Are there two types of Maple Leaf Club cards too?
The version I have, and have had since it was AC's own enRoute card, was a true charge card with revolving credit up to a preset limit. If payment was not received within the appropriate billing cycle time limit, interest was charges just as is on a Visa or Master Card. There is an Aeroplan points-only variant of this, which Diners calls their Gold card. It has all the benefits of the Maple Leaf Club card, except for MLL access. I am in the midst of switching to this version as I do not require the MLL feature any longer.
I know that there is also charge card variety of Diners Club which offers Aeroplan bonus points for new members. This one, like Amex's regular cards, requires payment in full by the end of the grace period. This is the one I thought was offering up to 60-days (i.e. two statements) before a delinquency penalty charge was levied. But I did not know it was a Maple Leaf Club card which gave access to MLLs.
All Diners cards offer admission to a set of lounges at many international airports, but these are not necessarily airline-run/affiliate lounges and do not require you to be flying a particular carrier on the day of entry.
All very confusing, so you have to read small print very carefully.