Camping Key. Poor experience

To achieve what? 

Some people just won't accept any assistance ET.

I wonder why the club left the FICC?

Just as an aside I experienced a dreadful, and I mean dreadful, experience of utter incompetence from both the club and the printers of the card a couple of years ago. I can sympathise with the OP about trying to get any sense out of the club on this matter.

I seem to recall that the CCI (Camping Caret) card wasn't accepted in Scandinavia but the Key Card was and also the rest of Europe. This could be another reason why the Club decided to change? 

https://www.campingkeyeurope.se/en

David

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I think there was more to it than just cost saving AD? DK you are correct,Scandinavia did not accept the CCI card. When I travelled from Calais to Norway I had to buy a Scandinavian Card (no now longer available) to stay on Swedish camp sites. The Key card, backed by the >Camping Card Alliance< replaces the Scandinavian Card and is supposed to be accpted Europe wide although this does not seem to be supported by everyone.  Like AD I get the CCI card from the C&CC. It does seem to be more acceptable to sites.

peedee

I show campsites my passport if they ask - and sometimes they take a photo copy. I show them my driving licence if they want my address - and sometimes they take a photo copy of that .  But in France I find that many sites don't ask for either these days. ACSI is ever useful, but I  don't think I have ever needed a Camping Key card - and as I don't buy Red Pennant I don't get one and bravely go without. Reckless ! 

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Possibley reckless EuroT, just depends on your attitude to risk. The only reason I like to carry a CCI card is for the third party insurance it offers when on a campsite.  I have never had any discounts with it if they take it as ID then so much the better. I think I have paid for it only on one occasion that I remember, mostly it comes as part of a package. The  £5 cost is peanuts compared to all the other costs incurred when on the Continent. In my experince what a campsite will accept when booking in depends on which countries you are in and what the local law demands. Increasingly passports are demanded and should this be a requirement  I carry copies.

peedee

I think years ago discounts used to be more common with the CCI card but since the growth of ACSI many of the sites that may have offered a discount for CCI are now in ACSI scheme so I expect the opportunity for discounts with any card are fairly limited. Unless it's changed in the last couple of years I don't recall any issues with needing to provide ID on French campsites beyond them holding on the the ACSI card if using one of their sites. We always carried a Camping Card but it was rarely used. Very similar situation in Germany, Netherlands and Austria. Italy was always the place where you seemed to be asked for your passport but even then I don't recall a site that wanted to keep it beyond the booking in process.

David