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Diamond VIP Credit Card

The Eurasian Bank in Kazakhstan has come up with a very glamorous way of honoring their VIP members: they're issuing them limited edition VISA cards embedded with diamonds and accented with gold.

Said to be the first of its kind in the world, the card is reserved only for the elite few members of the bank that have incomes of $300,000 a year or greater. The cards have an elaborate gold filigree design in the shape of a heart that features a 0.02 carat diamond in the center.

Crazy.

Via Bornrich

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American Express Best of Wynn Las Vegas Package

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Luxury Travel & Hotels

American Express has launched a new travel series for members. Called the "Best Of," the series of travel packages pulls together the best from select cities around the globe. Each "Best Of" travel package allows Cardmembers to experience some of the world's greatest cities like a VIP. The "Best Of" packages, which can only be purchased using Membership Rewards points.

Their current offer is the "Best of Wynn Las Vegas" package. There are 15 packages available for members. Sponsored by Wynn Las Vegas Resort and Country Club, the package will take place from September 4 – 7. Cardmembers will receive round trip airfare from Delta Airlines, three night accommodations at Wynn Las Vegas' Tower Suites, a "Texas Hold Em" training session with World Series of Poker champion Chris Moneymaker, dinner for two at the restaurant, Bartolotta Ristorante di Mare, inside Wynn Las Vegas with a personal presentation by Chef Paul Bartolotta and tickets to LE REVE, the performance in the aqua theater at the Wynn. The package costs 280,000 Membership Rewards points. The next package will take American Express members to Milan, Italy.

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The Diamond-Studded Master Card

by Rigel Celeste (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Services

Here at Luxist we cover all kinds of things studded with diamonds but this just might be a first for us: a diamond-studded credit card.

The Dubai First Royale MasterCard will be available only in Dubai (darnit!) and by invitation only to even further limit its distribution. Those who are lucky enough to get one of these cards will enjoy not so surprising features like unlimited credit, special deals, and access to VIP benefits at companies around the world, but perhaps most noteworthy is what the actual credit card looks like. It's black with a gold metal border and it features a crest in the center with a real diamond embedded in the middle.

No word on just how big the diamond is (or what the actual value of the card itself is) but that's one card I would be taking very careful care of.

Via Agenda Inc.

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Extreme Credit Cards for the Biggest Spenders in the World

by Rigel Celeste (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Gadgets, Celebrity Shopping

Wealthy patrons with shopping addictions are a tempting customer base for creditors, and so more and more of them are coming up with ways to make their services attractive to the biggest spenders in the world. The Centurion card from American Express is the leading status symbol to date, with its classy black card made of titanium that comes with exclusive perks like a personal concierge (to help you plan your spending) and special treatment at all the top retailers.

But the Centurion, better known simply as the "Black Card," is getting some competition for the top of the prestigious credit card pyramid. Companies like Bank of America and Citigroup are coming up with their own versions, and it seems the greatest competition so far is from the Visa Stratus Rewards card, aka the "White Card." And in the U.K. there's always the Ozwald Boateng-designed Coutts & Co.'s World card from the same private bank Queen Elizabeth uses.

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A New Visa Card For Spending Green

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Services

Your Centurion card comes with a lot of perks but saving the planet isn't one of them. The first card that purports to do that is the ReDirect Guide Visa , a credit card that promises to help fight climate change with every purchase and offers customers discounts from green businesses. A percentage of each purchase goes to carbon offset programs to fund renewable energy and sustainable development programs through Sustainable Travel International. The card is offered through ShoreBank Pacific which is the first FDIC-insured commercial bank in the U.S. committed to sustainable community development.

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Credit Card Alarm for Holiday Shopping

by Nicole Weston (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Gadgets

During the holidays, shoppers tend to have a lot on their minds, including who to buy for and what to buy. I suspect that I am not alone when I say that, because I do a good deal of my holiday shopping online, I am security-minded when it comes to online transactions. In stores, though, people tend to be more casual about their credit cards and, with so much going on, it is easy to forget who you handed them to and if you got them back. The Credit Card Alarm is a little gadget that will help you keep track of your card no matter where you are. The sleeve holds the card and, when the card is removed, it beeps every 20 seconds until it is replaced. It's only $55, which is a small price to pay for piece of mind.

[via gizmodo]

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American Express Gives Big Spenders Big Rewards

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Services

Life just got a little fancier for American Express Platinum and Centurion Card Holders (because you know they're not having enough fun already) with the launch of First Collection, a new posh Membership Rewards program. There are over 50 rewards in four categories: lifestyle, jewelry, watches and travel - from names like Baccarat, Chopard, Davidoff, Eos Airlines, Lamborghini, Mikimoto and Piaget. You've got to have a lot of points to redeem the high priced items starting from around 22,500 points for a Baccarat wine tasting glass set up to a Chopard "Ice Cube Collection" diamond watch for 93,200,000 points. They will also soon launch a fashion category and card members will be able to redeem points for Bergdorf Goodman, Ermenegildo Zegna, Neiman Marcus and Tiffany & Co. gift cards.

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Luxury Spending May Not Result in a Luxury Lifestyle

by Nicole Weston (RSS feed) —

It seems that we have a disconnect between luxury goods and luxury living. Anne Metz, from Styledash, noted that a study by Jane Magazine found that women 20-29 spend almost 50% of their disposable income on luxury fashion items, including handbags, clothing, cosmetics and jewelry. Carlos Lamadrid, vice president and publisher of Jane, pointed out that many of these women are "children of the affluent baby boomers" and grew up expecting and appreciating luxury goods. 84% said that they had no problem with living beyond their budgets.

We hate to be the ones to break it to Mr. Lamadrid, but an appreciation of quality and style isn't worth all that much if you are living so far beyond your means that all of your "good taste" gets repossessed when you can't pay off your debt.

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American Express Butterfly Card

by Nicole Weston (RSS feed) —

American Express has recently introduced Butterfly, for Gold Card holders. The Butterfly card is a foldable credit card that comes in a tiny case. It is completely free and linked back to the main Gold Card account of the Amex holder. The "signature accessory" is intended to give some cache to carrying a Gold Card, but it is also a way to minimize what you carry. American Express points out that it can be used as an accessory or key ring, as a chain or loop can be easily attached to it. It looks much more stylish than just about all other keychain credit cards.

[via Cool Hunting]

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