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DCB How to get HDFC Diners Club Credit Card Life Time Free

desaik231

TF Select
VIP Lounge
Hello Everyone,

HDFC Bank runs a special Diners Institute Program for the people who have either completed their education from the list of institutes mentioned below link or are part of the Club mentioned in the below link:

List of Eligible Institute & Club Link: Link

Under this program, you are eligible for a Diners Club Credit Card on Life Time Free basis. The card variant depends upon your Salary and Card Limit. (As updated by the Bank person the eligibility has been relaxed a little on 21-Dec-2022)

1. For the Diners Club Black variant you need to have a Monthly salary of more than 1.45L

2. If you do not meet the above criteria and still your Institute is part of the above list you will be given the Diners Club Privilege variant

3. If you are a final year student studying in any of the above-mentioned colleges, the Card against your institute name will be provided to you as Life Time Free

The process to Apply:

Long Process:

1. mail to priorityredressal.creditcards@hdfcbank.com along with the name of the Institute or Club

2. They will revert back and ask you to apply on the following link: https://v.hdfcbank.com/htdocs/common/dinersblackinstitute/index.html after which in a couple of days someone from HDFC Bank will reach out to you

3. You need to submit your Degree Certificat / Club Membership Proof, Last three-month Salary Slip, and Bank account statement in which your Salary was credited

Short Proces:

With the consent of the person from HDFC bank who reached out to me, I am sharing their number so you can directly get in touch with them and they will help you with the application.

Yadurya P B: +91 90660 89550
yadurya.pb@hdfcbank.com


I would like to thank all contributing members of this post (https://tfcommunity.app.link/ret6xj21Vvb) through which I get to know about this special program.

Please feel free to Drop your queries :)

Edit:

8-Jan-2023: If you are already having a HDFC card mentioned in above list, it will be not converted to lifetime free.

19-Jan-2023: The list of eligible institutes and Cards have been updated on 19-Jan-2023 which were in effect from 21-Dec-2022 and eligibility criteria has been modified.


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chdguy1980

TF Select
VIP Lounge
For DCB new card application for Alumni offer, you can apply offline through branch. Refer this post.

 

suhasa010

TF Premier
It's been almost a month since I filled that form. Haven't received any call 🙄
"We infer from your email that you sought assistance for credit card application to Life Time Free Diners Club credit card basis Premium Institute's Program. Being completely sensitized to your concerns we have reviewed the same and we wish to inform you that application for credit cards would be considered in line with the bank's internal credit policy (which is based on a combination of financial and related criteria and/or statistically determined scores to assess credit eligibility) and operating/credit processes (which include a combination of verifications, credit bureau reports and document verifications). We regret to inform you that we are unable to accede to your request for credit card application to Life Time Free Diners Club credit card basis Premium Institute's Program."

Damn HDFC 😡
 

pprakash11

TF Prestige
"We infer from your email that you sought assistance for credit card application to Life Time Free Diners Club credit card basis Premium Institute's Program. Being completely sensitized to your concerns we have reviewed the same and we wish to inform you that application for credit cards would be considered in line with the bank's internal credit policy (which is based on a combination of financial and related criteria and/or statistically determined scores to assess credit eligibility) and operating/credit processes (which include a combination of verifications, credit bureau reports and document verifications). We regret to inform you that we are unable to accede to your request for credit card application to Life Time Free Diners Club credit card basis Premium Institute's Program."

Damn HDFC 😡
Did you fulfill the criteria?
 

Pankhuri

TF Ace
They didn't ask.
I just filled the form here on June 2nd after they told me to - https://v.hdfcbank.com/htdocs/common/dinersblackinstitute/index.html

They asked nothing else. Rejected via email (after 15 days mind you 🙄)
Just mail to priority redressal with your payslips too, along with the degree certificate. Iirc pay criteria is 1.75lpm. Also if you have too many cibil enquiries in last 2-3 months, avoid applying for it now. Wait for a 2-3 month period where you have 1-2 cibil enquiries only, then apply.
 

suhasa010

TF Premier
Just mail to priority redressal with your payslips too, along with the degree certificate. Iirc pay criteria is 1.75lpm. Also if you have too many cibil enquiries in last 2-3 months, avoid applying for it now. Wait for a 2-3 month period where you have 1-2 cibil enquiries only, then apply.
Alright. Thank you.
I shall try after few months :)
 

Pankhuri

TF Ace
Flat limit criteria without income proof
If you don't want to share income proof and your degree is more than 3 year old then you'll get DCP. If its 8 year old then you'll get DCB with flat limit of 5 lakhs
Would this work if we hold one hdfc card already? Would they upgrade it or would we first need to close it before applying?
 
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