I live in Scandinavia and have had consecutive EBG status for last 12 years. My normal qualification period is between Nov-Oct, so I have already received my gold card for existing period. As I have included Diners Club credit card with the gold card, the combined gold card /credit card is always sent to me by Diners Club.I finally got the same confirmation letter of lifetime gold, that some of you have received, by post a week ago, and I have been thinking the same questions; do I get a new card, is it different than normal, etc. So yesterday I received a letter by post from Diners Club. In the letter there was a new gold card, but surprisingly it was identical to the existing one. Validity&expiration date was exactly the same as in the existing card.
So... so far it looks like there will not be any new fancy special EBG card for life, in any way different that the normal one.