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ICICI Sapphiro Dual (Master and Amex) to Visa Conversion Successful in August 2024

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I already know that there are many threads on this point and members are talking about this topic.
Some members are saying that you can not convert, some are saying dual variant will be closed etc....
I will try to answer all question and myths about the conversion.

Here is my journey to convert Sapphiro Dual card to Visa One:
I successfully converted the Dual Card into Visa Card (By talking customer care), here are the Steps:

1. 01 August 2024: I talked to Customer Care to convert Dual Variant to Visa Variant.
Received email regarding telephonic conversation on the same day and CCE said "They will process it for approval, It may take 3-4 working days"

2. 05 Aug 2024: Again received a call and email about card conversion is approved and will be processed with in 7 working days.
The email was clearly mentioned that : Post issuance of sapphiro Visa card your exiting card amex and master variants will be cancelled. (It Doesn't matter for me because I just want to try myself and see the results).

3. 10 Aug 2024: I randomly checked iMobile and the Sapphiro Visa Variant was showing. There was total 3 Sapphiro cards. (Visa Variant is Signature)

4. 12 Aug 2024: Received email confirmation about dispatch of Sapphiro Visa Variant along with AWB number and sms from both ICICI and Bluedart.
5. 13 Aug 2024: I received Physical Card and it was Signature variant. (Still Dual variant is active)
6. 15 Aug 2024: I activated Visa Variant and purchased the CIBIL subscription. (Still Dual variant is active)
7. 17 Aug 2024: I received the physical Dream Folks Card for the visa variant. I have activated it in DF apps. (Still Dual variant is active)

8. 20 Aug 2024: Bill generated as per old billing cycle. (Still Dual variant is active)
9. 20 Dec 2024: Dual variant is still active.

Final Verdict: Both variant are active. I did not received any call form ICICI Bank regarding activation.
I called ICICI Bank to confirm that Visa Variant is LTF or not. CCE says: It's Life Time FREE.

So the variant conversion is still on and it doesn't matter that you have activated the new card or not.
 
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karanbir said:
card received yesterday! cancellation of the existing pair of dual sapphiro cards auto initiated by the team
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I think there is no drawback in changing from MC+Amex dual card combo to single Visa card, right?
I also notice that these cards don't work on tap-to-pay machines often (it's enabled) while my other visa cards work flawlessly.
Would you recommend someone trying this migration in general or with some caveats and use-case based?

Does either of these two cards give any kind of offer on a single BMS ticket purchase by any chance?
 
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nixflix said:
I think there is no drawback in changing from MC+Amex dual card combo to single Visa card, right?
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No drawback
nixflix said:
I also notice that these cards don't work on tap-to-pay machines often (it's enabled) while my other visa cards work flawlessly.
Would you recommend someone trying this migration in general or with some caveats and use-case based?
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Amex variant one can be used for Amex offers if you don't have any other core Amex variant cards. Visa card Lounge spend is required to meet once to use all 4 access per quarter and MC + Amex needs individually 75K spends.
nixflix said:
Does either of these two cards give any kind of offer on a single BMS ticket purchase by any chance?
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No
One fun fact I noticed you can use the offer for non-movie tickets also.
 
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nixflix said:
Does either of these two cards give any kind of offer on a single BMS ticket purchase by any chance?
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only advantage I see with VISA for BMS is that, if you want to book 4 tickets at once, you can do that in a single transaction on VISA, whereas for dual variant you'd have to transact twice, minor downside is some times the adjacent seats might get booked by someone else. To negotiate this you can book simultaneously from multiple tabs on the browser.
 
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sri_cc said:
only advantage I see with VISA for BMS is that, if you want to book 4 tickets at once, you can do that in a single transaction on VISA, whereas for dual variant you'd have to transact twice, minor downside is some times the adjacent seats might get booked by someone else. To negotiate this you can book simultaneously from multiple tabs on the browser.
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we dont get discount of two tickets if we book only two ? If no they visa seems no use,
 
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