Minimum Income | Annual Fee – 1st Year | Annual Fee – 2nd Year Onwards | Special Benefits | Other Important Benefits | |
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Amazon Pay ICICI Bank Credit Card APPLY NOW |
Not Specified |
Fee : ₹0 Offer : Welcome offers worth ₹2000 (for Amazon Prime members), and ₹1500 (for non-Prime members) |
Fee : ₹0 |
5% cashback on Amazon India for Amazon Prime members, 3% cashback on Amazon India for non-Prime members |
2% cashback on 100+ Amazon Pay partners |
Flipkart Axis Bank Credit Card APPLY NOW |
Salaried : ₹15,000 per month |
Fee : ₹500 |
Fee : ₹500 Offer : Fee waived, if you spend ₹3.50 lakhs or more in the previous year |
5% cashback on Flipkart , 4% cashback on preferred merchants – Swiggy || Uber || PVR || Cleartrip || Tata Play || Cult Fit |
Complimentary airport lounge access in India (upto 4 times per year) |
HDFC Bank Millennia Credit Card APPLY NOW |
Salaried : ₹35,000 per month |
Fee : ₹1000 Offer : Welcome offer worth ₹1000 |
Fee : ₹1000 Offer : Fee waived, if you spend ₹1,00,000 or more in the previous year |
5% cashback on preferred merchants including Amazon & Flipkart |
Complementary visits to domestic airport lounges in India (upto 2 times per quarter) |
Cashback SBI Credit Card APPLY NOW |
Not specified |
Fee : ₹999 |
Fee : ₹999 Offer : Fee waived, if you spend ₹2,00,000 or more in the previous year |
5% cashback on all online purchases |
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BPCL SBI Octane Credit Card APPLY NOW |
Not Specified |
Fee : ₹1499 Offer : Welcome offer worth ₹1500 |
Fee : ₹1499 Offer : Fee waived, if you spend ₹2 lakhs or more in the previous year |
7.25% benefit rate on BPCL fuel purchases – only on purchases upto ₹10,000 per month |
Complimentary airport lounge access in India – once per calendar quarter |
Minimum Income | Annual Fee – 1st Year | Annual Fee – 2nd Year Onwards | Special Benefits | Other Important Benefits | |
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Amazon Pay ICICI Bank Credit Card APPLY NOW |
Not Specified |
Fee : ₹0 Offer : Welcome offers worth ₹2000 (for Amazon Prime members), and ₹1500 (for non-Prime members) |
Fee : ₹0 |
5% cashback on Amazon India for Amazon Prime members, 3% cashback on Amazon India for non-Prime members |
2% cashback on 100+ Amazon Pay partners |
Flipkart Axis Bank Credit Card APPLY NOW |
Salaried : ₹15,000 per month |
Fee : ₹500 |
Fee : ₹500 Offer : Fee waived, if you spend ₹3.50 lakhs or more in the previous year |
5% cashback on Flipkart , 4% cashback on preferred merchants – Swiggy || Uber || PVR || Cleartrip || Tata Play || Cult Fit |
Complimentary airport lounge access in India (upto 4 times per year) |
HDFC Bank Millennia Credit Card APPLY NOW |
Salaried : ₹35,000 per month |
Fee : ₹1000 Offer : Welcome offer worth ₹1000 |
Fee : ₹1000 Offer : Fee waived, if you spend ₹1,00,000 or more in the previous year |
5% cashback on preferred merchants including Amazon & Flipkart |
Complementary visits to domestic airport lounges in India (upto 2 times per quarter) |
Cashback SBI Credit Card APPLY NOW |
Not specified |
Fee : ₹999 |
Fee : ₹999 Offer : Fee waived, if you spend ₹2,00,000 or more in the previous year |
5% cashback on all online purchases |
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BPCL SBI Octane Credit Card APPLY NOW |
Not Specified |
Fee : ₹1499 Offer : Welcome offer worth ₹1500 |
Fee : ₹1499 Offer : Fee waived, if you spend ₹2 lakhs or more in the previous year |
7.25% benefit rate on BPCL fuel purchases – only on purchases upto ₹10,000 per month |
Complimentary airport lounge access in India – once per calendar quarter |
₹0
✓ Welcome offer : Amazon Prime members get welcome offers worth ₹2000 , Non-Prime members get welcome offers worth ₹1500
Not Specified
3%-5% cashback on Amazon India :
– Amazon Prime members : Earn ₹5 (in Amazon Pay balance) on every ₹100 you spend on Amazon India – no monthly limit on spending
– All
Benefits
– Very good benefit rate for people who like to shop on Amazon India – 5% unlimited cashback (for Prime users) and 3% unlimited cashback (for non-Prime users).
– 2% unlimited cashback rate on over 100+ Amazon Pay Partners provides more opportunities to earn rewards.
– Not only is the Amazon Pay ICICI Bank Credit Card free for life, it also has very good welcome offers.
– High cashback rewards on Amazon have no monthly spending limit to earn these rewards, unlike many other credit cards in the market. Hence it is easier to understand since you don’t have to track your monthly credit card purchases to benefit from high reward rates.
Drawbacks
– For consumers who do not shop too much on Amazon or prefer in-store shopping, the cashback rate of 1% is not attractive.
