@longtimelurker wrote:
@OmarGB9 wrote:Barclays is still around, but just not nearly as popular anymore. A lot of their old cards were discontinued or product changed.
Yes, they still have a wide range of cobrands (https://cards.barclaycardus.com/banking/cards ) some of which (such as American and JetBlue) do get mentioned here, but some of their most popular have gone.
SallieMae (nerfed and PCd to a less exciting product for all)
Arrival+ (nerfed and not available, but I think still around for those that had it)
Uber: (Most recent popular card. Nerfed and then PCd to less exciting for all)
I used to have the Ring, which was good while it lasted. I think it was discontinued, as well.
@FishingGuy wrote:Way back in the day..... before EDC ( electronic draft capture ), when charges were processed manually/ paper based..... I loved Diners Club.
Merchants would add up and hand in or mail their Visa / MC & Amex bills...... but received so few Diners Club transactions that they often did not process them for several months... often as much as six months later...... talk about "float"
Ahhhh but those days are long gone....
So are two slices of pizza & a soda for $1. and Gas @ under $1 a gallon. ( ok OK, I'll stop now I sound like my Father )
Oh that it so cool! I can't imagine having a six-month float! Talk about swanky.
@K-in-Boston wrote:
@FishingGuy wrote:Way back in the day..... before EDC ( electronic draft capture ), when charges were processed manually/ paper based..... I loved Diners Club.
Merchants would add up and hand in or mail their Visa / MC & Amex bills...... but received so few Diners Club transactions that they often did not process them for several months... often as much as six months later...... talk about "float"
Ahhhh but those days are long gone....
So are two slices of pizza & a soda for $1. and Gas @ under $1 a gallon. ( ok OK, I'll stop now I sound like my Father )Ha! Even when I had a Diners Club (a "real one," for work), a lot of the places I would use it still used the knuckle-busters to make carbons. As much as I want to tell you to get off my lawn (and bring me back some 10¢ hamburgers and penny candy) that was actually only at the turn of the century (the current one, obviously).
When I was a kid I did always look forward to one day having an Amex and a Carte Blanche. Never got the latter, but I went above and beyond with the former. 😂
I wonder if Amex's success led to Diner's Club demise in the US.