SBI Elite Credit Card vs Kotak Biz Credit Card

Joining Fees

₹4,999

₹299

Editor's Rating

4

3.5

Key Features

  • On achieving annual spends of Rs. 5 lakhs and 8 lakhs, earn 15,000 bonus Reward Points
  • Spend Based Reversal of Annual Fee on spends of Rs. 10 Lakhs
  • Complimentary membership to the Priority Pass Program worth $99
  • Six complimentary Airport Lounge visits per calendar year, outside India ( max. 2 visits per quarter)
  • Enjoy obtaining Club Vistara Silver membership as complimentary
  • Avail 4 reward points for every Rs. 100 on categories like Travel and Tour Operators & Domestic Airlines, Direct Marketing/Advertising services, Supermarket, Lodging – Hotels, Motels, Resorts
  • Avail 1 reward points for every Rs. 100 on all other spends 
  • 1 complimentary airport lounge access per calendar quarter to Visa affiliated lounges across Indian airports. Enjoy benefits such as gourmet meal, comfortable seating, widescreen TVs, newspaper and magazines, free Wi-Fi
  • Get 1% on transaction fuel surcharge will be waived for transactions made between Rs. 500 - Rs. 3000
  • One can also save railway surcharge of 1.8% for transactions on www.irtc.co.in and 2.5% for transactions on Indian Railways Booking Counters. Maximum railway surcharge waiver allowed in a calendar year is Rs. 500
  • Travel Insurance programme includes the following:

A. Card Liability Cover (Lost Card Liability, Counterfeit/Skimming/Phishing and Online Fraud Protection)- Sum Insured is Rs. 50,000

B. Purchase Protection - Sum Insured is Rs. 25,000

C. Loss of Checked in Baggage / Delay of Checked in Baggage / Valuable Documents Cover / Missing of Connecting International Flight During Transit - Sum Insured is Rs. 10,000

  • Safety features of the card includes being embedded with EMV Chip and setting a 6-digit PIN authentication for higher security of your transactions
  • Interest free period: Up to 48 days

Editor's Review

Pros

  • Get 5X Reward Points on Dining, Departmental stores and Grocery Spends
  • Earn nearly 50,000 Bonus Reward Points worth Rs. 12,500 per year
  • On achieving annual spends of Rs. 3 lakhs and 4 lakhs, earn 10,000 bonus Reward Points

Cons

  • High joining/renewal fees
  • Although the Credit Card offers savings on rental cars on Hertz & Avis, which is good, but in India, there’s no much scope for it

Pros

  • Avail 4 reward points for every Rs. 100 on categories like Travel and Tour Operators & Domestic Airlines, Direct Marketing/Advertising services, Supermarket, Lodging – Hotels, Motels, Resorts
  • Avail 1 reward points for every Rs. 100 on all other spends 
  • 1 complimentary airport lounge access per calendar quarter to Visa affiliated lounges across Indian airports

Cons

  • No dinning or movie benefits
  • No Golf Benefits
  • No cashback benefits


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