Dear Mr. Sample:

I am delighted to tell you that an additional American Express® Card has already been approved for your account.

This is a convenient opportunity to increase the value of your Cardmembership tremendously -- and bring a new sense of freedom and security to your family.

With a Card in their own name, your spouse or qualified dependent will enjoy all the security and emergency protection, privileges and benefits, and courtesies and conveniences that you enjoy with the Card.

Moreover, as the Basic Cardmember, you will have financial control of the Card, with all charges made by the Additional Cardmember appearing on your monthly statement separate from your own.

Consider the virtually countless ways you'll be enhancing the lifestyle of someone close to you.

For example, when you're away on business, don't you derive a great sense of security just knowing that you're carrying the world's most respected Card? Now an Additional Cardmember in your family can enjoy the same security.

Home or away, Additional Cardmembers can turn to any of the nearly 1,000 American Express Travel Service Offices of American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc., its affiliates and Representatives worldwide, for travel and financial assistance. Additional Cardmembers, in fact, can rely on all of the Card's exclusive emergency check-cashing privileges.

You'll also be giving someone the pleasure, and extraordinary convenience, of shopping with the American Express Card at major department stores, shops and boutiques. Everything from large home items to personal clothing can be purchased without the bother and worry of substantial amounts of cash, personal checks, or arbitrary spending limits.

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