ICICI Bank issues new airport lounge access rules for 19 debit cards, will be applicable from October 1, 2024

Jyoti — Sat, 07 Sep 2024 10:59:52 +0000

With many credit and debit cards, you can use the airport lounge for free during air travel. In the airport lounge, travelers get many facilities ranging from rest to food and drink.

If you use ICICI Bank debit card to avail this facility, then there is important news for you. Actually, this private bank has changed the rules of airport lounge access for some of its debit cards. These new rules will come into effect from October 1, 2024.

What are the new rules for airport lounge access?

According to ICICI Bank website, “From 01 October 2024, you can avail two complimentary airport lounge access by spending Rs 10,000 in the previous calendar quarter. Spending in the previous calendar quarter will unlock access for the next calendar quarter. You need to spend at least Rs 10,000 in the July-August-September 2024 quarter to be eligible for complimentary lounge access in the October-November-December 2024 quarter, and so on for subsequent quarters.”

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New rules will be applicable on these debit cards

These updated rules for availing complimentary domestic airport lounge access will be applicable for the below mentioned cards

ICICI Bank Coral PayWave Debit Card
ICICI Bank Expression Business Mastercard Debit Card
ICICI Bank RuPay Coral Debit Card
ICICI Bank Expression Mastercard Debit Card
ICICI Bank Coral Business Mastercard
ICICI Bank Expression PayWave Debit Card
ICICI Bank Coral Business Debit Card
ICICI Bank Expression Business Debit Card
ICICI Bank Coral MasterCard
ICICI Bank PayWave Expression Debit Card
ICICI Bank Coral PayWave Business Debit Card
ICICI Bank Expression Coral Business Mastercard Debit Card
ICICI Bank Coral Chip Debit Card
ICICI Bank Expression Coral Mastercard Debit Card
ICICI Bank Rubix Debit Card
ICICI Bank Expression Business Coral Debit Card
ICICI Bank Rupay Rubix Debit Card
ICICI Bank Expression Coral Debit Card
ICICI Bank Rubix Mastercard Debit Card

How to avail complimentary airport lounges in India?

According to ICICI Bank’s website, “Eligible cardholders will be required to present their valid, un-expired card and valid air ticket or boarding pass at the lounge entrance on the same day or the next day to gain entry. An authorisation fee of Rs 2 will be charged for each eligible card presented at the lounge entrance. Please note that free access is generally restricted to the cardholder and any accompanying guests may be charged. This program is provided by a third party and is governed by the terms and conditions of such third party.”

Debit-Credit Card Rules: There will be a big change from October 1, check new rules immediately

Pravesh Maurya — Thu, 15 Sep 2022 04:25:17 +0000

Debit-Credit Card Rules: There is big news for those using credit and debit cards. In today’s time every second person is using Debit Card or Credit Card. In such a situation, before any change happens, you should know about it. From October 1, the Reserve Bank is going to make a big change in the rules of the card.

The new rule will be applicable from October 1, Let us tell you that from October 1, there is going to be a big change in the rules related to the banking sector. RBI has also issued an order for this. The Reserve Bank has said that it is bringing Card-on-File Tokenization (CoF Card Tokenization) rules from 1st day.

Cardholders will get a lot of benefit

The Reserve Bank of India has informed that after the change in the tokenization system, cardholders will get more facilities and security. The payment experience of the cardholders will be greatly improved. According to the information given by the Reserve Bank, the purpose of the new rules is to make payment through credit and debit cards more secure than before.

For the past few days, there were many reports of fraud with credit-debit cards, but after the implementation of the new rule, customers will transact online, point of sale (POS) or on the app with debit or credit card.

All the details will be saved in the encrypted code. You will be able to change the card into a token, let us tell you that under the new token system, the entire data of debit and credit cards will be converted into ‘token’. This will keep your card information hidden in one device.

If any person can make a request on the token bank and convert the card into token. The cardholder will not have to pay any fee for tokenizing the card. If you convert your card into a token, then your card information can be saved in the token on any shopping website or e-commerce website.

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