About the application for the card
Can a minor apply for the card?
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Those who are aged 18 or older (excluding high-school students) can apply for the card at the Costco Global Counter of a warehouse store. An application by a minor requires an agreement of a person with parental authority.
May a housewife or part-timer apply for the card?
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A housewife or part-timer can also apply for the card. Note that we may reject an application depending on the result of the examination.
Can I issue a family card of Costco Global Card? How many family cards can be issued?
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You can issue only one family card of Costco Global Card.
Please explain the annual fee of Costco Global Card.
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The annual fee of Costco Global Card for the first year is free. The annual fee for the following years is 1,375 yen (including tax) but will be free if you use the card more than once in the year.
- *The period for which the annual fee will be free is one year from the month before the date of expiration of the card.
(e.g. If the month of expiration is June, May 1st of the preceding year to April 30th of this year)
Can I apply for Costco Global Card even if I am not a Costco member.
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You cannot apply for Costco Global Card without a Costco membership card issued in Japan. For the Costco membership, please contact the Costco customer service.
- Navigation dial: 0570-200-800
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- *About 8 yen/180 seconds from a land line, 20 yen/10 seconds from a mobile phone
- *The local call discount service of land line is not applicable.
- *For mobile phone, the free call/fixed fee service is not applicable.
- For a mobile phone fixed-rate plan, international call, or IP telephone: 03-6734-6477
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[Business hours] 9:00AM to 7:00PM (7 days a week)
- *Excluding January 1st
- *9:00AM to 8:00PM at normal time
- *Now, we are running the customer service with less staff attending the office for prevention of spread of the novel coronavirus. Because of it, we have shortened the business hours of the customer service as mentioned above. Sorry for inconvenience.
Application for the card
For application, the Costco membership number of the person who applies for the credit card (11 digits excluding 0 at the top) is required.
If you have no membership number
If you have a membership number
- *You cannot enter Costco with this card alone.
- *The Costco Global Card is available only for those who live in Japan and can understand the terms and conditions of membership in Japanese with an effective Costco membership issued in Japan.
- *The contact support is provided in Japanese.
- *Note that if you select the postal mail to be received only by yourself for delivery of the card, you will have to show a identity verification document
with a head shot. - *Confirm that the address entered in the application matches the address on the identification verification document.
Confirm rewards
Click here for the rewards of the executive membership
Click here for the rewards of Costco Global Card
- *1When you use the executive card at a Costco store, a reward of 2.0%*(up to 100 thousand yen) is given.
- *2For the executive members, an executive reward of 2.0% is given to the executive card.
- *3When you use Costco Global Card at a Costco store and any other store, rewards of 1.5% and 1.0%, respectively, are given.
- *There are some exceptions