PVR Kotak Credit Card Review

Kotak Credit Cards and PVR have collaborated to offer the PVR Kotak Credit Card which offers you special benefits and free movie tickets which you can redeem or use at the select PVR Cinemas across India.  This is a special collaboration credit card which can be used just like a regular credit card but with added benefits when you use it at PVR Cinemas.

 

PVR Rewards

If you can spend for Rs. 7500 and above using your PVR Kotak Credit Card then you can get up to 2 free movie tickets from PVR.  Also as a special introductory offer, they are offering additional PVR movie ticket free if you can use your Kotak PVR Credit Card for Rs. 750 and above at PVR Cinemas.  You will get 1 free movie ticket from PVR Cinemas for your spend of Rs. 7500 or more.  Similarly you will get 2 movie tickets for spends of Rs. 15,000 and above per month your PVR Card.  On the PVR Kotak Platinum Credit Card you will get free 2 movie tickets for spends of Rs. 7500 and above.

 

The maximum free tickets that you can avail with this special reward option is 2 for the PVR Kotak Gold Card holders 3 tickets for the PVR Kotak Platinum Credit Card holders.

 

Special Interest Rates

There are 3 interest rate options available with this PVR Credit Card namely 1.99%, 2.49% and 3.3% which you can select when applying for this credit card.  The minimum amount due that needs to be paid depending upon the interest rate that you choose.  For 1.99% the minimum amount due to pay is 20%, while for the 2.49% interest rate the minimum amount due is 15% and finally for the 3.3% interest rate the minimum amount due is 10%.

 

There are also other exclusive offers which they will come up with every now and then and will update you as and when it happens.  If you apply for this PVR Kotak Mahindra Credit Card now then you can get added benefit of waiver of the joining fee as well as waiver of the annual fee of Rs. 999.

Standard Chartered World Cup Final Offer

If you can use the online banking option of the Standard Chartered Bank from February 15, 2011 to March 25, 2011 doing various transactions then you may end up winning a free ticket to the world cup final being played in Mumbai.  You will be eligible to win this grand price and you can take along with you another friend or relative of yours for the same.

You will be scoring runs for each and every transaction you make at Standard Chartered India Online during this offer period.  These runs vary depending upon the transaction you are making at their online website.

Scoring Runs

You will be scoring 100 runs/Rs. 100 on every bill payment you make online via the Standard Chartered website.  Similarly you can score 200 runs or Rs. 200 for the transaction via the payment gateway.  For every fund transfer or card payment you make the online banking of Standard Chartered Bank then you will earn 75 runs or 100 rupees.  Finally if you are login in for the first time into your banking account you will then earn 200 runs.

If you can shop online using your Standard Chartered Card (Debit Card) for Rs. 25,000 for between February 15 to March 25, 2011 then you will win 50,000 runs which can help you become eligible to win the following prizes.

Prizes

These runs can be accumulated to win the grand prize of free tickets to the cricket world cup final being held at Mumbai.  There are also weekly prizes for the top 5 scorers like camcorders, laptops, mobile phones and free T-shirt.  The first prize is Blackberry handset, second and third prize is i-Pod Nano 8 GB.  Fourth and fifth prize is World cup T-shirts.

Kotak and BigFlix Free Subscription Offer

BigFlix.com and Kotak Credit Cards have come up with exclusive offer when you buy rental subscriptions from Big Flix. You will need to buy a minimum of 1 month subscription to hire DVD or VCD for rental from BigFlix to avail the same duration of free subscription if you use your Kotak Mahindra Credit Card to pay for the same.

 

You will get 1 month subscription free if you buy their 1 month subscription. Similarly with every 3 months subscription you buy at Big Flix you will get another 3 months subscription added to your account in which you can hire movies DVD or VCDs to watch at your home where they will home deliver it for free. This offer is valid only at the BigFlix Rental option. This offer is valid till June 30, 2011.

Special Value Added Debit Cards from Citibank

Citibank, apart from their regular ATM cum debit card, have the knack of having a whole range of add-on or value added cards for their savings account and current account holders.  These are the exclusive and/or tie-up cards which comes with some extra benefits and features which any other regular debit card or ATM cards does not have.  But also there are hidden or obvious facts that are annual fees or annual charges applicable for these cards but the benefits may sometimes outweigh the fee that one has to pay every year to own these value added cards.

Indian Oil Premium Debit Card

With the Indian Oil Premium and the regular Indian Oil Citibank Debit Card/ATM Card you get to earn free fuel and there will not be any surcharge levied on your card if you use your card at the Indian Oil outlets.  There is an annual fee of Rs. 500 and Rs. 600 respectively on regular and premium debit card.  You will also be earning 4 bonus turbo points for every Rs. 100 spent on IndianOil outlets with your premium ATM Card of Indian Oil and Citibank.  Free personal accident cover is applicable worth Rs. 2 lakhs.

Citibank Grocery Debit Card/ATM Card

With this debit card you can actually save up to 5% on your spends on grocery bills.  But there is an annual charge of Rs. 500 p.a. on this card as well.  You will be earning 5 rewards points on every Rs. 100 spent at certain Citibank affiliated grocery or super market outlets.  And earn 2 reward points at other outlets.

