American Express SmartEarn™ Credit Card vs Max SBI Card PRIME
Joining Fees
₹495
₹2,999
Editor's Rating
3.4
2.5
Key Features
- 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
- While joining Max SBI Card PRIME, obtain 12,000 bonus reward points equivalent to Rs. 3,000 on payment of annual fees.
- Withdraw cash anytime from over 1 million Visa ATMs worldwide.
- With Flexipay facility, convert transactions in EMIs. Just transact for Rs. 2,500 or more and log on to sbicard.com within 30 days of purchase to convert it into Flexipay.
- The Easy Money facility get a cheque or draft against your cash limit and get it delivered to home.
Editor's Review
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
- On annual spends of Rs 40,000 across all Landmark Stores, earn 6000 bonus Reward Points.
- 8 complimentary Domestic Airport lounge visits per year (subject to a max of 2 per quarter)
- Complimentary priority pass membership worth USD 99 & 4 complimentary visits per year (limited to 2 visits per quarter).
Cons
- No golf/coaching sessions
