In Brief: More Visa Merchants Offer Platinum Perks

Visa International's office here announced that 100 retailers have been added to the Visa Platinum Club, which consists of merchants that offer discounts and other benefits to platinum card holders.

The new members include companies in the Asia-Pacific region, the United States, and Europe, most of them in the travel, dining, and entertainment businesses.

Some Asia-Pacific restaurants will give holders of platinum cards priority reservations, a free bottle of wine, and free parking. A company that sells safari trips will throw in a hot-air-balloon ride.

Discounts will kick in Oct. 1. Participating companies include Silversea Cruises, Sun Cruises, Galeries Lafayette Paris, Sheraton Hotels and Resorts, and Westin Hotels and Resorts.

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