With transition round the corner I would say it would still make sense, it has lowest joining fee and it would immediately give you 1 premium economy ticket (and you will get time to use it even when it merges to Air India) , And if you have spend plans in near term to cross milestones will give you more tickets and you get silver status and it helps if you have immediate travel plans. It has slightly better points ratio than Flying returns. What will happen to co-branding, it has not been spelt out and what direction it takes, no one knows, so might not be able to get maximum out of the card, if you are looking at complete year, but it still might turn out favourable who knows. But have read poor experience (from past) about Air India card. Otherwise wait for the merger story to play out before you decide, it could be just few months.
, and may loose out on those benefits. Have decided to go ahead and apply. Not even sure if they are accepting new applications, but will give it a try.
but SBI is still letting to apply for the card, (didn't go till last page on sprint), i just checked a minute ago, though i already hold this card.
I got this card recently but managed to spend 3L till now … jewellery spend is also considered for milestone and cv points ( I utilised it thoroughly) … considering the merger ahead … if you get this card now and spend aggressively till 3L or 4.5L … then it’s full paisa vasool … i got 2PE + 1PE joining vouchers … booked flight for upcoming trip in September for Goa.
best option wd be to wait.. let things settle.. there are good travel cards that are not linked to any one airline.. try them
Can you give examples of a few please in order of their usefulness? Thanks.
amex travel, infinia, all axis cards with miles transfers etc..
