HDFC Diners Club Credit Card (ex Jet Airways cobrand)
Dec 16, 2017, 12:46 pm
#151
Join Date: Dec 2012
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How is the acceptance of Diners Club in India at the moment? In the market for a new credit card, already have Citi Prestige, looking to see if Diners Club might be a good fit.
Also, does Diners Club Black allow transfer to any airline or you can only use on Jet/Singapore?
Also, does Diners Club Black allow transfer to any airline or you can only use on Jet/Singapore?
Dec 16, 2017, 1:28 pm
#152
Join Date: Dec 2017
Location: Delhi/Mumbai
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How is the acceptance of Diners Club in India at the moment? In the market for a new credit card, already have Citi Prestige, looking to see if Diners Club might be a good fit.
Also, does Diners Club Black allow transfer to any airline or you can only use on Jet/Singapore?
Also, does Diners Club Black allow transfer to any airline or you can only use on Jet/Singapore?
Dec 16, 2017, 1:39 pm
#153
Join Date: Jul 2017
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How is the acceptance of Diners Club in India at the moment? In the market for a new credit card, already have Citi Prestige, looking to see if Diners Club might be a good fit.
Also, does Diners Club Black allow transfer to any airline or you can only use on Jet/Singapore?
Also, does Diners Club Black allow transfer to any airline or you can only use on Jet/Singapore?
But if you have a Citi Prestige Card - why would you worry about the Diners Card acceptability? My strategy is to use the Citi Prestige Card for all my regular spends (better rewards than Diners Card) and use the Diners Card where I get 10x rewards only.
Also you can convert your points to miles with 9W, SQ, BA and UK only. Though the last two aren’t mentioned on their website as yet.
Dec 17, 2017, 10:43 am
#154
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How is the acceptance of Diners Club in India at the moment? In the market for a new credit card, already have Citi Prestige, looking to see if Diners Club might be a good fit.
Also, does Diners Club Black allow transfer to any airline or you can only use on Jet/Singapore?
Also, does Diners Club Black allow transfer to any airline or you can only use on Jet/Singapore?
It is accepted in all the larger establishments. It’s the smaller ones where it gets tricky. It’s best to have a backup Visa/MasterCard.
But if you have a Citi Prestige Card - why would you worry about the Diners Card acceptability? My strategy is to use the Citi Prestige Card for all my regular spends (better rewards than Diners Card) and use the Diners Card where I get 10x rewards only.
Also you can convert your points to miles with 9W, SQ, BA and UK only. Though the last two aren’t mentioned on their website as yet.
You can also use the points to buy air tickets or hotels using the.website or by calling concierge (1 pt is worth 1 ripper)
Dec 17, 2017, 11:18 am
#155
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Absolutely... in fact that's pretty much the best value you can get for it if you're not traveling international J or F.
Last edited by PiperAtGatesofDawn; Dec 17, 2017 at 1:04 pm
Dec 18, 2017, 12:12 pm
#156
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Actually let me correct that... that’s not great value because you can buy the same ticket through Yatra & Cleartrip on SmartBuy at 33% discount (10x rewards).
Jan 3, 2018, 5:46 am
#157
Join Date: Nov 2012
Posts: 25
10x partners list has been extended up-to March 31, 2018. Same brand partners with Tata Cliq as a welcome addition. Flipkart, Yatra & Cleartrip continue through Smartbuy. International spends also extended with maximum reward points of 10K for Diners black.
Jan 3, 2018, 12:36 pm
#158
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I was hoping enough people would have complained to Amazon and HDFC Diners to get that scheme back.
Jan 4, 2018, 12:28 am
#159
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Location: India
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Complaining rarely works in such scenarios, it needs to make business sense for HDFC as well as Amazon for it to continue; otherwise they can tell us to go pound sand.
Jan 4, 2018, 12:44 am
#160
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Complaining = Unhappy customers = Less customers using the card = Potential Revenue Loss etc. etc. etc. I don't think the problem was "business sense". All other things being equal it makes the same amount of sense to partner with Amazon as it does with Flipkart. I think there would be other issues such as a longer term contract with Flipkart with non-compete clauses and such.
Jan 7, 2018, 7:29 pm
#161
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Complaining = Unhappy customers = Less customers using the card = Potential Revenue Loss etc. etc. etc. I don't think the problem was "business sense". All other things being equal it makes the same amount of sense to partner with Amazon as it does with Flipkart. I think there would be other issues such as a longer term contract with Flipkart with non-compete clauses and such.
Jan 7, 2018, 9:12 pm
#162
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why blame hdfc when Amazon does not want to spend money on it? Do you think these points are coming out of nowhere? the companies which partner with hdfc pay towards the extra points from their marketing budgets. so if it does not suit them, they don't partner. End of story.
All I’m saying is that this sucks and hopefully with customer pressures the issue would be fixed.
Jan 8, 2018, 5:47 am
#163
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If you buy through Smartbuy, an Amazon link usually shows up as well and you can enter your mobile number + last 4 card digits and claim 10x rewards.
Jan 13, 2018, 1:19 am
#164
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Jan 15, 2018, 1:45 am
#165
Join Date: Jan 2015
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Anyone know approx how long it takes to transfer points to Krisflyer from your Diners Black account? I placed a request online today and received a text message confirming the request had been received an hour or so later.