Th e Diner’s Club Card soon became a cultural icon.
Hollywood cashed in on the “charge-it craze” with
the 1962 movie, Th e Man from the Diner’s Club. In
it, an employee at Diner’s Club issues a credit card
to a well-known gangster and has to get it back in
order to keep his job. Th e Ideal Toy Corporation
joined in the trend when it created a board game
called the Diner’s Club Game. Th e idea of the credit
card quickly expanded outside the United States.
Th e Diner’s Club Card became the fi rst international
charge card in 1952 with franchises in Canada,
France, and Cuba. In 1955, Western Airlines became
the fi rst airline to accept the Diner’s Club Card. Ten
years later, the card was accepted by every airline
in the United States. Diner’s Club expanded its
services to hotels, car rentals, and other businesses.