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Metal credit cards are perceived by some to be a status symbol.
They shouldn't necessarily be. Some metal cards don't even charge an annual fee — and you can be approved with a less-than-excellent credit score. In other words, the ting that a credit card makes when you drop it on the table at a restaurant doesn't intimate that you're part of the 1%.