Anonymous wrote:OP wrote: "Fee is waived since DH is in the military." Otherwise, the annual fee is $695.
OP: Your friends probably think that you are paying $695 a year for the AMEX Platinum Card in order to impress others. In reality, it is a meaningful benefit (no annual fee with high rewards) of military service. Your friends are ignorant, shallow, small-minded, and insensitive. If this is the focus--or even a focus-of their thoughts and words, then you might want to consider making new friends.
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This is dumb and immature of them and not how friends treat each other.