India, June 13 -- Costco executive-level members will be privy to a new range of privileges, as introduced by the company via a mail sent to all its members on June 11. Starting June 30, people who have purchased the $130-a-year executive-level membership for Costco will be privy to a range of new benefits.

Costco stores will now open an hour prior to regular timings for executive members. The new timings will allow 9 AM to 10 AM access from Monday through Friday, 9 AM to 9:30 AM on Saturdays, and 9 AM to 10 AM on Sundays. This perk had existed previously as well but was phased out in recent years. Additionally, the warehouse will shut down an hour later (by 7 PM) on Saturday for executive members.

Executive members will now receive a $...