What's Happened to Diner's Club?

Looksguywalker

lisyloo wrote: »

It's not free it's £50.
I guess if you travel a lot it could be worthwhile, but it's not free.

Better than a free iphone that costs £50/month though!

Roger1

Good advice.

chattychappy wrote: »

Before spending the £50 (or whatever), I would check that there is a lounge on the scheme that is available at the terminal/near the gate that you typically use.

There's a could-be-helpful link on the DC website listing lounges. 'Could-be' because the link isn't working (at least not with me using Firefox).
http://www.dinersclub.co.uk/home/cardholder-services/diners-club-airport-lounges.html

When I checked before the recent sale, the link went to Airport Angel:
https://www.airportangel.co.uk/airportangel/page.aspx?PageID=12&ctrl44=CPP99&n=m
This is the provider for the NatWest/RBS Black account.

Caveat: don't rely on Airport Angel being the current DC lounge provider without checking further!

Also, there is online speculation that DC access to lounges will require a minimum expenditure on the card. This is already happening to Hong Kong DC cardholders wanting to access non-HK lounges.

macalloa

It was totally fee free to join when I signed up - and the new owners have advised (verbally) that no annual renewal fee will apply to customers who went for that deal.

It wasn't widely advertised, I discovered the offer by chance.

DC cards are now being accepted much more widely, I've bought groceries at Sainsburys and fuel at Asda for example.

Check their website for full details.

We've used several airport lounges both in the UK and abroad, including Dubai and Singapore - heard no rumours about a minimum spend for free access.

Roger1

According to a poster on FlyerTalk, Dutch DC cardholders now need to spend at least €5,000 p.a. on the card for lounge access.

If something similar happens in the UK, that may still be worthwhile, depending on your travel pattern of course.