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Latest working methods to pay credit card bill from debit cards

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1a) RBL signature + dc: Pay using sbi unipay. 1% cashback for cc bill payment upto 1000rs pm. Extra 5,000 Rs voucher if spend of 5L or more in a year. Fees 5.9k issuance (get 5k voucher) and 1.8k annual (waived off on 3L spends). Can open multiple accounts with same pan to get multiple dc.

1b) RBL Enterprise dc: Pay using sbi unipay. 5% cb on paying cc bills upto 1k monthly. 9k vouchers if spend of 15L in an year. Fees of 2.2k annual. On joining, 8.9k fees and you get 8.5k voucher.

2) HDFC PLATINUM debit card: Pay using sbi unipay for 1% cashback upto Rs750 pm. No cashback for payment through mobikwik, Cred, paytm, Cheq. Fees 750 (waived for certain account categories).

3) HDFC Millennia debit card: Pay using sbi unipay to get 2.5% cashback or load wallet (Amazon(full kyc req) or mobikwik) and then pay cc bill using wallet balance to get 1% cashback. Total combined cashback monthly limit 400. Fees 500 (waived for certain account categories). Use Bill desk QR code to pay cc bill from amazon wallet.

4) Indusind exclusive or select debit cards (around ~0.9% cashback): There are 2 main cards : visa signature and Mastercard World. Both can be held together and free of charge with select or exclusive accounts. Use paytm or SBI Unipay for visa. Sbi unipay or Payzapp for mastercard variant. Do note, these dc have incremental rewards, so if spend is 10k only <0.5% rewards.
For mc world and visa signature each : Cashback limit is Rs 1050 per month on spends of 112k. Max 3000 reward points at 35 paise.
*Visa Platinum card has been devalued w.e.f November, so removed from above.

5) FI money ( infinity or salary variant): Pay using sbi unipay or using cred through FI Upi. Pay 1.5k multiple times. Get 2% cashback. Max cashback of Rs30 per tranx. Rs.100 per day, 500 per month.

6) IDFC Debit cards: Pay using sbi unipay.
Reward rate and dc fees depends on account type:
For wealth account: 0.67% rewards till 50k(online spends). 2.5% rewards post 50k. Rs.12.5k rewards max monthly. So, around Rs.5.36L transaction can be done.
For Select account: 0.5% rewards till 50k(online spends). 2.5% rewards post 50k. Rs.7.5k rewards max monthly. So, around Rs.3.4L transactions can be done.
For basic account: 0.33% rewards till 50k(online spends). 1.67% rewards post 50k. Rs.2k rewards max monthly. So, around Rs.1.6L transactions can be done.

7) Axis Liberty dc: Pay using sbi unipay. For 60k spends in a calendar qtr, get 750 cashback. Bonus tip: spend 10k on gift edge/Amazon (incl gift voucher)/ FK during weekend and get 500Rs reward pm. Dc fees apply.

8) Other dc: Sbi physical dc 0.25% on all except account to wallet/account to account. Jupiter (1% upto Rs150 on sbi unipay; 2% using upi for select accounts). Union bank signature 1% unlimited. Standard Chartered Infinite Priority 1.25% unlimited vouchers on wallet/utility etc.

Alternative to SBI unipay: ‘Airtel’ (2 merchant names, both work), Canara bbps/setu website (https://billpe.setu.co/1449602066912642206) , Navi app. They only support bbps cc bill payment. These give 4900 (utility) mcc.

Ongoing issues
(1)
For Non-BBPS CC billers (like Amex or SC), you cannot use SBI Unipay and most other apps. You can load Amazon wallet or payzapp wallet using debit cards which give points on Wallet load (like HDFC Millenia) and pay using the bill desk website. Alternatively, you can use cc issuer NEFT/UPI details as well.
Amex: https://www.americanexpress.com/in/...-statements-and-balance/making-a-payment.html
SC: https://www.sc.com/in/credit-cards/payment-option/

(2) HDFC Billpay service has changed it's MCC, so avoid using that. Use Unipay instead.
(3) Indus dc points are not regular, so will have to wait and still no guarantee that you will get the points or correct number of points.
(4): Some have reported idfc dc is blocked while account is active. You can complaint to idfc, it gets solved in 3-5 days.
(5) SBI Unipay does not allow to pay SBI CC bill when you are logged in for some users. So, dont login and you will be able to pay SBI CC bill.


