Comments on: Conceding My Professional Traveler Status http://www.2-speed.com/2007/04/conceding-my-professional-traveler-status/ Entrepreneurial Leadership and Management . . . and Other Stuff Sun, 05 Sep 2010 00:08:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Will http://www.2-speed.com/2007/04/conceding-my-professional-traveler-status/#comment-874 Will Tue, 10 Apr 2007 20:37:39 +0000 http://www.2-speed.com/2007/04/conceding-my-professional-traveler-status/#comment-874 I'm just a humble Amex Platinum card holder. I'm afraid if I ask for a Centurian card they may discover that I'm an amateur traveler and have to turn me down. I don't think I could take the rejection ;-) Mukund, yeah, it would be nice if you got Centurian-level service just for being a customer, but then they'd have to come up with the Zeus card for those will to pay to be special. I'd never be a member of a club that would have me as a member, anyway ;-) I’m just a humble Amex Platinum card holder. I’m afraid if I ask for a Centurian card they may discover that I’m an amateur traveler and have to turn me down. I don’t think I could take the rejection ;-)

Mukund, yeah, it would be nice if you got Centurian-level service just for being a customer, but then they’d have to come up with the Zeus card for those will to pay to be special.

I’d never be a member of a club that would have me as a member, anyway ;-)

]]> By: Mukund Mohan http://www.2-speed.com/2007/04/conceding-my-professional-traveler-status/#comment-868 Mukund Mohan Tue, 10 Apr 2007 14:43:27 +0000 http://www.2-speed.com/2007/04/conceding-my-professional-traveler-status/#comment-868 Think about the opportunity this creates for the airline, car rental, hotel companies - IF they could treat the "ordinary" person as an "elite" they would have a chance to RETAIN them as a customer for life dont you think? The AMEX stuff if a paid privilege but imagine if you got great service just for paying THEM money and being a customer? WOW - what a concept! Think about the opportunity this creates for the airline, car rental, hotel companies – IF they could treat the “ordinary” person as an “elite” they would have a chance to RETAIN them as a customer for life dont you think?

The AMEX stuff if a paid privilege but imagine if you got great service just for paying THEM money and being a customer?

WOW – what a concept!

]]> By: Doug Mitchell http://www.2-speed.com/2007/04/conceding-my-professional-traveler-status/#comment-864 Doug Mitchell Tue, 10 Apr 2007 13:41:16 +0000 http://www.2-speed.com/2007/04/conceding-my-professional-traveler-status/#comment-864 I can't wait until I shed my status (that means staying home)...but like you...I tremble in fear when I contemplate plebedom. The best investment you can make is the $2500/year for the AMEX Centurian card to ensure your top tier service and access to most clubs? I don't qualify personally (yet) but have a business card and it's the best retention tool ever created. Dialing an 800 number produces a mythical person who's life is geared towards making mine better no matter what the effort level required. (It's like having a Scotty to fix your warp drives in 3 minutes or we're all dead). Although I'm still PLAT on AA, I now have PLAT level status on USAIR, CONTINENTAL, and DELTA along with entry into the clubs and the "Priority Pass" membership. The worst part of the card is hearing the giddy girls at the SBUX counter say, "Like oh my god...this is the card Brittney has!" Just give me my coffee... I can’t wait until I shed my status (that means staying home)…but like you…I tremble in fear when I contemplate plebedom. The best investment you can make is the $2500/year for the AMEX Centurian card to ensure your top tier service and access to most clubs? I don’t qualify personally (yet) but have a business card and it’s the best retention tool ever created.

Dialing an 800 number produces a mythical person who’s life is geared towards making mine better no matter what the effort level required. (It’s like having a Scotty to fix your warp drives in 3 minutes or we’re all dead).

Although I’m still PLAT on AA, I now have PLAT level status on USAIR, CONTINENTAL, and DELTA along with entry into the clubs and the “Priority Pass” membership.

The worst part of the card is hearing the giddy girls at the SBUX counter say, “Like oh my god…this is the card Brittney has!”

Just give me my coffee…

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