Apollo SBI Credit Card

  • Joining Fee: Rs. 499 (plus applicable taxes)
  • Renewal Fee: Rs. 499 (plus applicable taxes)
  • Best Suited For: Shopping
  • Reward Type: Reward Points
  • Welcome Benefites: 500 Reward Points and complimentary Apollo Gold Tier Membership
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After the surge of COVID-19 in the world, people have realized how important taking care of health is. There are a variety of credit cards in the market but there is rarely any credit card that provides health benefits to the cardholders. Keeping this in mind, the SBI Card has collaborated with Apollo Hospitals and launched the Apollo SBI Credit Card providing healthcare benefits to the cardmembers. With this credit card, cardholders will not only get discounts and rewards on Apollo Services and Apollo Hospitals but will also get reward points while they use their credit card for other transactions as well. The cardholders will get complimentary Apollo Membership along with bonus reward points as a welcome benefit to this credit card. Apart from this, cardholders will earn reward points on their regular spends using this credit card and accelerated rewards while they spend on healthcare services. Placed at a nominal joining and renewal fee of Rs. 499, this credit card provides various benefits with respect to healthcare.

New Features

Spend Based Waiver

Waiver of renewal fee on the spending of Rs. 1 Lakh or more in the previous year.


Interest Rates

3.5% per month (or 42% annually)


Add-on Card Fee

Nil

Rewards Redemption Fee

Rs. 99


Fuel Surcharge

1% at all fuel stations in India. Surcharge amount is capped at Rs. 100 in a month.

Foreign Currency Markup

3.5% on all international transactions


Cash Advance Charges

2.5% of the amount or Rs. 500, higher of the two

Movie & Dining

2x Reward Points while spending on dining and movie related spends.


Travel

NA


International Lounge Access

NA

Rewards Rate

3x Reward Points on Apollo Services, 2x Reward Points on dining, movies, and entertainment, 1 Reward Point on every Rs. 100 spent on all other spends.


Golf

NA


Insurance Benefits

NA

Reward Redemption

They can only be redeemed to avail services at Apollo Healthcare Centers and related stores.


Domestic Lounge Access

NA


Zero Liability Protection

Zero Liability Protection is provided against lost/stolen credit cards upon reporting to the customer care of the bank.

Pros

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Cons

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