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Isn't Amex MRCC one of the most rewarding credit card for a medium level spender?

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Disclaimer: I am writing this post not for any promotions/self benefits, just thought of sharing this to explain how I see this card and its benefits from my perspective American Express Membership Rewards Credit Card is an entry level card just above smart earn Annual Fees -- 1500 via referral, waived off on spends of 1.5 L or above and 50% waived off if spend 90k or above Main USP of this card - 1000 extra reward points for 4*1500 transactions in a month and 1000 extra rewards points for monthly spend of 20000 and above I used to load Mobikwik 3*1500 and used to buy a amazon voucher of 1500 every month and used it to recharges / pay bills like Electricity, Water, Broadband, Insurance Premium, DTH etc. At least twice in a year this card would come with a targeted offer of 10% cashback in Amazon even applicable for purchase of gift cards (have seen the same in last 3 years at least) 1 reward point for every 50 Rs spend, 1 reward point = 0.375 Rs in cash or 0.388 in Amazon voucher (Explore Amex Gold Collection to understand better) 24000 points required for 9000 cash statement, 18000 points required for 7000 Amazon voucher Below is the way in which I calculate the returns on this card (based on my average spends) 4*1500 amazon e-voucher purchase via Amex reward multiplier portal (2x on 50 spends) gives 240 points in a month or 2880 points in a year 1000 extra points every month from above spends gives 12000 points in a year 20000 amazon voucher once in a year when 10% offer is applicable gives 2000Rs as cashback the above spend would also give 400 regular points + 1000 bonus points so total 1400 points Total spends = 92000 Rs (6000*12 + 20000) , eligible for 50% fee waiver Total reward points + cashback value = 16280 points , which in cash is 6105 +2000 (cashback) = 8105 Rs 50% fee = 885 Rs (750 + 18% GST) Final Benefit = 8105 - 885 = 7220 Returns on spending 92000 = 7.85% if redeemed for amazon voucher returns would be ~ 8.08% PS:- Currently American Express is banned from sourcing new cards
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demerius2020 wrote:
YES , also add 24x7 customer care support voice+chat , and they are the best voice , i like there waiting tune even sunglasses also they dont make bitchy term condition like no wallet support or anything, only drawbacck i think is no lounge access and some shop dont have support, keep a rupay platinum debit card and paytm/upi or some other for it
Amex & RuPay should launch co-badged credit cards or Dual EMV chip credit card like Union bank card - One side card will work on Amex network and another side card will work on RuPay-JCB network. Credit card customers first prefer to use Amex network because of higher rewards benefit and where Amex doesn't accept, customers will use RuPay-JCB network. grinning
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off topic have Amex started issues LTF cards yet ?

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Sudarshan61 wrote:

off topic have Amex started issues LTF cards yet ?

Never heard of LTF Amex till there is some corporate tie up offer going on. 

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Amex referral is open

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Sudarshan61 wrote:

off topic have Amex started issues LTF cards yet ?

First Year Free is available through referral and now referral are open
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IamRage wrote:
First Year Free is available through referral and now referral are open
Any low spend fee waiver card with good reward points?
what is the point to Rs conversion for American Express SmartEarn™ Credit Card?





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Sudarshan61 wrote:
Any low spend fee waiver card with good reward points?
what is the point to Rs conversion for American Express SmartEarn™ Credit Card?





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On apply page I see kolkata in their list then other eligibility criteria I dont see kolkata. Cam I eligible or not?  Screenshot2022-11-23-09-49-02-510com.android.chromeScreenshot2022-11-23-09-50-13-038com.android.chrome

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Is the once a year 10% offer on amazon voucher goven by amex or on amazon? And whats the timeframe of that?
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Sudarshan61 wrote:
Any low spend fee waiver card with good reward points?
what is the point to Rs conversion for American Express SmartEarn™ Credit Card?





low spend fee waiver is for SmartEarn

referral benefits  - 2000 points on spending 5,000 in the first 90 days + 500 cashback on 10,000 in the first 90 days

Renewal fee waiver on spends of Rs.40,000

Point conversion is 25ps per point which is 5% on Amazon and Flipkart (upto 2500 spends)

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legend101 wrote:
Is the once a year 10% offer on amazon voucher goven by amex or on amazon? And whats the timeframe of that?
Amex as it comes as cashback in 120 days,
didn't notice this offer coming this year instead there were some other targeted offers like 2000 Amazon voucher on 40000 , Random 10x , 15x on reward multiplier offers
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low spend fee waiver is for SmartEarn

referral benefits  - 2000 points on spending 5,000 in the first 90 days + 500 cashback on 10,000 in the first 90 days

Renewal fee waiver on spends of Rs.40,000

Point conversion is 25ps per point which is 5% on Amazon and Flipkart (upto 2500 spends)

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There is a capping on earning that 10x reward point? If yes then isn't it better to have sbi cashback card with 2L capping? And I heard somewhere if I buy amazon voucher with the reward I get 0.37 per rp? Is it true?
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neel648 wrote:
There is a capping on earning that 10x reward point? If yes then isn't it better to have sbi cashback card with 2L capping? And I heard somewhere if I buy amazon voucher with the reward I get 0.37 per rp? Is it true?

Yes

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