Query reg companion/add-on cards (Amex & SBI)
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Credit Card experts please throw some light on below queries. Few i know but just want to confirm.
General Queries.
G1. Can i take add-on cards on my name or only on my family members name or option to choose both?
G2. I have many cards but 1 of my family member dont get any card despite being good credit score. so if i take any add-on card on his name then is it improve his chances of getting new cc?
G3. I believe for add on cards only id/pan/add proof is required and not any income doc or anything else?
G4. Spend on add-on card doesn’t counted in fee waived limit of main card. right?
SBI Add-on card query:
S1. I have never heard about it but in my new simplyclick card it shows me 1 LTF add-on card. so which sbi add-on card is worth taking?
Amex add-on card queries:
A1. As everybody know that we get 2 LTF companion card with MRCC. So apart from 5x/10x any other benefit of smartearn companion card. or any other good amex companion card with mrcc?
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G1. As you already got the card in your name, you can take in your family members name
G2. No, its your card.
G3. Yes, no income proof needed
G4 Spends are counted towards your main card only, so if you reached the limit it will waive off
S1. Addon cards are the same card which you already got, you cant choose them
A1. we can get 2 Add on cards with MRCC. Smart earn is companion card as long as you use MRCC else smart is charged.
A1. Addendum:
Amex also offers higher variants as companion card for high spend users. Mostly Platinum Travel. They charge fee for higher variants and lower variant becomes fee-less.
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So then it’s not exactly a companion card per say; it’s more like upgrading your current card to the higher variant and using your current card as the companion card for that card.
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G1: You cannot take add-on cards on your name; it must be on family members name.
G2: Add-on cards don’t contribute to the family member’s cibil; it only affects your cibil. Hence it won’t help that person in this case.
G3: No income docs needed for add-on cards, only normal KYC type of IDs needed.
G4: Add-on cards spend is counted towards waiver.
S1: Add-on cards are always same variant cards, so it will be SimplyClick only in your case.
A1: Companion card is a different thing. You can take any lower variant card from what you hold as your companion card. They will have their own rewards, benifits etc. I don’t own Amex, so I can’t vouch for this though, but I am pretty sure this is how it is.
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Can anyone confirm if we also get discounts/cashback on add-on cards in addition to primary card?
For e.g. say there is 10% discount on using ICICi bank card on Amazon. Now if I have two addon cards, can i avail the discount total three times for three orders, once for each of the card? Similarly, do we get 5% cashback on add-on cards of Axis Flipkart card?
TIA.
I know above is definitely not valid for HDFC add-on cards as their add-on cards have same number.
If it’s different card number’s then you can avail those website specific offer like 10% on Amazon/FK since they will assume those are different cards… if it’s same card numbers, then not possible;
Offers like 5% CB on Axis-FK are a feature of the card itself, so in case you have add-on cards for this, they will be eligible for the same… Now there’s a catch here, in case of Axis-Fk since it’s unlimited rewards it doesn’t matter, but lets say there’s a card which has a max cap of say 10K rewards per month, then that max cap value will be shared b/w the cards. Again this is only for your default rewards… occasional spend based rewards generally treat add-on cards as each for it’s own (this varies for some banks though, it’s always mentioned in the those mails whether add-on cards will share that spend quota or have their own quota for spend).
@chai_lover If card number is different then we can get discounts/cashback twice.I got Amex addon and it works on that.
I dont have addons for other banks so cant confirm.But mostly it works i guess
@caks2006407 @manikantaks4u
FKAxis/SBI/BoB etc – addons treated different card so offers and CB are applicable for each add on. But milestone benefits are only for primary card.
ApayICICI – no add on cards allowed
I have taken addon cards of amex for my brother it shows in his cibil report but i have no clue if it helps in improving score n chances of getting cards.
Also spend based fees waiver counts amex addon spends and when it comes to offers i get on main as well as addon cards eg. Small shop offer was seperately available for my main and addon cards seperately
had a pretty amazing experience with Axis Bank. Gave application in the branch on Friday and got my add-on cards delivered today. 🥳
@manikantaks4u @AJ89
Branch might be good but axis cust care is 1 of worst
@hotchap @manikantaks4u @adrishya @guest_999 Guys sorry to disturb you again but today i found “Supplymentry card” option in Amex. I believe its add-on card.
So if i add my spouse as card member in supplymentry card so can we get 1000 bonus points 2 times (one by my card and one by supllymentry card) by spending 1k*4 two times?
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