Before you read on:
ICICI Platinum - ₹2,50,000
HDFC Millennia - ₹1,00,000
Axis Privilege/Myzone - ₹99,000 (shared limit)
This is my 14-year long but insignificant credit card journey:
Citibank
2010 (this was a time when I was happy paying only minimum due)
Citibank Titanium (forgot fee but waived off option on spends) - ₹37,000 in April. Increased to ₹55,000 in Jan 2011 then ₹83,250 in April 2015.
In 2016, I took a ₹5,21,000 loan on credit card without bothering about interest rate and without a plan to pay it off (big mistake)
ICICI and Kotak
2015
ICICI Coral (ltf with ₹1.25 lakh funding in saving account) in October
Kotak Urbane (ltf with Kotak salary account) in October
Same with these two. I was happy paying off only minimum due
Along with this, took a ₹1 lakh personal loan with Kotak at 19% interest for two years (without a plan to pay it off)
Lost my job, found but kept losing jobs and freelancing opportunities
2017
Found myself with almost 9 lakhs in debt and my cibil score tanking and talking to the Mariana trench. Struggled through jobs until 2018 July.
November - somehow paid off Kotak loan
2018
December - settled and closed Kotak Urbane
2019
January - Paid off ICICI Coral. Wanted to close, but bank convinced me to downgrade to Platinum - ₹55,000 (ltf).
February - went back to my old ways (had no choice. Had to pay off Citibank debt)
2021
March - Paid off ICICI Platinum. From next month, made regular spends and paying off as I had a stable job. I still am in this job as of July 2023.
2022
Axis Neo - ₹99,000 (250 + GST) with Axis salary account
2023
Axis Neo upgraded to Axis Privilege in Feb 2023/2nd card Axis Myzone in Jan 2023 - ₹99,000 (shared limit)
March 2023 - Paid off Citibank cc and loan on cc
May 2023 - HDFC Millennia - ₹1,00,000 (ltf) with HDFC savings account
ICICI Platinum - limit increased to ₹2,50,000 in June 2023
Note: I wrote the journey first and then wrote the limits later. Apologies for this. Could not help it as this is the first time I am reflecting on my credit journey. Cibil score little above 750. Ready to apply for more cards (mostly ltf) so I can make the list longer and improve cibil score.