HDFC smartpay to make credit card LTF

u can add LIC

rogerthat wrote:

u can add LIC

Don’t have any Lic policy. All have already paid for next 2years

there is a lot of conflicting informantion. but the 4txn of rs 500 per month offer is real i got it also and confirmed on call
but for smartpay my branch personnel told me that minimum 6 bills are necessary and on phone banking they told me that not even 1 bill payment is necessary. even if i register for lic payment and it is registered for 90 days without even a single payment my card will become ltf. Although i registered for tatasky for more than 100 days ago but my card is still not ltf. so good luck figuring out what actually works.
My advice is to register your light bill(for like a year or more but deregister as soon as your card become ltf) on smartpay and to be on a safe side do those 4 txn of Rs. 500(wallet loads are not counted as valid txn) for the first 3 months.

tank_u_m8 wrote:

there is a lot of conflicting informantion. but the 4txn of rs 500 per month offer is real i got it also and confirmed on call
but for smartpay my branch personnel told me that minimum 6 bills are necessary and on phone banking they told me that not even 1 bill payment is necessary. even if i register for lic payment and it is registered for 90 days without even a single payment my card will become ltf. Although i registered for tatasky for more than 100 days ago but my card is still not ltf. so good luck figuring out what actually works.
My advice is to register your light bill(for like a year or more but deregister as soon as your card become ltf) on smartpay and to be on a safe side do those 4 txn of Rs. 500(wallet loads are not counted as valid txn) for the first 3 months.

₹500x4 any transaction count for 3months, even wallet load (told by personal banker). But I’ll not get any reward point for wallet loads.

rohit_agarwal wrote:

₹500x4 any transaction count for 3months, even wallet load (told by personal banker). But I’ll not get any reward point for wallet loads.

so one more conflicting info. good luck

tank_u_m8 wrote:

so one more conflicting info. good luck

If they don’t do my card LTF after 3-4 months, I’ll cancel it on 11th months…

rohit_agarwal wrote:

If they don’t do my card LTF after 3-4 months, I’ll cancel it on 11th months…

If you fulfill the t&c and they don’t make you card ltf than start doing one call per day to the cc guy at your branch. He will make your card ltf.

As,we already discussed in group you can do transaction as said by your personal banker for being on safer side and secondly as you have already registered electric bill it is more than enough,as per HDFC before completion of 4 months your smartpay account should have made 3 bill payment of any option available in smartpay tab,so make sure 3 bill payments is done in smartpay and backend team will make your card LTF after 4 months of initial card set up,i just did 3 small recharge of 100 on smartpay and my card was LTF,i hold higher variant card to ,so relax!

How to check my card becomes ltf or not?

hardikgala77908 wrote:

As,we already discussed in group you can do transaction as said by your personal banker for being on safer side and secondly as you have already registered electric bill it is more than enough,as per HDFC before completion of 4 months your smartpay account should have made 3 bill payment of any option available in smartpay tab,so make sure 3 bill payments is done in smartpay and backend team will make your card LTF after 4 months of initial card set up,i just did 3 small recharge of 100 on smartpay and my card was LTF,i hold higher variant card to ,so relax!

But bro, my electric bills are not monthly, its quarterly mode.

Means after 4 months, only one auto payment will done. Thats why I’m confused. 😉😂

hiteshu wrote:

How to check my card becomes ltf or not?

You have to call or email customer care.

rohit_agarwal wrote:

Don’t have any Lic policy. All have already paid for next 2years

Don’t pay like this…money will go waste if you do advance payment for years to come..just think if something happens now , he is able to claim without paying premium for the next year also

suman1520 wrote:

Don’t pay like this…money will go waste if you do advance payment for years to come..just think if something happens now , he is able to claim without paying premium for the next year also

Yes, agree with you.

