Kwi Kumanqaku, UBrian Kelly, umseki we Amanqaku Guy, wabelana ngeendlela zakhe zokufumana uninzi lwamanqaku kunye neemayile.
Ngaba ikhadi letyala le- $ 10,000 linokuba lixabiso?
Ndibhekisa kwi Ikhadi lekhulu leAmerican Express , iKhadi eliMnyama. Isimemo sesimo sokumema kuphela sinemali yokuqalisa eyi- $ 7,500, umrhumo wonyaka wama- $ 2,500, kunye nebhonasi yokubhalisa ngo-kwaye ndiye ndaba ngumnini wekhadi.
Kule minyaka ndivile malunga nekhadi, nangona kungenjalo ngokuthe ngqo kwiAmerican Express. Inkampani iyimfihlo kakhulu malunga ne-Centurion. Ipapasha phantse ulwazi oluninzi malunga nekhadi, kwaye i-reps yenkampani iyala ukuthetha ngayo. Ngamanye amaxesha ubona amabali kwimithombo yeendaba, njengaleyo yomqokeleli wezobugcisa waseTshayina kunyaka ophelileyo ifumene amanqaku angama-170 ezigidi ze-Amex uthenga umzobo kwiKhadi lakhe eliMnyama.
Kodwa masibeke ecaleni imfihlakalo kunye namabali aphambeneyo: ngaba iKhadi le-American Express Centurion lixabiso elifanelekileyo? Nangona ungenako ukufaka isicelo sekhadi, ungacela ukuqwalaselwa ngesimemo, ndiye ndenza njalo-kwaye ndothukile, ibhokisi emnyama ibisandula kufika emnyango wam. Nantsi into eyenzekayo emva koko.
Inkqubo yokuqalisa
Ukuba ufumana isimemo seKhulu, sele uvunyiwe. I-American Express ihlole iakhawunti yakho kwaye igqibe kwelokuba ufanelekile, ke xa ufowuna akukho ngxoxo ngamanqanaba emivuzo okanye ukujonga ikhredithi. Ndibuze malunga nezibonelelo zekhadi, ndamkela eyothusayo i- $ 10,000 kwimirhumo, emva koko ndachitha malunga nemizuzu engama-20 ndisiya kwinkqubo yam yokunyaniseka kohambo ukwenza i-elite status perks enxulumene nekhadi. Ngamanye amakhadi etyala, kuya kufuneka uzifumanele ngokwakho kwaye uzikhulise, kodwa ngale nkqubo iAmerican Express iyakwenzela umsebenzi-kwaye kufanelekile!
ICenturion Concierge
Olunye uphawu lwekhadi leCenturion yinkonzo. Awusoze ugqithiselwe kwiziko lonxibelelwano eIndiya: IAmerican Express inabasebenzi abasebenza e-U.S. Ukuhoya zonke iimfuno zakho, njengomncedisi wakho. Umnini-khadi ngamnye unikezelwe kwiCenturion Concierge kwaye angatsalela umnxeba okanye athumele i-imeyile ngqo kuye. Ndibe ngumnini wekhadi kuphela iinyanga ezimbalwa, kodwa sele ndiphumelele ukunika iceccierge yam indawo yokuhlala kwiindawo zokutyela ezishushu (njengeDrunken Dragon eMiami Beach ngomzuzu wokugqibela ngolwesiHlanu ebusuku) kohambo oluzayo lwasehlotyeni. I-concierge yam inomdla kakhulu kwaye inomdla wokukholisa. Kunzima ukubeka ixabiso kule nkonzo, kodwa ukuba isetyenziswe ngokuchanekileyo, iCenturion Concierge inokugcina ixesha kunye nemali ngokufumana ezona zivumelwano zibalaseleyo.
Ubume beElite Perks
Mhlawumbi eyona ndlela ilula yokufumanisa ukuba iindleko zekhadi zikuxabisile na ngokulinganisa izinto zokuhamba eziza nayo. Njenge:
- Ubume beDelta SkyMiles Platinum Medallion, ekufumanela unyuselo lwasekhaya kwiindlela ezingezizo ezaseDelta One, uluhlu lokulinda oluphambili, ibhonasi yeemayile ezine ngedola echithwe eDelta, irhoxisiwe imirhumo yokuphinda ikhuphe ibhaso (eyona nto ndiyithandayo ukusukela ngoku nditshintsha amatikiti ebhaso rhoqo ukuze ndifumane eyona ndlela iyiyo), kunye nokungena kuqala kunye nokubhoda. Ukwafumana nokukhetha ibhonasi eyongezelelweyo, enjengeemayile ezingama-20 000, ukuphucula izatifikethi, okanye ukubonelela ngesimo seSilver kumhlobo. Ndiyayixabisa Inqanaba lePlatinam Medallion kwi- $ 3,650 .
