<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Mountain Trader:
The problem with Diner's Club for me isn't cost, it's cceptibility. If you have a lot of business T & E in the USA, maybe it works. But out in the regular retail world, the DC takers are few and far between. And overseas, forget it, again except for the high-end hotels, airlines, etc.</font>
Mountain ~ Don't buy too much of the hype you read here bashing the DC. You might just be surprised how many every day expenses you can put on the DC:
- many gas stations (I go to the same few here at home that I know take it)
- US Post Office
- CompUSA
- Barnes & Noble (stores and online)
- Kinkos
- Amazon.com
- UPS
Those are some examples of every day places you could go too, but I'm often surprised other places that take it, including my auto dealership (for all the repairs on my car) and my web hosting company. This doesn't include many restraunts and all major airlines, hotels, and car rental agencies that of course accept it.
As for overseas, based on my personal experience and anecdotal evidence, acceptance outside of the US is at least as good if not better overseas.
If you're only going to have one card, it's not the way to go, but if you're going to have two or three cards anyway, it's the most flexible point earning option available. Of course, if you're only concerned about UA miles, you don't need flexibility ...