In its early days, the Diners Club card took a hefty 7% cut of the tab from restaurants that accepted it.
To get it to work you actually have to sign up for one of their sponsors' offers (like the Columbia House DVD club, the GM credit card, AOL for Broadband, etc.) and also get five other people to also take them up on one of their offers.
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Apply the same logic to customer loyalty programs like frequent flier miles, credit card rewards and online club accounts.
Since Diners Club introduced the first universal credit card in 1950, an 8.5-by-5.5-cm piece of plastic has become for millions a modern symbol of identity and an indispensable tool of spending.
Mr. Muldoon, a director of operations for card rooms at a country club, reads the Sun Sentinel.
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Sensing huge potential profits, newer entrants Fleer, Donruss, Score, Stadium Club and Upper Deck joined more established card company Topps in pursuit of large gains.
It is exactly 50 years since Diners Club introduced the world's first charge card.
By having the cache of Coachella or Bonnaroo on a resume is a calling card of acceptance to play the club circuit.
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"Having watched it again I can see that it looks horrific and realise that it was a deserved red card, " he told the club website.
The idea of a legitimate alternative to backstreet card games, packaged as a luxury club, is appealing.
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Moreover, the success of the original card design has spawned imitators from grocery club cards to transit cards to hotel key cards.
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Saco River Auction Co. in Biddeford is holding an auction Wednesday evening that includes a card depicting the Brooklyn Atlantics amateur baseball club.
But despite hitting a 57 during a practice round on the par-72 Mossel Bay Golf Club course, along with gaining his European Tour card in 2003, his early performances in the paid ranks were less impressive.
The greetings card magnate, who had been at the club for 14 years, had been seeking to sell his controlling stake for some time.
On Monday, assembly leader of the Welsh Conservatives Nick Bourne and Clwyd West candidate Darren Millar will visit the Royal British Legion Club in Colwyn Bay to publicise a new armed forces card.
Consumers who buy the deal will be required to enter their Big Y Express Savings Club membership number for the deal to load on their loyalty card.
But we concluded those risks versus a major story by an acclaimed journalist, even a card-carrying member of the elite Manhattan progressive club like Ms. Elliot, were worth taking.
Gold Club owner Kaplan and his associates are also accused of credit card fraud, money laundering, extortion, loan sharking, obstruction of justice, bribing two Atlanta police officers and having illegal mob ties, including paying protection money to the Gambino crime family.
But, unfortunately, Stephen and Jean didn't realize that by accepting the Red Lobster card, they had used the services of the travel club.
Hazard's kick and red card is just the latest in series of setbacks following the club's exit from the European Champions League and its dismal league form which has seen the London team fall 11 points off the lead, leaving Chelsea to focus on cup competitions -- the FA Cup and the Europa League.
He gatecrashed an Inter Milan press conference in March 2012 when the club was preparing to unveil new manager Andrea Stramaccioni, which was followed with another red card in the game at Arsenal.
Yes, the Goldfish Club plans to host all-night poker games for its wealthy clientele, along with other card and board games.
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City manager Mark Hughes attended a launch ceremony in Johannesburg on Monday and said he expected City draw card and Brazil star Robinho to be in the squad for a second visit by the club to South Africa.
While I am a card-carrying member of the glass-is-at-least-half-full club and you may find it hard to believe, I actually do have friends that regularly reside in the bear camp.
France-born Laplance founded Lending Club in 2007 after he became irked by the massive disparity between the 18% interest rate on his credit card bill, and the 1% savings rate at his bank.
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On that note, we've just been hit with a memo that's supposedly floating around SCK -- the Radio Shack subsidiary responsible for Sam's Club kiosks -- that calls the X2 "a new Droid X version" with a 2GB bundled microSD card replacing the original model's 16GB... and it'll sell for the same price.
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