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Old Apr 9, 2007 | 9:59 am
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Viajero
 
Join Date: Jun 2004
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Originally Posted by foreigner
When I was in Jakarta recently, there were some lounges that permitted access to holders of certain credit/charge cards. When I made inquiries, I was told this access applied local (Indonesian) cardholders only.

May years ago, I used Diners Club card to access their lounge in Auckland and (from memory) Santiago (latter may not have been their lounge but someone else's).

I have AMEX Platinum issued in Australia. Has any of the readers accessed lounges at overseas airports using debit/credit cards? Which ones?

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Your best source of information for this will surely be AMEX in Oz. The SCL lounge you probably refer to is privately owned by Pacific Club, which grants access to holders of many cards (free to some, fee to others); the cards I distinctly remember are Citibank and Diners.
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