Welcome Benefits – HDFC Diners Club Rewardz card comes with 1,000 Welcome Bonus Points worth Rs. 300 on payment of joining fee equal to Rs. 1,000.
Renewal Benefits – Continuing the benefit of bonus points in starting of membership year, you get 1000 Bonus Points worth Rs. 300 in exchange of renewal fee of Rs. 1,000 for 2nd and consecutive years.
Rewards Points Accrual – HDFC Diners Club Rewardz card gives you the benefit of 3 Reward Points on every Rs. 150 spent on retail purchase. Apart from it, you earn incremental benefit of 30 Reward Points in against of every Rs. 150 you spent on international PoS purchases. You can earn maximum of 2500 reward points in a statement month on international purchases. Each reward that you earn on HDFC Diners Club Rewardz card gives you the cashback value of Rs. 0.30. Apart from international transactions, you also earn 10X reward points for every Rs. 150 spent on SmartBUY on following brands – Yatra, Flipkart and Cleartrip, and Online Partner brands such as Tata CLiQ, Zomato, BigBasket, Uber, BookMyShow, SOTC, redBus and Treebo Hotels as valid till Dec 31st 2018. You can earn a maximum of 2,000 reward points per statement month under 10X reward program.Aside from 10X Reward Program, you also get the chance to earn 5X reward points on your HDFC Bank Diners Club Rewardz Card whenever you spend online at the following brands – BigBasket, MakeMyTrip, Snapdeal, redBus, SpiceJet, Goibibo and Kalyan Jewellers.You can also redeem your accumulated reward points against air miles. You can redeem each 10 Reward Points for 3 AirMiles for flight and hotels bookings across more than 150 domestic and international partner airlines and hotels such as Jet Airways and Singapore Airlines. However, you do not earn reward point for your spend against EasyEMI and E-Wallet loading transactions as well as against Fuel transactions. In case you convert an existing transaction into EMI under HDFC Bank SmartEMI program, the reward points earned against the transaction value will get revert back.
Fuel Surcharge Waiver – In case of fuel transaction on your HDFC Bank Diners Club Rewardz card, you get waiver of surcharge equal to 1% of the fuel transaction only if transaction value is between Rs. 400 to Rs. 5,000, subject to minimum benefit of Rs. 10 per transaction. The maximum benefit you can get under fuel surcharge waiver is limited to Rs. 500 per statement month.
Dining Discount – Whenever you dine at the partner restaurants, you get 15% discount on the bill with Diners Club Global Dining offers giving you access to more than 1400 offers at across the globe. To check the latest nearby dining offers, click here.
Global Value Program – Tune into Global Value Program by paying an annual fee of Rs. 199 only and avail additional benefits on your international transactions. Under Global Value Program, you earn 500 Bonus Reward Points worth Rs. 150 on your first international transaction. Apart from it, you also earn Rs. 2,000 Yatra voucher on spending Rs. 1.50 Lacs in a year on international transactions. Aside from the welcome bonus reward and milestone benefit, you also get 1% cashback on your all international transactions.
Low Foreign Currency Mark-up – Being a HDFC Diners Club Rewardz cardholder, you get the benefit of low currency conversion charges on your international transactions. Unlike other HDFC cards, Diners Club Rewardz cards comes with 0.5% benefit on foreign currency conversion charges. You pay only 3% foreign currency markup fee against regular fee of 3.5% on each international transaction.
Drawbacks
High Interest Rate – Even being good on reward benefits, HDFC Diners Club Rewardz Card have it’s own downfall such as High Interest Rate. HDFC Diners Club Rewardz Card comes with monthly interest rate of 3.49% as compared to Citibank Rewards Card coming with monthly interest rate of only 3.25% and SBI Cards such as Yatra SBI Card which comes with 3.35% monthly interest rate.
Not Good on Cashback – Apart from the 15% cashback that you earn on your dining spend, you don’t earn any direct cashback on your purchases. The benefit you earn in shape of reward points cannot be utilized instantly since you have to redeem the accumulated reward points first by paying reward redemption fee of Rs. 99 on each redemption request.
Limited Cash Withdrawal – Unlike its competing cards such as Yatra SBI Card which comes with higher cash withdrawal of upto 80% of available credit limit, HDFC Bank Diners Club Rewardz card comes with only maximum cash withdrawal limit of 40% of the credit limit.
Highlights
Regular Reward Points earned on each eligible transaction will be posted into your credit card account as per the same day of transaction. However, in case of incremental (10X) rewards, points earned under 10X reward program will be posted into your credit card account by the next statement month.
HDFC Bank Diners Club Rewardz card comes with a privilege of 24/7 Travel Concierge Service. All you need to do is dial toll-free number 1800-209-4006 from your registered phone number and you can ask for any travel related assistance.
Eligibility Criteria
Age of a salaried applicant should be minimum 21 years to maximum 60 years.
Age of a self-employed applicant should be minimum 21 years to maximum 65 years.
The minimum monthly salary of a Salaried Applicant should be at least Rs. 30,000.
The minimum income for a Self-Employed Applicant should be at least Rs. 3.6 Lacs per annum.
Documentation
Aadhar Number
PAN Card
KYC Details
Milestone Rewards
Offer 1 – You can earn back your annual fee of Rs. 1,000 in form of annual fee waiver whenever you spend Rs. 1 Lac annually on your Diners Club Rewardz card. On reaching the milestone of Rs. 1 Lac annual spend, you’ll get card membership for next year free of cost.
Fees & Penalties
Type of Charges
Applicable Amount
Annual Fee
Rs. 1000
Joining Fee
Rs. 1000
Add-on Card Fee
Zero
Typical APR
3.49% per month
Cash Withdrawal Limit
Max 40% of credit limit
Cash Withdrawal
2.5% of the cash amount or Min Rs. 500.
Late Payment
Zero to Rs. 750
Over-Limit
2.5% of the overlimit amount or Min Rs. 500.
EMI Bounce
2% of the payment amount or min Rs. 500 per instance
Foreign Currency Transaction
3% on the rupee value after conversion
Fuel Surcharge
1% of the fuel transaction, subject to minimum Rs. 10