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Does the UK have any metal credit cards?

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Legacy_user
Legacy_user Posts: 0 Newbie
in Credit cards
Just pure curiosity really.

America has
#1: JP Morgan Reserve:
#2: Luxury Card MasterCard Gold Card:
#3: AmEx Platinum:
#4: HSBC Premier World Elite:
#5: US Bank Altitude Reserve:
#5: Capital One Venture:
#7: AmEx Gold:
#8: AmEx Centurion:
#8: CNB Crystal:
#10: Chase Sapphire Reserve (CSR):
#10: Chase Sapphire Preferred (CSP):
#10: Chase Marriott Premier Plus:
#10: Chase IHG Premier:
#10: Chase Amazon Prime:
#15: Chase UA Club:
#15: Citi Prestige:
#17: Wells Fargo Propel AmEx:

All metal rewards cards.
Haven't seen any in the UK I don't think?
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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 0 Newbie
    Not credit cards, no.

    But you can get metal cards for Revolut, Curve (to be released soon) and N26.
  • stevenhp1987
    stevenhp1987 Posts: 907 Forumite
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    Out of interest, why do you want your card to be made of metal?

    It's just a fad... Who cares what the card is made of? I'd want the lighter plastic version thanks!
  • Hasbeen
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    Wife has a Amex black one. Handy for the odd shop at Aldi:)
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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 0 Newbie
    In the USA, Amex also issue plastic cards alongside their metal cards.

    There are horror stories online of metal cards being eaten by ticket machines or getting badly scratched/damaged from ticket/vending machines due to the way the card feeder takes the card
  • Nasqueron
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    Hasbeen wrote: »
    Wife has a Amex black one. Handy for the odd shop at Aldi:)


    Amex Black as in Centurion Card? The one where you need an income of around £1m a year and spend around £200k a year on a lower level card?

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  • stevenhp1987
    stevenhp1987 Posts: 907 Forumite
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    Hasbeen wrote: »
    Wife has a Amex black one. Handy for the odd shop at Aldi:)

    An Amex Centurion cardholder shopping at Aldi?!?

    You must eat a lot of food in order to meet the £200k+ spend while shopping at Aldi!
  • pvt
    pvt Posts: 1,433 Forumite
    Not sure how well contactless would work with a metal card - surely it would impede/shield the RF components. I don't believe US card processing has caught up with contactless technology yet - think they're only just starting to embrace Chip 'n' Pin, so that may be why they can pamper to peoples' fads and issue metal cards.

    Anyway, wouldn't they be prone to bending, and then jamming in readers?
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  • System
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    stevenhp1987 wrote: »
    Out of interest, why do you want your card to be made of metal?

    It's just a fad... Who cares what the card is made of? I'd want the lighter plastic version thanks!
    I don't? ....
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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 0 Newbie
    pvt wrote: »
    Not sure how well contactless would work with a metal card - surely it would impede/shield the RF components. I don't believe US card processing has caught up with contactless technology yet - think they're only just starting to embrace Chip 'n' Pin, so that may be why they can pamper to peoples' fads and issue metal cards.

    Anyway, wouldn't they be prone to bending, and then jamming in readers?

    Apparently on the metal cards the RF part for the contactless is visible and not covered
  • Ben8282
    Ben8282 Posts: 4,821 Forumite
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    Nasqueron wrote: »
    Amex Black as in Centurion Card? The one where you need an income of around £1m a year and spend around £200k a year on a lower level card?
    The UK issued Amex Centurion card is made of plastic not metal and the income/spend figures stated are pure myth.
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