Diners Club on CUP or JCB
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(If it isn't too late to help) Since you are in the UK, I assume you mean the DC Intl. card, not the US/Can Mastercard that pretends to be a DC.
The DC Intl cards, the ones that have the Discover logo in the corner on the back, work in Japan on JCB. From the JCB acceptance web page: JCB signed an agreement with City Card Japan in 2006 supporting Diners Club Card acquiring operations in Japan. Also in 2006, JCB and Discover Financial Services LLC launched a major reciprocal acceptance agreement, with Discover network acceptance of JCB Cards in the United States starting in the fall 2007 and JCB network acceptance of Discover network cards in Japan starting in the spring 2009
YMMV because it's possible you will hit some merchant that has some really out of date terminal.
The DC Intl cards, the ones that have the Discover logo in the corner on the back, work in Japan on JCB. From the JCB acceptance web page: JCB signed an agreement with City Card Japan in 2006 supporting Diners Club Card acquiring operations in Japan. Also in 2006, JCB and Discover Financial Services LLC launched a major reciprocal acceptance agreement, with Discover network acceptance of JCB Cards in the United States starting in the fall 2007 and JCB network acceptance of Discover network cards in Japan starting in the spring 2009
YMMV because it's possible you will hit some merchant that has some really out of date terminal.
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I hold a UK issued card and can confirm they do without issues. You may need to explain to the person processing the payment to give it a go but it shouldn't be an issue.
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This is a bit off topic as I want to talk about Discover, but:
In Japan, online merchants that accept both JCB and Diners Club may not accept Discover. case in point: Amazon.co.jp
I tried to ask Discover and Amazon.co.jp the right questions but didn't get back the right answers. So I wonder if anyone here knows: Is it the case, outside the USA, that Discover should be accepted as a Diners Club?
In Japan, online merchants that accept both JCB and Diners Club may not accept Discover. case in point: Amazon.co.jp
I tried to ask Discover and Amazon.co.jp the right questions but didn't get back the right answers. So I wonder if anyone here knows: Is it the case, outside the USA, that Discover should be accepted as a Diners Club?
Last edited by photaco; Oct 16, 2014 at 2:27 pm
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I would have thought that since Discover Network and PULSE are on the back of Diners Club cards in Japan, that Diners Club should include Discover for online purchases... but as I said, it doesn't work that way.
Also, JCB acceptance may not include Discover in Japan.