The policas changeíethics, The conditions change unilaterally and the injured party are the users, así It is the new sapada of the cr cardséhere to enter the VIP rooms.
Before starting with my opinionón, It is worth pointing out that what I analyze in this post comes directly by decisionón of the issuing banks of the cr cardséhere and it's not a decisionón directly taken by the operators of the different VIP rooms.
With this background, in this opinion columnón, Let's review the recent changes that several, and caníto say that the great majoríbanks and their credit cardséhave implemented, at the expense of our experience.
Sasada of credit cardséfree with entry to the VIP rooms
Días atrás publicé on my social networks the notificationón of the bank where they informed me, for the first time, the new conditions of use of free passes for national VIP rooms, this generatedó a wave of reactions on all my social platforms that I didn't thinké what will haveíto so many arrivals in the community.
Again, @BancoPichincha m agoás difícil want your credit cardséhere. Vía email informó that updated requirements to enter national VIP rooms: you must consume $600 o más monthly on average with TC to be able to have 6 income toñO, otherwise, payás $27 máif you pic.twitter.com/CJOP0F1HU1
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That was the publicationón, quite simple and direct: conditions changed and it becomes más difíeasy to be able to use the benefits for which one choseó one or another credit cardéhere.
¿Cuáhe is the problem? In my case, I'm going with my current Black card for one 8 años and the main benefit you haveíHow was it a reason for me?í accept this document, were access to the VIP rooms with 6 annual passes that taking into account my several trips to theñO, It was very convenient to rest, work and eat something while I wait for my flight to leave. Ojo, no habíto consumption restrictions, just haveías to be stratumélogic to use them wisely and don't forget howácome onías used.
However, Not all comments were supportive or empathetic.íto my just claim, that alsoéIt is important to indicate that the implementation of the monthly consumption requirement has been implementedágradually and without warning, That's why many of us are surprised afterés of traveling that they charged us for access to any VIP in the world.
The comments, some even defending banks and their freedom to change policiesíethics at their clear convenience and others saying whaté I complain yes «you just have to consume $600 monthly» and ready to haveás free access or if I don't consume más of that monthly value should notíto be considered a VIPó the debate tooén because VIP rooms are becoming less and less exclusive because they areáThey are packed and the glamor has been lost.
I understand all the different points of view, but there is something that isá bad and that's alsoás to demand an expense míyou with TC, They continue to charge us an annual fee for being part of the card and its benefits plan, that clearly have less and less good. Let us add that in the case of Banco Pichincha, now tooéYou must not pay money to exchange tickets toéprisoners, before it was not like thatí, You see how we continue to receive fewer benefits by paying and spending moreás.
For some consume $600 It can be little or normal, but I'm sure that for the older oneía es muchísimo, and I include myself in this list, since if before the míyou $400 parec meíto excessive, Let's not say now that they raised the value again and it leaves a lot of what is beneficial for meí.
Now comes the point of cóWe see ourselves as passengers and it is assumed that if we don't spend a lot of money with our cards we are not VIP, that's a stereotype and sí The banks filled the pa with Black or higher cardsís leading to the rooms being filled más what our est deservesáSeparated, that's not our problem, but from the banks, but that is not why we should «pay floor» those of us who are paying for a product with supposed exclusive benefits.
Claro isá, There are VIP rooms whose services are not the best or others that areán always full, but if we pay and hire the TCs for something, ¿not oweíWe love to receive it without additional and arbitrary conditions?
Solo wantíto talk a littleás de esta situationón that is not exclusive to a bank and many have told me that their cards alsoéthey have not changed, but there are others that remain firmly in what they offer to their clients and thusí dutyíto be, do not seek to make us distance ourselves or get angry because of the changes, otherwise, improve profits, otherwise, I only had my d cardébito forever and paid Priority Pass.
¿Whaté What do you think about these changes?? ¿CóHow are you doing with your credit card?édito and access to VIPs? Cuétell me your experience in the comments.
