Will Diners (USA) increase $95 annual fees to $150?
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Will Diners (USA) increase $95 annual fees to $150?
Historically, Diners tracked the annual fee of American Express Green, which is now $150 (personal) but still $95 for the Business version.
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Would this be for the Consumer cards or the Professional cards (or both)? I'm not so sure BMO Harris really cares enough about the former to want to raise the AF, but I could be wrong on that.
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Just because Citi paid attention to Amex when Citi owned Diners Club North America doesn't prove that BMO Harris is paying attention to Amex now that they own Diners Club North America (and seem to be treating it like an absentee owner

Also, Amex raised the price of Green because they "refreshed it", including to earn 3x at restaurants and a bunch of other benefits. I don't see BMO Harris looking to "refresh" any Diners Club cards, or adding bonus earning categories of any kind at this point, and without that, I don't see any comparison to Green's raising of their AF. (In the current round, Amex isn't raising the AFs on their charge cards until they refresh them.)
Last edited by sdsearch; Jan 18, 20 at 8:27 am
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For a charge card provider who have not done anything to revolutionize or update their program, I doubt BMO have anything in mind other than maintaining the current members. If anything, I'd think BMO might unload Diners (USA) to another financial institution before any changes are made.
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