but refused, the perks you get just aren’t worth it. The only reason I have the green card is it allows me to spend without hassle. I pay it off every month as it allows me to use my vendors money another 30 or so days.
American express member services is awesome, we needed to fly back home the next day but all the flights were booked, called Amex and asked them to help, ~15 minutes later we got a call back that all 4 of us were booked on the next flight home.
Not bad! I head stories like that from time to time... not sure how they do it when the airline itself can't! Good to have that as an option. Curious, how expensive were the 4 tickets?
@@HeythereDavehere We had tickets to fly back home at a later day already they were just able to convince the airline to give us someones seats i guess and we only had to pay a hundred or so dollars in fees per ticket.
The card is for premium benefit and travel and shoping protection. Basicly luxury services. Not for pts and rewards.
Great content, great editing, great recording. Very professional compared to rest of the other channels. This channel is going to blow up ;)
told you, you're channel is gonna blow up ;)
Working at a gas station, a gentleman handled me the back card and told me to turn on the pump. Since it was against policy, I asked how much he wanted and I could pre pay the amount with his card for him. He was upset and asked if I knew what the card was. I said yes, I used to work for Amex and then again asked how much fuel he wanted. I was not impressed.
Cards with annual fees usually give you far more value back than other credit cards
Just give me your spare wallets I’ll sell them on eBay for 5grand. It’s a rare Amex Tom Ford card holder special edition. 😂
You can see the name at 11:33 ish. Dude is Len Critcher. He founded eCarList.
haha thanks
I can't see it
Why tf do rich people even need a credit card...?
The Graham Stephan Show send us
Is this the N word pass i keep hearing about
Jon Snow no such thing exist..
Jon Snow chill out...
Jon Snow
Lmaooo
😂😂😂😂
Stop it lmfao
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That’s awesome. Thanks for clicking... and commenting!
Second hand experience is kind of like “hearsay” 🧐
FAT LOLO - hater.
Something like that
This is the first time I ever clicked liked after someone told me to. I love how you gave credit to ur friend for letting u open it together! I can tell ur grateful and humble
Metal cards can ruin chip readers. The high-end cigar shop I frequent has a sign on their credit card reader, "NO METAL CARDS!"
I was at a bar doing karaoke and I saw somebody for the 1st time with the black card. We were talking about the card actually since they said they make a lot and they showed it to me. I brought up the black card in conversation. My jaw dropped. I have a best friend back home in New Jersey and they are the only 1 I know with the platinum card.this and they agree that the black card is basically as a flex. They think that the platinum is more worth it than the black card. I have the green card and I'm happy with that. There are people even on RUclips that think that pairing the platinum or the centurion paired with the gold or green is a better deal than having the centurion by itself. The most I would go is the gold card right now if I start shopping at supermarkets more instead of Walmart. Heck, just having any American express card is a sign that you're going in the right direction.
The cost of vanity. People with low self-esteem will pay it. Those that think they can buy admiration. Their therapist accepts AMEX.
Hey there. Graham Stephan sent me.
Welcome FBA Hustle! Hope you’ll stick around!
"We don't accept Amex"
the editing of this video is giving me chills through my spine. Who is this guy and why am I only learning about him now?!?!?
Annual fees aren't bad at all. Many times the benefits far outweigh the fee. But yes, in this particular case, the cost is insane.
Great video Dave! Appreciate the amazing cinematography, and that set is pure magic! PS. I'm on an Amex Platinum and won't ever look back - The value is amazing!
Did u just make up a friend? R u sure it's not u?🤣
LOL 🤣🤣🤣 c'mon, you know me better than that! Annual fees are the enemy!
@@HeythereDavehere Unless u r secretly related to the CEO of AMEX so ur annual fees are waived 🤣
I think it’s worth it, equinox membership basically pays itself off plus the Saks. You’re just paying $10k to show it off
I still prefer the appearance of the older version, which had a shiny black surface with gold weave border. Black and gold look good together.
04:33 04:44 The Owner really let you throw his Black card like that ⁉️
Hey there, Dave, Graham sent me
Can you be on the Green and Gold cards and spend $250,000 to half a million and still be invited or do you have to be a Platinum card holder? Aside from net worth also, financial resources, etc.?
Another nice perk of the black card is the check out time in a hotel is 4 pm and not 11 am.
That has to be the creepiest thumbnail I’ve ever seen in my life 😂
No one is staying at a Mariot with a Black Card
There's higher end Marriotts
JW Marriott are some of the best hotels
Believe me that if a Front Desk Agent sees this card, the cardholder will be treated like gold. Even if the hotel doesn't accept AMEX. 🤷♀️😁😎
Ritz Carlton is a Marriott hotel
The annual fees for black cards are dumb. If the cards are basically limited to millionaires, why charge annual fees at all? If you're charging $250k/year, AMEX will recoup that $5,000 within weeks from merchant fees alone.
I think you’re aware of this now but if not, the difference between the Centurions concierge service and the Platinum one is that the Centurion concierge is one person assigned to you personally whereas the Platinum, it’s a different concierge everytime you call.
Retailers hate Amex and the high merchant processing fees.
Grahammmmm Stephen rules!!!
Why the fuck am I up at 1am watching this?! I don’t even live in the states haha
"if this card didn't cost $10k I would get it" No you wouldn't because AMEX won't offer it to you. Even if you are offered it you're probably wealthy enough to not care about $10k
So you pay for....feeling special. For some people, that’s fine.
Hey there, it's Ybalrid. I have been sent here by mister Graham Stephan 😂
Here comes the Graham squad
Did your friend end up keeping the Centurion card after the year was up or did he downgrade and what card did he downgrade it to?
Graham Stephen sent me! You two should collaborate!
Great example of high quality YT content! Your channel will hopefully get huge and blow up.
Graham sent me here!
Welcome Kuki!
Paper work is for your Protection as you register the card it has specific sequence of numbers that when a vendor or A retailer uses it for payment it actually takes a print of your thumbprint it’s unique to every person who owns their card
Hey Dave. Graham sent me here. Cheers.
Graham Stephan sent me but I subbed for the video quality :)
an elderly gentleman ate a salad and paid me with this card today 😂😧
Graham Stephan brought me here...💳
Not gonna lie, I prefer the old card design more
I agree !
I think that for a while, people won’t know about the new design and might think the redesigned Centurion is like fake. But in a few years when the new version is more prominent it’ll be like the norm. I like the old design a lot but I think it was starting to get a little aged, especially the business version
When I first saw the new design I thought I liked the old card better, but now that I see the new card once again (and in more detail) I am leaning towards the redesigned version. Much more slick and contemporary with an understated elegance.