@midfold @tank_u_m8 @rogerthat
Here what is month? Billing cycle or calendar month?
Also how to know if card if LTF?

caks2006407 wrote:

@midfold @tank_u_m8 @rogerthat
Here what is month? Billing cycle or calendar month?
Also how to know if card if LTF?

phonebanking says that billing cycle is counted as month but i enquired with my home branch and after some research the are saying that a month is 30 days from delivery, so if your card got delivered on 20th january than 1st month is 20th jan-19th feb.
you get email notification when your card becomes ltf but you can always call phonebanking and ask them wether your card is LTF or not.

I got my regalia first LTF by doing 4 smartpay transaction of 150 each dish TV recharge

caks2006407 wrote:

@midfold @tank_u_m8 @rogerthat
Here what is month? Billing cycle or calendar month?
Also how to know if card if LTF?

18 is billing date for me
and 8 is last date of paying /auto debit

Nikhilrohtak28383 wrote:

I got my regalia first LTF by doing 4 smartpay transaction of 150 each dish TV recharge

Same i also did tatasky of 100rs for 4 months from August to December my card is converted to LTF

tank_u_m8 wrote:

phonebanking says that billing cycle is counted as month but i enquired with my home branch and after some research the are saying that a month is 30 days from delivery, so if your card got delivered on 20th january than 1st month is 20th jan-19th feb.
you get email notification when your card becomes ltf but you can always call phonebanking and ask them wether your card is LTF or not.

ThankU.
Read this thread
https://www.desidime.com/forums/dost-and-dimes/...
with comments from you and others.
Still confusion persists mostly billing cycle for CB and smartpay→LTF

tank_u_m8 wrote:

phonebanking says that billing cycle is counted as month but i enquired with my home branch and after some research the are saying that a month is 30 days from delivery, so if your card got delivered on 20th january than 1st month is 20th jan-19th feb.
you get email notification when your card becomes ltf but you can always call phonebanking and ask them wether your card is LTF or not.

My personal banker told me 4 transaction per billing cycle. Already enrolled smartpay for my electric bill..but my bill is quarterly.

Got email reply from HDFC-

Dear Mr. Agarwal,
Season’s Greetings from HDFC Bank.

This is with reference to your e-mail regarding membership fee on your HDFC Bank credit card account.

We understand your query pertaining to membership fee in your card, we observe from our records that you are holding Money back credit card ( Classic Card ) and your card will be first year free or life time free by opting the below given options,

Option 1 for First Year Free :
a : If you do retail transaction for an amount of Rs. 20000 (within in 90 days from the card setup date)
b : If you register your credit card for any one of the below products within 90 days from the card set up date.
Fastag (or)
EasyEMI (or)
c : If you do 02 ( TWO ) transactions each month for 3 consecutive months

Option 2 for Life Time Free Card : which will be offered if you fulfull any one of the conditions within 90 days from the card set up date.

a. Smartpay one bill registration excluding Pre-paid mobile (or) b. One Assist c. If you do 04 ( FOUR ) transactions each month for 3 consecutive months – (Each transaction worth minimum INR 500)

We wish to clarify that Smart-Pay has to be in active status for 90 days so that the card status will be changed to life time free. Cancelling Smart-pay will result in levy of Membership fee on card.

Kindly note the query reference number for this e-mail: 20004317258

In line with our focus and commitment to Customer Service, we trust the issue has been resolved to your satisfaction. If you are not satisfied with the resolution, you may write to us through our website -https://leads.hdfcbank.com/applications/webform...

HDFC Bank is now on Whatsapp !!! Save our number 7065970659 in your contacts & chat with us regarding your banking related queries.

Netbanking / Mobile banking offers varied services round – the – clock , just a touch away. For any other credit card query/clarification, do visit our HDFC Bank webpage at the link https://www.hdfcbank.com/personal/customer-...re for online assistance. We assure you of our best service at all times.

For Answers to queries , Information, Assistance. JUST ASK EVA. You can also check check your Credit Card Statement , Balance and Limits! via Chat with EVA , if registered for SMS banking. Click here for details on SMS registration.

Regards,
Vidhya Durai
Customer Service Officer
HDFC Bank Ltd.

rohit_agarwal wrote:

Got email reply from HDFC-

Dear Mr. Agarwal,
Season’s Greetings from HDFC Bank.

