American Express SmartEarn™ Credit Card vs Axis Bank Magnus Credit Card

• Get rewarded for your spends with 10X and 5X Membership Rewards® Points respectively at select merchant partners
• Cashback of Rs. 500 on eligible spends of Rs. 10,000 in the first 90 days of Cardmembership
• Renewal Fee waiver on spends of Rs.40,000 and above in the previous year of Card-membership

• Avail 8 complimentary end-to-end meet and greet services at the airport (This has been discontinued w.e.f 20 April’24)

• Get unlimited complimentary international airport lounge visits and 8 additional guests visits per year with Priority Pass Card (Guest visits have been revised to 4 per year w.e.f 20 April’24)
• Get unlimited domestic airport lounge visits to selected lounges
• Enjoy up to 15% off on International and Domestic Oberoi and Trident Hotels
• Buy one ticket and get up to Rs. 500 off on the second ticket on BOOKMYSHOW (This has been discontinued w.e.f 20 April’ 24)
• Avail up to 30% discount at over 4000 restaurants in India
• Avail purchase protection, lost card liability programs, and more: Counterfeit/lost card liability up to credit limit; Purchase protection of up to Rs. 2 Lakhs; Loss/Delay in baggage and Personal Documents cover up to 500 USD; Credit shield of Rs. 5 Lakhs
• The Annual fee of Rs. 12,500 + Taxes will be waived off on spending Rs. 25 Lakhs in the proceeding year
• Get fuel surcharge waiver of 1% for transactions between Rs. 400 to Rs. 4000
• Avail 12 EDGE REWARD points per Rs. 200 on spends up to Rs. 1.50 Lakhs and 35 EDGE REWARD points per Rs. 200 on incremental spends above Rs. 1.50 lakhs in a calendar month
• Get 5X Reward points on spends via Travel eDGE
• Get 2 partner miles for every 5 edge Reward points across 20 travel partners. Do note that customers holding the new Magus Credit Card for Burgundy will get up to 4 partner miles for every 5 eDGE Reward points across 20 travel partners
  

Pros

• Convert spends into easy monthly instalments with the American Express EMI
• Avail 5X Membership Rewards  by transacting on Amazon, Swiggy, BookMyShow, PVR, Myntra, Jabong, Grofers, Big Bazaar and many more and get 5X rewards for every Rs.50 spent
• Avail 1 Membership Rewards Point for every Rs. 50 spent except on the spends for Fuel, Insurance, Utilities, Cash Transactions and EMI conversion at Point of Sale

Cons

• No Golf/coaching sessions
• No complimentary Airport Lounge access 
• High-interest rates

Pros

• Annual fee of Rs. 12,500 + Taxes waived off on spending Rs. 25 Lakhs in the proceeding year
• Reduced mark-up fee of 2% on foreign transactions
• No cash withdrawal fees

Cons

• No Golf/coaching sessions
• Joining and annual fees on higher side