- Isimo seGolide esiKhethiweyo seNdwendwe, ebonelela ngohlaziyo kwigumbi xa kungenwa (xa likho), ukuphuma ngokukhawuleza, kunye nokukwazi ukufumana ii-Starpoints ezintathu ngedola ekuhlaleni kwakho. Ndiyayixabisa Inqanaba legolide le-SPG kwi- $ 319 , kodwa ekubeni sele ndinayo iPlatinum yaseStarwood, ayinamsebenzi kum.
- Imeko ye-Hilton HHonors yedayimani, eza nokuphuculwa kwamagumbi, indawo yokuqinisekisa iiyure ezingama-48, i-intanethi ye-intanethi yasimahla (ekubhukweni okubhukishwe ngqo noHilton), ibhonasi yeepesenti ezingama-50 kuwo onke amanqaku asisiseko owafumanayo, kunye nobusuku besihlanu bukhululekile . Mna Ixabiso leHilton HHonors Diamond status kwi $ 2,320 ukuba uyazi indlela yokuyandisa, nangona ndinyanisekile ku-Starwood, esi sibonelelo sinexabiso elincinci kum.
- IHG ePhambili kwiKlabhu inomvuzo wePlatinam Elite status. Oku kukunika ukungena kuqala, ukuphuculwa kwamagumbi, ukuphuma kwexesha, ukufumaneka kwegumbi eliqinisekisiweyo, amaphephandaba amaphepha eveki, kunye nebhonasi engama-50 kumanqaku asisiseko owafumene ngexesha lokuhlala kwakho. Ukwafumana amanqaku ayi-10 eKlabhu ePhambili okanye ii-2.5 zenqwelo moya kwiidola ezichithwe kukuhlala kwakho. Oku akubalulekanga kakhulu-nditsho ukuba kufanelekile malunga ne- $ 250 ngokuxhomekeke ekubeni uhlala kangakanani kwiipropathi ze-IHG.
Amanqaku Ukufumana
Into ehlekisayo malunga nekhadi elibiza kakhulu laseMelika Express kukuba liphakathi kwamakhadi amabi kakhulu okufumana amanqaku. Ufumana inqaku eli-1 ngedola, ngenxa yoko andikhe ndisebenzise ukuthenga. Ukufumana amanqaku Amabhaso obuLungu eAmerican Express Ndisebenzisa kakhulu ama-95 eedola zam zemihla ngemihla, enika amanqaku ama-3 ngedola nganye echithwe kwiivenkile ezinkulu zase-US (ukuya kuthi ga kwi-6,000 yeedola kuthengwe ngonyaka) kunye namanqaku ama-2 ngedola kwizikhululo zerhasi zase-US, kunye Iipesenti ezingama-50 zebhonasi kuwo onke amanqaku ukuba nje ndinentengiselwano engama-30 ngenyanga. Ndisebenzisa ikhadi leMivuzo yeNkulumbuso yeGolide (umrhumo wonyaka we-195) ukufumana amanqaku ama-3 ngedola nganye kwi-airfare kunye namanqaku ama-2 ngedola nganye ekutyeni, kwivenkile yokutya nakwigesi. IAmerican Express ikuvumela ukuba udibanise zonke iiakhawunti zakho zeMivuzo yoBulungu, ke zonke ziya kwimbiza enye.
Lixesha kuphela eliza kuxela ukuba iKhadi leCenturion lilifanele na. Ukuza kuthi ga ngoku inkonzo ibengcono kunokuba bendilindele kwaye imeko yeDelta Platinum ibintle ngokuguquguquka ekutshintsheni amabhaso kunye nokufumana iimayile ezininzi kwiindiza zeDelta. Kumhambi ophakathi okanye umntu osele ene-Delta Platinum okanye ngaphezulu, ndingakufumanisa kunzima ukuthethelela imali eninzi. Ukuhlawula i- $ 10,000 kwikhadi letyala ngaphandle kwebhonasi yokubhalisa yayiyipilisi enzima ukuyiginya. Hla umamele!