Punjab National Bank (PNB) has announced that the lounge access program for all variants of Rupay Platinum Debit Cards have been revised. The revised program is effective from July 1, 2024, as per the PNB website.
According to the PNB website, “Dear Customers, Kindly be informed that w.e.f 1s t July, 2024, the lounge access program for all variants of Rupay Platinum Debit Card has been revised as under –
a. 1 (One) Domestic Airport / Railway lounge access per quarter.
b. 2 (Two) International airport lounge access per annum.
The updated list of lounges is available on – https://www.rupay.co.in/lounges Warm Regards, Punjab National Bank.”
Earlier, as per the website, “RuPay Platinum Domestic Airport lounge access program provides access to the participating lounges two (2) times per calendar quarter per card.”
RuPay lounge access
According to the NPCI website, “The RuPay Lounge Access Program is applicable for the RuPay Platinum and Select Debit Cardholder and you can use it to gain access: –
- Domestic – two complimentary visits per quarter at any of the participating lounges
- International – two visits per year on the participating lounges.”
There is a charge of Rs 2 for Airport Lounge access for authorization of the card.
PNB Rupay Platinum Debit Card features
Daily Maximum Transaction Limit:
- Rs. 1,00,000/- at ATMs for cash withdrawal.
- Rs. 3,00,000 at POS/E-commerce (combined).
The services included in our lounge access with RuPay cards are
- Food
- Non-alcoholic beverages
- Newspapers
- Magazine
Concierge services*:
Concierge services is available through toll free number 1800 26 78729 on 24X7 basis. Services offered are:
- Gift Delivery Assistance.
- Flower Delivery Assistance.
- Restaurant Referral and Arrangement.
- Courier Service Assistance.
- Car Rental and Limousine Referral and Reservation Assistance.
- Golf Reservations.
- Movie ticket sourcing Assistance.
- Car rental & Sight Seeing Assistance.
- IT returns assessment and filing assistance.
- Investment Consultancy – real Estate, Mutual Funds, Equity, Debts, F&Os.
- Insurance Consultancy – Life Insurance, General Insurance and Health Insurance.
- RuPay Card – Airport Lounge Program
According to the NPCI website, here are the important terms and conditions of the RuPay Card – Airport Lounge Program:
• Only two free access per Card Holder per calendar quarter will be permitted subject to maximum of 8 (eight) airport lounge access per year. Unutilized access will lapse at the end of quarter and cannot be carried to next quarter.
• In case, a Card Holder accesses the airport lounge beyond 2 times, he/she will be charged as per the regular access rates prescribed by the lounge.
• Card Holder/s is/are advised to check the services and facilities that are covered under the RuPay airport lounge access program at the lounge.
• An authorization for an amount (Rs. 2) will be taken on the card for validation purposes only and it will be charged to Card Holder’s account. The authorization amount is nonrefundable.
• The program can be modified, amended, changed or revoked at any time by NPCI without prior intimation.
• The access to the airport lounge will be available on first-come-first-served basis.
• Complimentary access is limited to the card holder.
• Complimentary access cannot be transferred or encashed.
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