bro that lounge list is a joke. PNB Patanjali card has better coverage than Infinia.
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Infinia HDFC Infinia Priority Pass Charged for Access in Domestic Indian Airports[As of 29th July 2025,No one got charged]
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Totally agree, have always used Infinia and addons and never looked at what my other cards offers. Now have to explore, need to see what bizblack is offering in comparison, never checked.
Bro, we already got verification from the latest t&c mail that the pp can be used domestically as was always the case, they never said it cannot be used, they never communicated anything like that aap khud hi mail pe mail bhej bhej ke peechey padey ho, unka support bekar hai har baar alag cheez bolega ye toh humein saalo se anyways pata hai
Ab answer mil bhi chuka ki kuch nahi change hua priority pass mein for infinia fir bhi aapne ek aur mail bhej diya, unko kar lo pareshan pura upar tak escalate kar lo jissey vo pp cannot be used bol ke terms bhi update kar hi de, fir khush ho jana
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Bhai, what you are saying does not hold good at least for me. They clearly said in my email reply that it cannot be used and will be charged, now they claim this policy has been updated since Sep 2023. Ab jab yeh log ne mujko officially bola hai, maybe you can still use the PP but I cannot, they might reimburse you in the future but will not to me. Also I'm least bothered if they stop PP for domestic, it's their product and they can do whatever they want to with it, the better product will prevail. I'm more concerned that they have not communicated this, their TnC is vague.
bro Maut, tat||i or devaluations kabhi bhi aa sakte h. Aap ek sutta fukkr chill kare.
Maine usse bhi jyada cringe email bheja tha HDFC ko. Unhone site ka link dekr meri request close kardi. Ab maine ghabrana chord diya h
That’s fine but if on PP domestic is showing up as allowed on PP portal then let it be. Let’s not prod them further which may complicate the matter. I feel domestic lounges are still allowed on PP, just that they are trying to discourage using PP for the purpose.
Earlier addon cards used to bear the same card no. as primary and therefore once primary is swiped at a lounge, addon couldn’t be used. That’s when hdfc encouraged card holders to use PP even domestically and discouraged addon card holders to use their card at domestic lounges.
What’s important to clarify -
The list of domestic lounges on Infinia page was last updated in Dec ‘22 and that’s the updated list. The total no. Of domestic lounges is about 76 on Visa portal. We should ask them to update the latest list.
I’d suggest people who have received emails from the bank stating that they must use their cards at domestic lounges should question them back on the updated lounge list
I believe you are refering to this document
This seems to cover below two lounges that I had used PP in the past as this was not covered with Infinia. Are they now covered then ?
1. SL 45: Travel Club Annex @ CCU
2. SL 73: Take off Bar and Lounge @ VNS
If all our lounges are covered direct with Infinia, then no one shud really bother about PP ?
EDIT: Also got this link from here, it's a Visa Infinite Lounge access list, and it says applicable from 2021 - 2026, till about 2023 I'm sure these lounges were not covered.
EDIT: Oh, but the Travel Club Annex was the Irish Club before, so the list is Indeed updated one. Just do not know if we can now access direct with our Infinia card.
EDIT: This also means that the Infinite card lounge has more lounges than say Regalia, HDFC just sends the same lounge list saying applicable for Regalia + infinia.
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I know for certain the last two times (Sep/Dec 2024) I visited Adani (East Wing) at Mumbai CSMIA international departures, they only accepted Amex Platinum and Indian PSU Banks (on Visa and RuPay franchises) but not HDFC, so I’d take this list with a fistful of salt.
Exactly. I was trying to use a lounge at Delhi T3, Encalm was in the list, but they were not accepting any CCs. Said only PP are accepted
Not even dcb?
You should have clearly told here that it was the Encalm Arrival Lounge at T3 IGI, which is obviously not a regular lounge and can not be accessed using any Credit Cards. Only Priority-Pass and Lounge-Key provide access.
All other lounges definitely provide access through Infinia itself.
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Yep, that's a great lounge, most business class tickets come with access to that lounge
Or you can use pp that's the only option
One like that exists for t3 international departure as well I think?
And lo, there is an article on this in Economics Times. The snooping army has definitely infiltrated here in the group.
m.economictimes.com
HDFC INFINIA Credit Card: What you need to know about Priority Pass and lounge access in India - The Economic Times
HDFC Bank INFINIA credit card provides high-net-worth individuals with unlimited complimentary airport lounge access in India. Additionally, cardholders can enjoy international lounge access at over 1,000 locations using Priority Pass membership.
I see. Thank you.
Joh
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And lo, there is an article on this in Economics Times. The snooping army has definitely infiltrated here in the group.
HDFC INFINIA Credit Card: What you need to know about Priority Pass and lounge access in India - The Economic Times
HDFC Bank INFINIA credit card provides high-net-worth individuals with unlimited complimentary airport lounge access in India. Additionally, cardholders can enjoy international lounge access at over 1,000 locations using Priority Pass membership.
See Post #262
conscious_matter
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Has anyone else been charged so far? Requesting data.
I went through some archive.org versions. As recent as Feb 28th, the Infinia website says: "Enjoy unlimited complimentary lounge access at airports within and outside India at 1,000+ airport lounges using Priority Pass." On March 7th, it was changed to "Enjoy unlimited complimentary airport lounge access outside India at 1,000+ airport lounges using Priority Pass." Interestingly, the lounge access T&C file indexed by archive.org is the old one with the complimentary within and outside India terminology, last indexed December 4th, 2023, but it's still useful if HDFC begins arguing with you saying it was never the case.
The Infinia smartbuy portal still says (as on March 15th 2025) "Enjoy unlimited complimentary lounge access at airports withinand outside India at 1,000+ airport lounges using Priority Pass". So I went ahead and made an archive.org save of it today (March 15th, 2025), in case they change it later.
I went through some archive.org versions. As recent as Feb 28th, the Infinia website says: "Enjoy unlimited complimentary lounge access at airports within and outside India at 1,000+ airport lounges using Priority Pass." On March 7th, it was changed to "Enjoy unlimited complimentary airport lounge access outside India at 1,000+ airport lounges using Priority Pass." Interestingly, the lounge access T&C file indexed by archive.org is the old one with the complimentary within and outside India terminology, last indexed December 4th, 2023, but it's still useful if HDFC begins arguing with you saying it was never the case.
The Infinia smartbuy portal still says (as on March 15th 2025) "Enjoy unlimited complimentary lounge access at airports withinand outside India at 1,000+ airport lounges using Priority Pass". So I went ahead and made an archive.org save of it today (March 15th, 2025), in case they change it later.
Yes but the tnc and MITC can always be changed by the bank at their discretion. Just that they need to communicate the same to customers.
Amex is the best in this regard. They send an update mail even for the most faltu change in MITC.
Joh
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QUOTE[Domestic lounge program is applicable ONLY for primary card holders.]
Does this mean add-on holder has to pay $27 in domestic lounge for using PP?
Also, this looks like a very recent change, after this discussion started. Is it?