– No lifestyle benefits such as complimentary airport lounge access
– 5% cashback is restricted to Prime members only
₹500
✓ Welcome offer of ₹600 : Flipkart vouchers worth ₹500 || 50% discount on Swiggy (upto ₹100)
✓ Renewal offer : Annual fee is not charged from the 2nd year onwards, if you spend ₹3.50 lakhs or more in the previous year.
Salaried : ₹15,000 per month
Self-employed : ₹30,000 per month
5% cashback on Flipkart : Earn ₹5 on every ₹100 you spend on Flipkart. There is no limit on the spending amount, to earn these rewards.
4% cashback on preferred merchants – Swiggy
Benefits
– 5% unlimited special cashback on Flipkart purchases
– 4% unlimited special cashback rate on specific merchants, such as Swiggy, Uber, PVR, Cleartrip, Tata Play, Cult Fit
– Complimentary airport lounge access at selected domestic airports – 4 per calendar year. This is not very common on cards with a similar low annual fee
– Welcome offers worth ₹600
Drawbacks
– High annual spend target (₹2,00,000) to get renewal fee waiver. However, this card provides many opportunities to earn rewards, making it possible to achieve this annual spend target of ₹2 lakhs.
₹1,000
✓ Welcome Offer : You get 1000 CashPoints worth ₹1,000 on the payment of the joining fee. Additionally, you also get a limited period joining offer worth ₹1500 (in the form of Amazon vouchers), when applying for the card online. Click here for details.
✓ Renewal Offer : Renewal fee is not charged, if you spend ₹1,00,000 or more in the previous year
Salaried : ₹35,000 per month
Self-Employed : ₹6 lakhs per year
5% cashback on preferred merchants – Amazon || Flipkart || Myntra || Tata CLiQ || Swiggy || Zomato || BookMyShow || Sony LIV || Cult.fit || Uber
You earn ₹5 , on ever
Benefits
– 5% cashback at important and relevant merchants including Amazon & Flipkart – catering to your shopping, entertainment and other needs
– Attractive annual free related offers – while the first year annual fee is compensated by joining benefits, the credit card is virtually free if you spend ₹1 lakh or more in a year.
– Free visits (2 per quarter) to airport lounges in India.
Drawbacks
– Not a good credit card for those who do not like to spend online, and like in-store shopping and spending
– 5% cashback is restricted to certain merchants
– Monthly spend limit of ₹20,000 – to earn 5% cashback on the given set of 10 merchants
₹999
✓ Renewal fee offer : Annual fee is not charged from the second year onwards, if you spend ₹2 lakhs or more in the previous year
✓ Welcome offer maybe available from time to time , usually only for online applications
Not specified
5% cashback on all online spends , 1% cashback on all other spends
– You earn ₹5 , on every ₹100 you spend on online transactions. You earn ₹1 , on every ₹100 y
Benefits
– Good card for those comfortable with online shopping – high rate of 5% accelerated cashback on all online purchases. Other online shopping cashback cards offering high cashback may have some restrictions in terms of offering cashback only on certain merchants.
– Although the card does not have welcome offers, and a high renewal fee spend waiver of ₹2 lakhs per year, the high cashback rate on a very wide category of purchases may make it possible to achieve this renewal fee waiver target of ₹2 lakhs, as well as make up for lack of welcome offers
Drawbacks
– Not a good card for those who are not comfortable with online shopping , since cashback rate of 1% is low for such purchases
– High annual spend target (₹2,00,000) to get renewal fee waiver.
₹1499
✓ Welcome Offer : You get 6000 reward points worth ₹1500 , within 30 days of annual fee payment.
✓ Renewal Offer : Annual fee from the 2nd year onwards is not charged, if you spend ₹2 lakh or more in the previous year
Not Specified
7.25% earning on fuel purchases :
– 6.25% special benefit on BPCL fuel purchases : You earn 25 reward points worth ₹6.25 , on every ₹100 you spend at BPCL pumps –
Benefits
– Very attractive benefit rate of 7.25%% on monthly fuel spends at BPCL outlets – 6.25% on fuel purchases PLUS 1% waiver on fuel surcharge
– 1st year annual fee is compensated by joining benefits of ₹1500.
– Annual fee from 2nd year onwards is waived off at ₹2 lakh annual card spend. Hence the card is virtually free if you spend ₹2 lakh or more per year. Since the card gives a good benefit rate of 2.50% on groceries, departmental stores, movies & dining, one can use it for these categories as well (in addition to fuel) and achieve the ₹2 lakh spend target. Especially if you do not want to get multiple specialist cards for different categories of your spends.
– Milestone benefits : Most fuel cards do not offer milestone benefits, but BPCL SBI Octane cardholders get e-Gift Vouchers worth ₹2,000 (from Aditya Birla Fashion Or Yatra Or Bata/Hush Puppies) , on achieving annual card spend of ₹3 lakhs.
– Airport lounge access: Cardholders get upto 4 complimentary visits per calendar year to domestic VISA lounges in India (maximum 1 visit per calendar quarter).
– Cardholders also get a complimentary ‘fraud liability’ insurance cover of ₹1 lakh, giving peace of mind in case the card is misused.
Drawbacks
– Accelerated fuel rewards are only available at BPCL Outlets, so one needs to plan more and go to particular BPCL petrol pumps to get fuel filled.
– High annual fee (₹1499) and annual free waiver of ₹2,00,000. Though this is compensated by higher benefits on fuel purchases, as well as a good benefit rate on some shopping and entertainment spends.