When you could use Plutus to cover it off as a Perk black was great as it was covered (subject to fluctuation risk which I could tolerate). I did used to love using curve to put certain expenses on a CC and shifting it over later so I didn’t miss out on cashback.
In Q4 to get free perks it looks like I’d need to either stack a certain amount (about £400 quids worth from the looks) or pay a £14.99 subscription to get two perks (this isn’t actually a terrible deal but before you got this for £4.99)
As a free user I can still give cards like Plutus contactless functionality, but removing the FX free on the basic plan does feel like a right two’s up. I do like using Curve for certain things like VPN set up subs though, as if they had a problem with me using it for that purpose I wouldn’t really care - whereas I use Revolut extensively now so that would be an inconvenience (even though I’ve not had an issue in the past)