When it comes to cashback credit cards, ICICI Bank has been the king of the segment since the launch of its free-for-life Amazon Pay ICICI Bank Credit Card in 2018. Over the past seven years, the card has already had over 5 million members and is a key tool in ICICI Bank’s place as the number two card issuer in India.
However, being a free-for-life card, the card focused on shopping (where the bank and Amazon earn revenue) and avoided frills, such as complimentary lounge access. In an apparent attempt to activate all the people who have the card but don’t keep it active, the card is now rolling out a one-time lounge access offer, which could be a test for a long-term change of features.
Amazon Pay ICICI Bank Credit Card Lounge Offer
As per the new T&C uploaded on the ICICI Bank website, if you spend INR 75,000 on your Amazon Pay ICICI Bank Credit Card between March 26 and June 25, 2025, you will be able to access a domestic lounge from the list of lounges empanelled by the Bank once between July and September 2025. Only the primary card member can be entitled to the benefit, and the member needs to be an Amazon Prime member as of June 25, 2025.
ICICI Bank and Amazon are playing it safe by not rolling out this feature of the card from the get-go and testing it for a quarter. At this spending level, the Bank/Amazon are quickly generating the MDR, which they can sacrifice for one lounge access. They perhaps want to see how many people will take this offer up and what the appetite is like for lounge access on this card.
But on the downside, since it is a one-time offer, and with the requirement for being an Amazon Prime member, either Amazon hopes people will sign up for Prime, or they won’t get the true picture because some folks will continue to standard card issued to win lounge access on those, even if they are from the ICICI Bank Credit Cards stable.
Bottomline
Amazon Pay ICICI Bank Credit Card has launched a one-time offer to allow cardmembers to access the lounge at an airport, subject to them spending INR 75,000 from March 26 to June 25, 2025. This is a one-time offer and not a change to the product features.
What do you make of the change of heart with the Amazon Pay ICICI Bank Credit Card, now offering lounge access?
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There are so many other cards in the market to provide lounge access to it out these conditions and restrictions. Wondering why would anyone take prime membership and spend ₹75,000 for a primary card only user with single lounge access.