Best SBI Travel Credit Cards

IRCTC SBI Card Premier is a premium credit card designed especially for frequent rail travellers. Cardholders won’t have to pay payment gateway charges on rail and flight booking made via IRCTC website. Other benefits are:

Welcome Benefits

• 1,500 worth of reward points on payment of the first annual fee
• Movie voucher worth Rs. 500 from BMS on spending Rs. 2,000 within the first 60 days

Value Back Benefits

• 10% value back on berths reserved in 1^st Class, Tier-2, and Tier-3 Air Conditioned Compartments and on Executive Chair Car and Air Conditioned Chair Car
• 5% back on Air-tickets booked via IRCTC

Reward Points

• Up to 3 Reward Points per Rs. 125 spent on dining and standing instructions for utility bill payments.
• 1 Reward point per 125 spent on other retail spends, excluding fuel

Rail Lounge Program

• 2 free rail lounge visits per quarter.

Insurance Cover

• Rail Accident Insurance of Rs. 10 Lakhs
• Air Accident insurance of Rs. 50 Lakhs
• Fraud Liability cover of Rs. 1 Lakh

SBI Card, in association with Vistara Airlines, has launched 2 Club Vistara SBI Cards. The premium version of the card is called Club Vistara SBI Card PRIME. Top benefits provided by the card are:

Welcome Benefit

• 1 Vistara premium economy class ticket on payment of joining fee.

Club Vistara Membership

• Free Silver tier Membership to Club Vistara.

Rewards

• Earn 4 CV points per Rs. 200 spent
• Points can be used to purchase Air Vistara and partner airline tickets

Priority Pass Membership

• Complimentary Priority Pass Membership
• 4 free international lounge visits per year (Maximum 2 visits per quarter)

Insurance Benefit

• Air accident cover up to Rs. 1 Crore
• 6 flight cancellation covers, each up to Rs. 3,500
• Lost check-in baggage cover up to Rs. 72,000

There is another card that SBI Card has launched in association with Etihad Airways. It is called Etihad Guest SBI Card. It is suited for the travellers who prefer flying with Etihad Airways. Salient features of the card are:

Welcome Gifts

• 2,500 Etihad Guest Miles.

Reward Benefits

• 3 Miles per Rs. 100 spent on Etihad.com
• 2 Miles per Rs. 100 spent on International Spends
• 1 Mile per Rs. 100 spent on other spends, excluding fuel

Discounts

• Up to 10% off on Etihad Airways flight booking. 5% discount on travel rewards miles redemption.

Membership Benefit

• Etihad Guest Silver Tier Status after first transaction.

Milestone Benefits

Spent Amount	Benefit
Rs. 5 lakh	5,000 Etihad Guest miles
Rs. 10 lakh	1 companion voucher

Insurance Benefits

• Overseas air accident coverage of Rs. 25 lakh
• Fraud liability cover of Rs. 50,000
• Lost baggage allowance of up to USD 1,000

SBI Card has also launched credit cards in association with Air India. Below you can find the salient features of the premium offering Air India SBI Signature Card.

Welcome Benefits

• 20,000 reward points
• membership to Flying Returns, Air India Frequent Flyer Program

Rewards Program

• 4 points per Rs. 100 spent
• Up to 30 points per Rs. 100 spent on Air India website or mobile app

Milestone Benefits

• Up to 1 lakh bonus Reward points annually.

Lounge Access

• Get Priority Pass Membership
• 8 free annual visits to domestic VISA Lounges in India, Max. 2 visits per quarter

SBI Card, in association with Yatra.com, has launched the Yatra SBI Card. Through this card, users can avail lots of discounts on travel booking upon using Yatra website. Top features of the card are:

Welcome Offer

• Vouchers from Yatra worth Rs. 8,250.

Reward Points

• 6 points per Rs. 100 spent on departmental stores, grocery, dining, movies, etc.
• 1 point per Rs. 100 spent on other categories

Fuel Surcharge Waiver

• 1% fuel surcharge waiver across all petrol pumps. Maximum waiver can be Rs. 100 per month

Travel Benefits

• 1,000 off on domestic flight bookings on min. transaction of Rs. 5,000
• 4,000 off on international flight bookings on min. transaction of Rs. 40,000
• 20% off on domestic hotel bookings on min. transaction of Rs. 3,000. Max. discount can be Rs. 2,000

Insurance Coverage

• Air Accident Cover of Rs. 50 lakh