American Express Membership Rewards Credit Card vs Kotak 811 #DreamDifferent Credit Card

• Annual Membership Renewal Fee Waived if total spends on American Express Credit Card is Rs.1,50,000 and above; else 50% annual membership renewal fee will be waived off if total spends is Rs.90,000 to Rs.1,49,999
• Earn 1,000 Bonus Membership Rewards Points for simply using your Card 4 times on transactions of Rs. 1,000 and above every month
• Earn 5,000 Membership Rewards Points upon First Year Card Renewal, on payment of Annual Membership Fee. Points to be credited within 90 days of Card renewal
• Redeem Points from the fabulous 18 and 24 Karat Gold Collection
• Exciting Discounts of up to 20% every time you dine at select restaurants

* No joining fee and annual fee
* Get 2 reward points against every Rs. 100 of online spends
* Get 1 reward point against every Rs. 100 of other spends
* Avail 500 bonus reward points on Activation + Rs. 5000 spends in the first 45 days of the card set up
* Interest free cash withdrawal: Withdraw cash up to 90% of the total credit limit. Processing fee of Rs. 300 per Rs. 10,000 withdrawal, and interest will not be charged up to 48 days on cash advance
* Balance Transfer: The processing fee of Rs. 349 per Rs. 10,000. Continued interest free period on fresh retail purchases. Simply call the bank to transfer other credit card balances
* Add-on Card: Add-on Cards will have all the benefits that is available on the main on Card
* Fuel & Railway  Surcharge waiver:  Get 1% across all petrol pumps for transactions between Rs. 500 and Rs. 3000, and 1.8%  for transactions on irctc.co.in and 2.5% Indian railway booking counters 

* Do note in addition to the reward points that will be earned on transactions, cardholder will even be eligible for bonus offers as mentioned below on achieving the spends criteria of Rs. 75,000 in an anniversary year as per eligibility. Cardholder can select any one of the below options:
Redemption Option 1: Cashback of Rs. 750
* Caim cashback within 3 months after anniversary year gets over.
*  If claimed, the cashback will reflect in the next billing cycle.

Redemption Option 2: 4 free PVR tickets
* Claim PVR tickets within 3 months after the anniversary year gets over.
* The PVR tickets can be used for any day and any show and they are transferrable.

Pros

• Use your American Express Credit Card for your next big purchase & pay in EMI
• Fuel Convenience Fee Waiver
• One of the highest point to INR conversion rates in the market

Cons

• No Golf/coaching sessions
• No complimentary Airport Lounge access
• High Renewal Fee

Pros

* Do note in addition to the reward points that will be earned on transactions, cardholder will even be eligible for bonus offers as mentioned below on achieving the spends criteria of Rs. 75,000 in an anniversary year as per eligibility. Cardholder can select any one of the below options:
Redemption Option 1: Cashback of Rs. 750
* Caim cashback within 3 months after anniversary year gets over.
*  If claimed, the cashback will reflect in the next billing cycle.

Redemption Option 2: 4 free PVR tickets
* Claim PVR tickets within 3 months after the anniversary year gets over.
* The PVR tickets can be used for any day and any show and they are transferrable.

Cons:

* No complimentary golf/coaching sessions
* No Complimentary Airport Lounge Access