CONSOLIDATED - What is the best travel credit card from India now
Jan 2, 2013, 2:08 am
#76
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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!
Jan 2, 2013, 2:48 am
#77
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One more card is there " ICICI Bank Sapphiro " with - Amex and MC version where you get direct membership to the Gold Elite tier of Flying Blue on purchasing one ticket... with 75K life time fee, you get Apple Macbook Air MC965. The downside is that you earn "payback points" on regular spends which is not useful for airmiles.
Jan 2, 2013, 2:51 am
#78
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Hi,
Your best bet would be ' premier miles card '. Standard chartered have the Ek card, however there is expiration of these miles and the earning value is v.v less using this card. It's a complete disaster.They would charge you Rs25000 upfront as card fee and would offer 25000 miles, which is sufficient for one rd trip to Dubai ( you could buy the tickets less than 25k).
ICICI BA card ----- Again 2 miles per Rs 100 or if you go with the most valuable card, the initial payment or the annual fee would make the features look like waste.
Premier miles card have the best value ( apart from jet card, however jet miles are useless for international markets --unless you fly business class on certain route, does have expiration ) --- They don't have any expiration and you could use it for 100 P.M - Rs 50 or transfer it to few FFP with 1:1 ===
The best part --- If you use this card on MMT or Yatra and DO NOT USE COUPON --- You would get complete miles as per 10 miles per Rs100.
I am not sure how many people notice it, but that's a fact.Most of the consolidators fare were charged on your card and thus, you would get miles as per the above criteria.
Thanks and Regards
taran_2005
Your best bet would be ' premier miles card '. Standard chartered have the Ek card, however there is expiration of these miles and the earning value is v.v less using this card. It's a complete disaster.They would charge you Rs25000 upfront as card fee and would offer 25000 miles, which is sufficient for one rd trip to Dubai ( you could buy the tickets less than 25k).
ICICI BA card ----- Again 2 miles per Rs 100 or if you go with the most valuable card, the initial payment or the annual fee would make the features look like waste.
Premier miles card have the best value ( apart from jet card, however jet miles are useless for international markets --unless you fly business class on certain route, does have expiration ) --- They don't have any expiration and you could use it for 100 P.M - Rs 50 or transfer it to few FFP with 1:1 ===
The best part --- If you use this card on MMT or Yatra and DO NOT USE COUPON --- You would get complete miles as per 10 miles per Rs100.
I am not sure how many people notice it, but that's a fact.Most of the consolidators fare were charged on your card and thus, you would get miles as per the above criteria.
Thanks and Regards
taran_2005
Jan 3, 2013, 3:52 am
#79
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One more card is there " ICICI Bank Sapphiro " with - Amex and MC version where you get direct membership to the Gold Elite tier of Flying Blue on purchasing one ticket... with 75K life time fee, you get Apple Macbook Air MC965. The downside is that you earn "payback points" on regular spends which is not useful for airmiles.
How long is the Gold Elite FB tier valid until? Lifetime?
Jan 3, 2013, 3:55 am
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The best part --- If you use this card on MMT or Yatra and DO NOT USE COUPON --- You would get complete miles as per 10 miles per Rs100.
I am not sure how many people notice it, but that's a fact.Most of the consolidators fare were charged on your card and thus, you would get miles as per the above criteria.
Thanks and Regards
taran_2005
Jan 3, 2013, 7:52 pm
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Jan 4, 2013, 1:52 am
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Jan 4, 2013, 2:42 am
#83
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Hi,
Your best bet would be ' premier miles card '. Standard chartered have the Ek card, however there is expiration of these miles and the earning value is v.v less using this card. It's a complete disaster.They would charge you Rs25000 upfront as card fee and would offer 25000 miles, which is sufficient for one rd trip to Dubai ( you could buy the tickets less than 25k).
Your best bet would be ' premier miles card '. Standard chartered have the Ek card, however there is expiration of these miles and the earning value is v.v less using this card. It's a complete disaster.They would charge you Rs25000 upfront as card fee and would offer 25000 miles, which is sufficient for one rd trip to Dubai ( you could buy the tickets less than 25k).
Jan 4, 2013, 2:44 am
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Jan 4, 2013, 3:05 am
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Jan 4, 2013, 3:31 am
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though i pay the fees purely because i get the miles and it is a cheaper way to get miles than to buy em 
Jan 4, 2013, 3:36 am
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I told them they could make up the generosity with extra Mithai at Diwali.
Jan 4, 2013, 6:52 am
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Jan 10, 2013, 10:03 am
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Originally Posted by AJLondon
Indeed! I had to "force" them to charge me the fees in July for that very reason.
I told them they could make up the generosity with extra Mithai at Diwali.
I told them they could make up the generosity with extra Mithai at Diwali.
Jan 10, 2013, 10:44 am
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