Shoppers Stop Citibank Debit Card

Apart from acting as a regular ATM Card and/or debit card, this Shopper’s Stop First Citizen Debit Card offers you regular discounts and offers and much more exclusively on use at Shoppers Stop stores.  This will be an ideal and must have debit card if you shop regularly at Shoppers Stop store.  You will earn 5 points for every Rs. 100 spent at Shopper’s Stop.  Annual Fees Rs. 500.

MTV Citibank Debit Card

You get various offers and alerts and much more on the most happening places like pub, discos, entertainment centers, etc., with this card.

If you apply for any of the cards mentioned above you will get a free photo card worth Rs. 200.  You can either keep your existing regular Citibank Debit Card or cancel it and apply for any of the above cards or can even gift it to someone in your family.

Get 1% Cash Bank on Utility Bills

HDFC Bank Credit Cards is currently running an offer wherein you can get a flat 1% cash bank on all the utility bills (read as registered and available) with them.  This offer is available provided the maximum cash back is Rs. 150 per month.  This offer is valid only on the register and pay option.  This offer is valid only if you register for the utility bills listed with HDFC Bank Credit Cards at their Payment Services section in their website.

Visit the Payment Services option at hdfcbank.com and choose the Register&Pay option and register for the available utility bills that you use and then let them pay for the same every month and you will get 1% cash on that bill amount that you pay to your credit card account, as simple as that.  This cash back is available for lifetime (or till the time you cancel the service or cancel the utility bills that you have to pay).  This cash back will be credited back within 60 days of the payment made.

You can pay your utility bills like telephone bills, insurance premiums, mobile phone bills, electricity bills, etc.   There are no registration charges but there is a fee of Rs. 10 per transaction made.

Buy 3 and Get 1 Return Ticket Free with Kingfisher

Kingfisher Airlines is currently running a special offer wherein you can get 1 return ticket with ever 3 return tickets brought on Kingfisher Red and Kingfisher Class Airlines.  You will get the free 1 return ticket from Kingfisher Red.

You will also get 1 domestic return ticket if you buy 3 return flights from the Kingfisher First airlines.  The free ticket will be given on King Fisher First Airlines.  This offer is valid only for the existing King Club members and you will need to mention the King Club number before booking the tickets to avail it.  If you are not a King Club member then you can become a member and then book the same to get this offer.  The travel or booking should be made before April 10, 2011.  The free tickets should be used before July 31, 2011.  There are also other terms and conditions apply for this offer, visit Kingfisher Website for the same.

Score Runs with ICICI Bank Credit Cards

As part of the world cup or cricket season, ICICI Banks has announced special schemes in which you can earn bonus rewards points whenever you use your ICICI Bank Credit Card for your retail purchases.  And as you know that these points that you earn from ICICI Bank Credit Cards will be transferred to iMint Card and thereby you earn iMint Points which can be redeemed later for various free gifts and stuff.  ICICI is thus letting us score runs with our lightest bat (i.e., our credit card).

This offer period is on from February 1, 2011 to March 31, 2011.  Each purchase you make with your ICICI Credit Card will help you score run (reward point).  Thereby each run you score during this offer period will help you earn 5 bonus i-Mint Reward points.

Rewards Points

If your spends fall between Rs. 1000 and Rs. 1999 then you will score 1 run and thereby earn 5 imint points.  Similarly if your spend is between Rs. 2000 and Rs. 2999 you will score 4 runs and hence directly you will be benefited with 20 i-mint points.  Finally if your spends or transaction per swipe is Rs. 3000 and above you will score a sixer (6 runs) and thereby earning a bonus 30 i mint points.  No matter how high your transaction after Rs. 3000 you will score only 6 runs though!

Bonus Runs

You can score up to 200 runs with this offer which translates into 10,000 imint points.  Similarly if you score 50 runs during this offer period then you will earn 1000 imint points and if your score is 100 runs during the full offer term then your bonus i-mint point will be 2500 points.

This offer is valid on all varieties of ICICI Bank Credit Cards including gold, silver, platinum, titanium, signature, etc.

SBI Card and Ezeego1.com offers 2011

Ezeego1 have come together to come up with special offers for the start of this new year 2011 and you will get cash back and discounts if you use your SBI Card to avail the same at their website. As part of the collaboration between SBI Cards and Ezeego1 you will get a flat discount of 25% when you book your air tickets at Ezeego1.com. You can choose any sector, time or class for your airlines ticket booking to avail this offer. Most importantly it is available only for the SBI Credit Card holders and not for others, the other credit card holders can check other existing offers at Ezeego1.

Similarly you can get a flat cash back of 25% with your hotel bookings made at Ezeego 1. The cash back is available only on the base price of the hotel bookings and the maximum cash back you can get with this offer is Rs. 1000. You will need to stay for a minimum of 2 nights to be eligible for this offer.

The 25% cash back for the airlines air tickets is applicable only on the base fare of the ticket price. The maximum cash back that can be availed in a single transaction is Rs. 350. This cashback offer is available only on the following Airlines: Jet Airways, Spicejet, Kingfisher, GoAir, and Kingfisher Red only. This offer is valid only for the first six eligible tickets booked on a single card.

The cash back availed at Ezeego1.com on both the cases mentioned above will be credited back to the credit card account within 21 days in case it fulfills all the criteria. This offer is valid from February 2, 2011 to April 15, 2011.  Apart from this special credit card offer also check out that Ezeego1 is currently running the exclusive Ticket Pe Ticket Free Offer as well.