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ICICI Bank Sapphiro Credit Card

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ICICI Bank’s Sapphiro Credit Card is premium credit card from ICICI Bank. This card offers premium lifestyle benefits like Buy One Get One movie tickets, golf games, domestic and international airport lounge access etc. However, the card was devalued sometime back, after which a minimum spend has been made mandatory to get free airport lounge access. Like most of the credit cards of ICICI Bank, this card’s reward rate is also low. Considering these things, the card hardly justify its fee. However, this credit card is often offered lifetime free to loyal long standing customers of ICICI Bank or people who are having salary account with ICICI Bank and good salary credit every month (at least more than Rs.1 lac per month).

Features and Benefits

Features and benefits available in this credit card

Cashback
Reward Points
Airmiles
Airport Lounge
Utility Bills
Insurance
NPS
Education
Government Payment
Fuel
Rent
Giftcards
Jewellery
Wallet Load
Rewards on EMI
Welcome Bonus
Travel
Dining
Shopping
Interest

Reward Redemption

Reward points can be redeemed to get Products from ICICI Rewards Catalogue at 1 Reward Point = Rs.0.25

  • Reward Redemption Fee: For every reward redemption, there is a fee of Rs.117 including GST.

Fee and Charges

Think of these as small investments to keep your credit card running smoothly.

Joining fee
(INR including GST)
₹ 7670
Renewal fee
(INR including GST)
₹ 4130
Annual Spend Target
for Renewal Fee Waiver (INR)
₹ 600000

Pros

Aspects that make this credit card amazing.

  • Buy One Get One Free Movie ticket has a discount limit of Rs.500 per free movie ticket which is better than most of such free movie tickets offers
  • iShop Portal can fetch you 3% valueback on some very useful vouchers like Amazon Pay. Amazon Pay vouchers can be used to make payment on hundreds of third party sites, utility bill payment and Amazon shopping.

Cons

Aspects this credit card lacks.

  • Extremely low reward rate considering the high fee
  • A Reward Redemption Fee of Rs.117 (including GST) is applied when you redeem reward points. Its extremely regressive practice specially on such high fee credit card.
  • No benefit against renewal fees
  • Free Airport lounge access requires a minimum spend in premium quarter.
  • Golf benefit requires minimum spend in previous month. This is not expected on a credit card which comes with such a high fee.

Spend Categories with No Cashback / Rewards

No reward points on following spend categories

  • Fuel

Limited reward points on following spend categories

  • 1 Reward Points on Every Rs.100 Spend on Fuel and Utilities which is o.25% reward rate

Add-on Cards

Upto 3 Add-on complimentary cards are provided

Eligibility Criteria

  • Age: 21 years or more
  • Income:
    • Salaries Customer: Rs.1 Lac net in-hand monthly salary
    • Self-Employed: Rs.12 Lacs Income Tax Return
    • The above criteria is as per user experiences. It hasn’t been officially declared by the bank.

Upcoming Changes

N/A

Rating & Reviews

Rating & Reviews

(2.6/5)

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Reward Value
(2)
Lifestyle Benefits
(3)
Ease of Reward Redemption
(3)
Value for Money
(1)
Customer Service
(4)

ICICI Bank’s Sapphiro Credit Card is a premium credit card with popular lifestyle benefits. It is popular for its free movie tickets offer. However, other benefits such as airport lounge access and golf games require a minimum spend using the credit card which makes them less useful. The card’s reward rate is very low considering the other options available in Indian credit card industry.

Overall, very low reward rate and conditional lifestyle benefits do not justify its fee.

Domestic Airport Lounge Access

Not Available

International Airport Lounge Access

Not Available

Airport Spa Access

Not Available

Airport Meet & Greet Service

Not Available

Railway Lounge

Not Available

Movie Tickets

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Dining Benefit

Not Available

Golf

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