This is with reference to your e-mail regarding membership fee on your HDFC Bank credit card account.

We understand your query pertaining to membership fee in your card, we observe from our records that you are holding Money back credit card ( Classic Card ) and your card will be first year free or life time free by opting the below given options,

Option 1 for First Year Free :
a : If you do retail transaction for an amount of Rs. 20000 (within in 90 days from the card setup date)
b : If you register your credit card for any one of the below products within 90 days from the card set up date.
Fastag (or)
EasyEMI (or)
c : If you do 02 ( TWO ) transactions each month for 3 consecutive months

Option 2 for Life Time Free Card : which will be offered if you fulfull any one of the conditions within 90 days from the card set up date.

a. Smartpay one bill registration excluding Pre-paid mobile (or) b. One Assist c. If you do 04 ( FOUR ) transactions each month for 3 consecutive months – (Each transaction worth minimum INR 500)

We wish to clarify that Smart-Pay has to be in active status for 90 days so that the card status will be changed to life time free. Cancelling Smart-pay will result in levy of Membership fee on card.

Kindly note the query reference number for this e-mail: 20004317258

In line with our focus and commitment to Customer Service, we trust the issue has been resolved to your satisfaction. If you are not satisfied with the resolution, you may write to us through our website -https://leads.hdfcbank.com/applications/webform...

HDFC Bank is now on Whatsapp !!! Save our number 7065970659 in your contacts & chat with us regarding your banking related queries.

Netbanking / Mobile banking offers varied services round – the – clock , just a touch away. For any other credit card query/clarification, do visit our HDFC Bank webpage at the link https://www.hdfcbank.com/personal/customer-...re for online assistance. We assure you of our best service at all times.

For Answers to queries , Information, Assistance. JUST ASK EVA. You can also check check your Credit Card Statement , Balance and Limits! via Chat with EVA , if registered for SMS banking. Click here for details on SMS registration.

Regards,
Vidhya Durai
Customer Service Officer
HDFC Bank Ltd.

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How to check whether card status is LTF or not?

JaiKrish1031 wrote:

How to check whether card status is LTF or not?

The customer care can tell you this.

rohit_agarwal wrote:

Got email reply from HDFC-

Even this email does not talk about month=billing/calendar/30daysfrom startofcard
HDFC really good offers, highly ambiguous TnC.
Got a Millenia card in family – every time before using I have to go thru ifs and buts of this card to estimate CB. so many confusing TnC
CC phoneBanking told me first its Calendar month, I asked ‘areUsure?’ then kept call on hold and after few minutes said its ‘billing Cycle month’

caks2006407 wrote:

Even this email does not talk about month=billing/calendar/30daysfrom startofcard
HDFC really good offers, highly ambiguous TnC.
Got a Millenia card in family – every time before using I have to go thru ifs and buts of this card to estimate CB. so many confusing TnC
CC phoneBanking told me first its Calendar month, I asked ‘areUsure?’ then kept call on hold and after few minutes said its ‘billing Cycle month’

Its billing cycle…. Not months,,, My RM confirm this by showing other customer statement.

And you can use paytm, mobikwik or any wallet to upload 500×4 transaction. But you will not earned any reward points.

Hi. I got my HDFC business moneyback CC and have registered electricity bill in smartpay to make credit card LTF. I have a doubt and that is, does the electricity bill should be in my name.? Can anyone clear this query.

rey.shk wrote:

Hi. I got my HDFC business moneyback CC and have registered electricity bill in smartpay to make credit card LTF. I have a doubt and that is, does the electricity bill should be in my name.? Can anyone clear this query.

I registered electric bill in January, and in may i removed smartpay. Now my card is LTF…..

Electric bill was not in my name, i only registered smartpay. My bill was quarterly and never autopaid by smartpay (because there was advance payment on previous quarter). Still they convert my card to LTF.

but in recent they changed the condition. so try your luck.

Mine has been converted to LTF also confirmed the same from CC via e-mail/call, can I now remove/deregister smartpay?