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When I am paying for my goods at a supermarket or _konbini_ , the cashier
always asks me that question. On dictionaries, the meaning of 宜しい is "fine /
good" and it made me confused, "What is good about the point card?"

Then I assumed that they actually asked me if I have a point card. I knew that
I can just say はい and show the cashier my point card if I have one. Well, I do
not own one so I usually respond 「カードがない 。」 but the cashier often seems
confused after hearing my answer.
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How to respond to ポイントカードが宜しいですか。
Japanese よい/いい/よろしい sometimes means "... is not necessary" or "fine without
..."

>   * コーヒーはいいです。 (Thank you but) I don't want coffee.
>   * いや、いいです。 No thanks. / I don't need it. (e.g., to a salesperson)
>   * その話はもういい。 That's enough!
>   * 言い訳はよろしい。 Don't make excuses.
>

Therefore, "ポイントカード **は** よろしいですか?" means something like "You don't want to
use a point card, right?" or "Are you okay without a point card?" I believe
the cashier said は, not が. ポイントカード **が** よろしいですか would mean "Do you rather
prefer a point card (over something else)?"

When you respond to it, はい or いいです means "I'm fine without it" or "I won't use
one". (If はい worked in your case, I think the cashier guessed your intention
from your gesture rather than your words.) If you want to use a point card,
you can say いや, あります or 使います.

カード **が** ない is indeed very confusing because it sounds like "My card is
missing!", i.e., you want to use a point card but just noticed you have lost
it. Read [this question](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/43213/5010) for
the reason. カード **は** ない at least works, although blunt.
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I agree with naruto. You can just say はい, いいです or 結構です. All of these mean "I
don't need that."

> Well, I do not own one so I usually respond 「カードがない 。」 but the cashier often
> seems confused after hearing my answer.

I guess that's because カードがない is ambiguous and I imagine the cashier thought
"did he lose his card? Or he left it in his home? Or he simply doesn't own
one?" A cashier is a routine work so it's no wonder they are used to はい, いいです,
結構です but カードがない. You are not wrong.
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