One of the key focus areas for American Express in India has been to add more users to their credit card operations. To this effect, they have been working to add new products to their lineup, and they have just released, what I would imagine, is a fantastic credit card for everyday usage. The Everyday Spend American Express Gold Credit Card India is so good that even I am thinking of picking it up for my daily use.
The Everyday Spend American Express Gold Credit Card India
The Everyday Spend American Express Gold Credit Card India has a very low bar for application, coming with a starting income proof for INR 4 lakh only.
On a typical day, on an average spend, you would get 1 Membership Rewards point for every INR 50 spent coming into your account. You enjoy Accelerated Membership Rewards Points across leading merchants across categories like online shopping, cabs, groceries & movies.
5X Membership Rewards that come at movie and events partners such as BookMyShow & PVR Cinemas. You also get 5X Membership Rewards at departmental stores such as Big Bazaar, DMart, More and Reliance Fresh, and even at shopping websites such as Jabong and Shopclues. This means every INR 50 you spend; you get 5 Membership Rewards points (= 5 Marriott Rewards Points for instance). Here is a complete list of 5X Partners.
Not just that. You also get 10X Bonus Membership Rewards at Flipkart and Ola. That means every INR 50 spent at Flipkart and Ola gets you 10 Membership Rewards points. That is one of the highest numbers of Membership Rewards points earned for any category.
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The Everyday Spend American Express Gold Credit Card India has a very nominal fee of INR 495+GST every year. But when you spend INR 10,000 on the card in the first 90 days of card membership, you can get INR 500 as a statement credit, which makes up for the fees for the first year. The card is currently not being sourced via their website, so one of the only places you’d find an application link is here.
From there on, if you do an eligible spend a total of INR 39,999 in any year on this card, you get a renewal fee waiver as well. Eligible spends do not include Cash Advances, Express Cash transactions, drafts made from the Account, Balance Transfers and fees.
American Express is currently issuing The Everyday Spend American Express Gold Credit Card India in the following cities:
- Ahmedabad
- Bangalore
- Chandigarh
- Chennai
- Coimbatore
- Delhi/NCR
- Hyderabad
- Indore
- Jaipur
- Mumbai
- Pune
- Surat
- Vadodara
The beauty of this product is in the construction of some key categories that I don’t get extra points at the moment. Hence, I’ll be applying for this card myself. One must take note though, that the 10X earning is capped at 500 MR per month, so you can’t go crazy with it.
What do you guys think of the Everyday Spend American Express Gold Credit Card India? Are you applying?
Can this be applied on the basis of another credit card statement? Without any other income proof documents. Or are they very strict about the income proof?
Can you use the membership points to pay the amex monthly bill as is the case for gold card?
Also, is this card accepted in non-Amex swipe machines?
No
Yes you can
It seems they still have limited tie-ups with e-comm merchants- I particularly don’t shop much on Flipkart, Shopclues & Jabong so Amazon & Paytm won’t earn me 5x benefit. Similarly, spending on Uber will be limited 1MR /Rs.50
Also, I found a discrepancy in merchant tie-ups available at Amex-
https://www.americanexpressindia.co.in/pdf/SE_List_1.pdf
and at Paisabazar-
https://www.paisabazaar.com/learn/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/The_Everyday_Spend_495_020720181.pdf
But, I see that I won’t earn reward points for lots of transactions like Insurance, Utilities (electricity bills, water bills, mobile bills, etc..) which will be the most used monthly. Inspite of this, is it worth going for this card if I already have HDFC Regalia?
@Anand, this is a side card, not a main card. you could use it to earn on these categories and max them out.
Can MR points earned with this card transferred to Amex Airline and Hotel Transfer partners like I do with Amex Golf Charge Card
@Ankit yes of course.
10x points on OLA capped at 500pm including base points
10x points on Flipkart capped at 500pm including base points
5x points capped at 250pm across all 5x partners
ie spend Rs. 2500/pm across each of the above three
Month means calendar month
@AS and given this is not a highroller card, it should add to the Membership Rewards balance. I think 2500 worth of groceries, 2500 worth of Ola is more than enough per month, no?
Yes. It adds to existing MR account. But payzapp is having better offers for grocery as well as Ola spends. Still it is recommended to have this card considering low fees and fee waiver condition. Please note that not all spend offers(like recent 10pc off offer on amazon, flipkart, ola et al) will be available for this card, so not good if anyone wants it as his only Amex card.
It actually makes sense for me. My weekly grocery is at INR 2500 per week. Would love to earn MR at an increased rates,
Why not payzapp-bigbasket or citi-bigbasket or sbi/axis-grofers offer?
@AS what about them?
There you get max 9pc return while on bigbasket or grofers you can get upto 25% benefit.
I actually do most of my groceries in person as I like to see see and feel and the produce before buying. Slightly old fashioned, but thats me. Hence any online grocery shopping doesnt really attract me.
Packed items like ghee, namkeen, biscuits dont require any quality checks :p. You can return item at time of delivery in case you dont like in case of bigbasket.
btw the Flipkart and Ola points are capped at 500 MR points per month.
@Swastik, we mentioned it there, with the 10X being capped at 500 MR.
AMEX lets you have 1 Charge card and a max of 2 credit cards at any point of time. Does it make sense to swap the gold credit card with this?
One of these three must be a co branded card.
I have this card for past one year. From the month it launched.
@Karthik, this card was in pilot for a while. Just been launched.
True. I was told that it was just opened for applications by the rep – Oct 2017.
Hey Ajay.. I was on the call with Amex a couple of hours back. I wanted to check out the American Express® Platinum Travel Credit Card and the Platinum Reserve Credit Card. They informed me about the Gold Card. Will be meeting with a rep in a couple of days to check out the features in depth. Was looking for reviews on the Gold card and found your blog Post. Thanks for the info.
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