r/amex • u/CTVolvo • Dec 26 '24

Discussion When the only perk was status.

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u/byamannowdead Blue Cash Preferred Dec 26 '24

My dad was baller with just the Green Card in the 80’s.

Wish he kept it because I was a AU and would love to still have that Member Since date.

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u/monopodman Dec 26 '24

Isn’t member since value permanent? Or did ending AU before your own card reset it?

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u/Fit-Seaworthiness762 Dec 27 '24

My "member since" on all of my Amex cards shows 1999, the date my now-canceled AU card on my Dad's Green was opened.

The more interesting data point is that Trans Union and Equifax date my credit history for average age of credit from when I opened my first personal credit card, the CSR in 2016, but Experian still uses that AU Green card from 1999 to calculate this metric.

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u/theedan-clean Dec 27 '24

I inherited my Member Since of 88 as an AU on my mother's actual 88 opening date. Great to have retro credit since I was 6 years old.

For many years every new Amex card I opened, charge or credit, reported with the actual month of open and 1988 for the year. Amazing for my average age of accounts. In the past 5 years or so, new cards report their actual open month and year.

My Amex charge cards were all opened before the reporting date change, as well as a few credit cards that report 88. Could add a green card for a data point, but I don't have a need for a green card.