Amazon benefits going away from HDFC Smartbuy portal

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Few days ago one of our member @Rishi Singh posted an article in credit card - general section, that amazon India going to pull out from all affiliate programs.
Today HDFC Bank published a notice on their smartbuy portal, effective from 1st July, 2022 amazon India benefits (accelerated reward point/cashback) will no longer be available via smartbuy portal.



End of an era 😢 it's a huge devaluation for HDFC Infinia & DCB credit card holders.
Anyway... we have to accept this devaluation, and we have to find some similar rewarding options for amazon.
What do you think? What is the best available alternatives?

 

[Rishi Singh]

Few days ago one of our member @Rishi Singh posted an article in credit card - general section, that amazon India going to pull out from all affiliate programs.
Today HDFC Bank published a notice on their smartbuy portal, effective from 1st July, 2022 amazon India benefits (accelerated reward point/cashback) will no longer be available via smartbuy portal.

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End of an era 😢 it's a huge devaluation for HDFC Infinia & DCB credit card holders.
Anyway... we have to accept this devaluation, and we have to find some similar rewarding options for amazon.
What do you think? What is the best available alternatives?

Sorry to be the bearer of this Bad news... Will take time to recover from this loss🥲... HDFC... Please no more surprises🙏...
If anyone finds out anything that can save us after this, then please let me know too as majority of our purchases are through Amazon...
Imagine! flipkart is still there with its measly 3x points... I haven't purchased anything from flipkart in ages... Never trusted them..
If amazon vouchers are still available at 2.5% surcharge in smartbuy, I would still prefer them over Flipkart link or even Flipkart vouchers which offer 5x points..
Might as well just keep buying 10k amazon vouchers every month and keep them stacked for use when needed for big purchases...