Estimated timelines for rewards : https://www.technofino.in/community...-card-bill-from-debit-cards.25788/post-777326

SBI dc rewards update from 1st May. Details here
https://www.technofino.in/community...-card-bill-from-debit-cards.25788/post-643329

AU bank and standard chartered bank dc: see here https://www.technofino.in/community/threads/best-debit-card-for-credit-card-bill-payment-2024.26178/
 

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Guys, I have to pay ₹1,23,000 CC bill for a single card by 2nd October. I have the following options/constraints and want to optimize the cashback/reward.

Constraints:
1. I can pay a max of ₹37,700 through HDFC Platinum DC to get 1% cashback.
2. I can pay a max of ₹55,000 (₹5,000+₹25,000+₹25,000) through SBI DCs before 20th Sept to get 1.25% back.
3. I have IDFC DC that gives 0.5% worth of reward points on initial ₹50,000 spends and then 1.67% worth of reward points on spends above ₹50,000

Possible Ways:
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Please help me with the following queries:
1. Am I missing something? Is there something I should pay attention to with the first method, where I pay the entire amount through the IDFC DC?
2. How risky is it to go with the 4th option? (I am keeping it as a backup in case I have missed something regarding the IDFC reward point cap, etc. I will also be looking into tuning the 2nd option in case the 1st option gets dropped due to max reward capping or something.)
3. Any other better suggestions for paying the CC bill?
The calculation for SBI DC rewards isn't accurate. Let me explain:

You will earn 1.25%, but only up to 1,000 points (this includes the 5x rewards). This means that for any spending above ₹20,000 (as a safe amount), you'll only receive 0.25% rewards instead of 1.25%. I'm not sure about the IDFC reward system, so I can't say anything on that.

For an amount of ₹20,000, you'll earn 200 base points and 800 accelerated points, totaling 1,000 points. That's it for SBI campaign.

In your case, Case 1 seems best if everything goes right with IDFC (I've read somewhere, people are not getting points with IDFC, or getting it delayed after emails/calls)
 
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Thank you!

You will earn 1.25%, but only up to 1,000 points (this includes the 5x rewards). This means that for any spending above ₹20,000 (as a safe amount), you'll only receive 0.25% rewards instead of 1.25%. I'm not sure about the IDFC reward system, so I can't say anything on that.

thought its ₹20K+₹5K per account holder.

I have made a tranaction of ₹20K through my SBI DC. So was thinking I am left with ₹5K.

I have two more SBI DCs from family members (₹25K + ₹25K).
 
Thank you!



thought its ₹20K+₹5K per account holder.

I have made a tranaction of ₹20K through my SBI DC. So was thinking I am left with ₹5K.

I have two more SBI DCs from family members (₹25K + ₹25K).
Actually we don't know, if SBI will consider 25K or 20K

20K is safest, and it completely makes sense now (55000 amount), if you have 2 more DCs

SBI and HDFC are 100% working and no issues whatsoever. There are couple of threads for IDFC issues, you can refer them and clear your doubts.

Still, your case 1 seems great if IDFC works else I would go for case 4.
 
Which of the following debit card gives maximum benefit in paying the bill of 2L?

HDFC Platinum - (1% upto 750) - can pay 75000
IDFC Wealth
IndusInd Select visa and MC
HDFC Millennia (2.5% upto 400) - can pay 16000
 
Which of the following debit card gives maximum benefit in paying the bill of 2L?

HDFC Platinum - (1% upto 750) - can pay 75000
IDFC Wealth
IndusInd Select visa and MC
HDFC Millennia (2.5% upto 400) - can pay 16000
Which platform now hdfc bill pay & jio finance won't support seems unipay , airtel , setu have serious refund issue kindly suggest ?
 
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