Good stuff A2A.. Looking forward to the series!

guys, do let me know of other mileage earning cards you use which i could/should be reviewing. you can post here or PM me. thanks

Another mile earning card is by indusind bank miles n more card. It has two series - platinum n signature card. here is linkhttp://www.indusind.com/indusind/web/wcms/en/home/personal-banking/creditcards/co-brandedcc/milesnmorecc.html

Signature card entry fees 7500/ & gives bonus of 10000 points & 3 points per 100/- spend. Important is these points do not expire.:)

thanks, that is on my radar. This is the Deutsche Bank card (see the lufthansa connection ;) ) which was taken over by M&M. However, will review it soon.

This *was* the DB-M+M card.

IndusInd-M+M for some time now...

If you maintain SEN status, no fee.

However, LH keeps upping the requirements for upgrades using miles, and soon (September 2012) will stop allowing Z-class (and P-class as well, I would assume) from being upgraded into First... :td:

(This is *after* they raised India-Germany Z to F upgrades from 50k miles to 65k miles!)

yeah. that is what i meant.

Well written, and another nice read. Thanks for sharing! I'm curious if they'll let a non-Indian Citizen (I have my PAN card and OCI status) hold this card. I do receive income in India and have an established residency there, although I actually live in the US for 99% of the year.

Just thinking of how much I could possibly mint by using this for my day-to-day purchases (assuming a card with no/minimal foreign fees) makes me smile...

Yes, they should.

Further note that most Indian credit cards now charge 3.5% on foreign transactions - which should make you think twice about using them in the US!

However, there are so many other and better options in the US - use them and benefit!

the new Citibank premier miles
 

Here we go with the new visa signature premier miles cc that citi is offering: now reviewed...

http://boardingarea.com/blogs/livefromalounge/2012/05/27/sunday-plastic-the-new-citibank-premier-miles-credit-card/

spicejet SBI Credit Card
 

SBI and Spicejet 're'launched the cobranded credit card recently. not a mileage earning card but easy way to get discounts if you like spicejet a lot. and easy to get (it is a titanium tier card..)

http://boardingarea.com/blogs/livefr...m-credit-card/

Credit cards accruing FFPs with airline alliances
 

Folks

Are there any Credit Cards in India on which one can accrue FF miles on the FFP of any Star Alliance OR Oneworld member airline?



Thanks and happy 2013!

premiermiles solves your problem

Thank you! This is very useful.

Just another clarification. I assume there are no CCs linked to a specific *Alliance or OW airline, am I correct?

Actually I found a website www.ratekhoj.com. I see there are also LH and EK cards on offer but the earn rate us best on premiermiles. So thank you, again!

Besides the JP HDFC CC & JP ICICI CC, I know of the following 3:

* EK CC by StandardChartered
* BA Premium CC by ICICI (OW, also on AMEX)
* Miles & More CC (*A) by IndusIndBank (after they acquired Deutsche Bank's CC division)