Good news/Bad news/Good news
Mar 16, 1999 | 8:08 am
#1
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Location: Digital Nomad Wandering the Earth - Currently in LONDON, ENGLAND
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Good news/Bad news/Good news
Good: got my DC card & am ready to start earning my points!
Bad: Another program to keep up with, understand and take full advantage of.
Good: I've got FT to help!
Bad: Another program to keep up with, understand and take full advantage of.
Good: I've got FT to help!
Mar 16, 1999 | 10:22 am
#2
Commander Catcop
Join Date: May 1998
Posts: 10,259
ENjoy your D-C Card, Matt. (I still cannot be broken down yet to get one... unless AMEX really makes my hair stand on end and fall out!)
Yes, it's another program to learn but there are D=C "experts" here on F-T (like Baobab I believe) to help you (as you have helped us with your travel suggestions... and kept us entertained with the ballad of the mustard pretzels!)
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CATMAN
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Yes, it's another program to learn but there are D=C "experts" here on F-T (like Baobab I believe) to help you (as you have helped us with your travel suggestions... and kept us entertained with the ballad of the mustard pretzels!)
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CATMAN [This message has been edited by Catman (edited 03-16-99).]
Mar 16, 1999 | 10:50 am
#3
Join Date: Mar 1999
Location: Melbourne
Programs: Qantas, Hilton, IHG
Posts: 1,762
Diners is my card of choice and last year I earned some 20000 miles by just buying things that I had to buy anyway. But I've found it's not so widely accepted in the USA. In Scandinavia it's very widely accepted and you get 30% more points over American Express. From time to time, I've found the lounges good as well. It's perhaps less of a benefit now that the big airline alliances are offering so many reciprocal lounge benefits - at least for their elite members.
Mar 16, 1999 | 1:57 pm
#5
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Location: CH-3823 Wengen Switzerland
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Diners is THE SAS card (as with BA).
the lounge program is really useful in Europe and (less) in Latin America (in Rio and Sao Paulo, Brazil, it includes free "luxury-car" transfer to/from downtown).
the lounge program is really useful in Europe and (less) in Latin America (in Rio and Sao Paulo, Brazil, it includes free "luxury-car" transfer to/from downtown).
Mar 17, 1999 | 4:23 am
#6
Join Date: Mar 1999
Location: Melbourne
Programs: Qantas, Hilton, IHG
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Quite right Rudi. I have a combined SAS EuroBonus and Diners card in one. The Diners points/miles get transferred automatically to EuroBonus each month. Also, a Diners card usually costs us poor Swedish residents some SEK 525.00 (USD 65.00 approx.) a year but top tier EuroBonus gold members get theirs for free.
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CATMAN
Mar 17, 1999 | 3:05 pm
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Why him (mileageaddict) and not me? Aha - I can't, only US cardholders can. But wasn't baobab the real & heaviest insisting promoter for Diners here?
Mar 17, 1999 | 8:46 pm
#10
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Join Date: May 1998
Location: Hong Kong soon to be London
Posts: 208
After First Card's preposterous decision to impose a 4% surcharge on foreign currency transactions I applied for a DC card. I received it yesterday and am ready to start charging!
Baobab, I gave them your details for the referral bonus. Let me know if you don't receive it.
HKF
Baobab, I gave them your details for the referral bonus. Let me know if you don't receive it.
HKF
Mar 23, 1999 | 11:00 pm
#12
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Location: Las Vegas, NV, USA
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As far as the lounges go, not only do they have good airport lounges, but they also have good business center lounges. When I was in Waikiki two weeks ago, I found the DC business lounge there (only a short walk from the Outrigger Reef on the Beach, Hilton Village, and the Preferred Hotel) very useful. I was able to get a little work done in Paradise.