Premier Club

The Premier Club is an enhanced membership subscription available roughly during December–January, from 2012 onwards. Benefits include discounts from Solomon's General Store, and promotional pets and cosmetic items. The club comes in three tiers: Bronze, Silver and Gold.

Gold Premier Club members can access the Premier Club Vault once a month to gain some rewards, including experience lamps, stars, and skilling packs.

Premier Club 2018
Premier Club 2018 is available from 24 November 2017.

* VIP Chat Badges are toggleable and have a separate chat version for Player Moderators.

Premier Club 2017
Premier Club 2017 was available from 28 November 2016 until the end of 5 February 2017.

* VIP Chat Badges are toggleable and have a separate chat version for Player Moderators.

Premier Club 2016
Premier Club 2016 was available from 30 November 2015 until 1 February 2016.



* VIP Chat Badges are toggleable and have a separate chat version for Player Moderators.

Premier Club 2015
Premier Club 2015 was available from 1 December 2014 until 3 February 2015.

* VIP Chat Badges are toggleable and have a separate chat version for Player Moderators. ** PayPal Exclusives include: *** Promotional Items include:
 * Samurai outfit and Owari overrides
 * Kirin
 * Lava wings and Lava hood overrides
 * Bloodblade wings

Premier Club 2014
Premier Club was available from 3 December 2013 until 2 February 2014, and was the first deal buyable with bonds as well as conventional methods.

* VIP Chat Badges are toggleable and have a separate chat version for Player Moderators. ** Promotional items include :
 * Bloodpouncer
 * Skypouncer outfit
 * Capoeira outfit
 * Aurora armour
 * Sinister clown face
 * All promotional items from pre-paid cards that were released during 2014

Premier Club 2013
Premier Club 2013 was available from 20 December 2012 to 4 February 2013.



* The Paladin outfit is obtained with the bronze and silver packages, while the Paladin Hero outfit is obtained with the gold package.

** Cosmetic items include : On 22 October 2013, the following items were also made available:
 * Ornate katana
 * Green skin
 * Turkey hat
 * Barbed bow
 * Flaming skull
 * Scarecrow mask
 * Lightning pack
 * Capoeira outfit
 * Aurora armour
 * Skypouncer outfit
 * Bloodpouncer
 * Sinister clown face

Premier Club 2014
If you were to add up the items that can be purchased separately (Membership, Spins/Treasure Hunter keys, Loyalty points): Note: 1 RuneCoin is worth roughly 387 loyalty points. The value of Membership & SOF spins remained the same but the value from RuneCoins to Loyalty points has reduced.
 * The Bronze premier club is worth $23.18USD + Cosmetics
 * The Silver premier club is worth $88.52USD (approx.) + Cosmetics & other benefits
 * The Gold premier club is worth $180.12USD (approx.) + Cosmetics & other benefits

Note: Jagex valued the Bloodpouncer pet as $35USD. This has not been included in the calculation.

Premier Club 2013
If you were to add up the items that can be purchased separately (Membership, Spins & RuneCoins):
 * The Bronze premier club is worth $21.95USD + Cosmetics
 * The Silver premier club is worth $97.35USD (approx.) + Cosmetics & other benefits
 * The Gold premier club is worth $212.60USD (approx.) + Cosmetics & other benefits

Controversy
Some controversies arose when the premier club was announced:
 * According to some players, they would have to pay more money for membership once the premier club membership time ran out, even if they were paying less before (grandfathered in before Jagex increased the price from $5.00 USD to $5.95 USD). This angered many players who were paying only $5.00 a month, since they thought they would be paying the lower price once their premier club ran out. In the Premier Club FAQ thread on the forums Jagex has clarified that the price you pay will not change, you will be able to continue with the same subscription price after the 3, 6 or 12 months.
 * For the players who bought Gold premier club, the vanity items were not added if they already had some or all of the items. Some players viewed this as a waste of money, and voiced concern that the recently-released Bloodpouncer pet should have been added as well. This appears to be rectified as of 22 October 2013.
 * Jagex had said that the vanity items would disappear forever, making them rare items and only obtainable from Gold membership. However a couple of months later Jagex released some of the vanity items on the Solomon General store; players who used a keepsake key on a Flaming Skull were not refunded which led to some negative feedback threads about the Gold premier club on the RuneScape Forums.