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Infinia Infinia vs Atlas vs Marquee - For online spends without Gyftr vouchers

jar89

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Just trying to understand which among these cards is better for online spends where gyftr is not used and also not doing the transaction in smartbuy or travel edge portal.

I have few online spends every month like
1) community utility bill (paid through ADDA app - tried using all 3 cards and the MCC provides RPs)
2) Few cosmetology related medicines which are purchased directly from the website etc.

I use points only for flights and hotel bookings. And w.r.t miles, I convert to Accor, Kris flyer, Qatar Avios mostly and Marriott (only my Amex points - so not applicable in this scenario).
Considering this, below is my calculation and I am inclined towards Yes Marquee which gives me freedom to book any flights/hotels. And if am particular with a specific partner for mile conversion then Atlas.

Please suggest any better thought process or better optimization.

Lets take an eg of 5000 Rs.
Infinia - 5000/150 = 33*5 = 166 (Equivalent to 166 Rs for flights, hotels, apple etc on smartbuy and (166/2) * 1.8 = 149 for Accor (considering normal conversion and no bonus))
Marquee - 5000/200 = 25*36 = 900 (Equivalent to 225 Rs for flights, hotels on Yes rewardz)
Atlas - 5000/100 = 50*2 = 100 (Equivalent to 100 Rs for flights, hotels on travel edge and 100*2*1.8 = 360 for Accor (considering normal conversion and no bonus))
 
Atlas gives 2500 bonus miles on reaching 3L spends and additional 2500 miles on reaching 7.5L spends. So net reward rate goes up to ~5.2%. I am not factoring in the joining fees, renewal fees etc...

This is followed by SBI Cashback card - it will give 5% on medicine websites you mentioned, but not sure of ADDA. By the way ADDA charges very high convenience fees to the tune of 2.4% for our society

This is followed by Yes Marquee and Infinia
 
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