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SBI Card Suggestion on SBI Credit Cards

Keshavgowda

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Hi All,

I am planning to appy for SBI cobranded credit card but I have couple of queries,
1. This is my first SBI CC that I am going to apply, Can I apply for Core SBI cards after getting cobranded card? Does SBI allow?
2. Are Cobranded Cards not eligible for Amazon and Flipkart offers?
3. Which co branded card between Tata nue and Phonepay is best to get staretd with?
4. Which core card among Simply Save, Simply Click and BPCL is best?
 
1. SBI (unlike the great HDFC) doesnt do that core vs cobranded drama. Infact once u get any SBI card u will get spammed by agents calling u for getting their simplysave/simplyclick after few months.
2. SBI's reward point based cobranded cards(like Tata neu, BPCL) r applicable for Amazon/fk discount. I have SBI Tata neu infinity and it worked in last month and this month's amazon/fk sale. The cashback based cards like SBI CB is not applicable. Not sure about SBI Phonepe. (Maybe others in this group who recently got the phonepe card can verify)
3. Both Tata neu and Phonepe cards r good. Depends on ur spending patterns. If u r a heavy spender in the Tata ecosystem then go for TNI. Otherwise phonepe.
If u want to milk out the best out of SBI cards then SBI Cashback+ TNI/BPCL octane/Phonepe would be a killer combo. Although u wont get any of them LTF in the beginning but SBI is quite generous in LTF conversion if u use them regularly for a year or 2.
 
1. SBI (unlike the great HDFC) doesnt do that core vs cobranded drama. Infact once u get any SBI card u will get spammed by agents calling u for getting their simplysave/simplyclick after few months.
2. SBI's reward point based cobranded cards(like Tata neu, BPCL) r applicable for Amazon/fk discount. I have SBI Tata neu infinity and it worked in last month and this month's amazon/fk sale. The cashback based cards like SBI CB is not applicable. Not sure about SBI Phonepe. (Maybe others in this group who recently got the phonepe card can verify)
3. Both Tata neu and Phonepe cards r good. Depends on ur spending patterns. If u r a heavy spender in the Tata ecosystem then go for TNI. Otherwise phonepe.
If u want to milk out the best out of SBI cards then SBI Cashback+ TNI/BPCL octane/Phonepe would be a killer combo. Although u wont get any of them LTF in the beginning but SBI is quite generous in LTF conversion if u use them regularly for a year or 2.
I am using sbi cb + sbi aurum, base reward 1% on both.
 
SBI TNI gives 1.5% base rate at 1/6th the annual fees as that of Aurum. For newbies TNI is better. For Legends it is aurum😅
Basically, i don't like to be trapped in tata system, earlier used hdfc tata neu infinity but whatever reward we get is always getting utilised in overpriced products, so closed that card and now using only dcbm from hdfc
 
Yes repeated business model to buy tata products in all their group apps
Tata products r sometimes cheaper in some locations. In my area bigbasket and 1mg give better discounts than other ecom/quick comm. sites. So I use my SBI TNI for all my other Amazon/fk/zepto purchases through purchasing gift cards from Tata neu and use those 5% neucoins earned at BB/1mg/croma. So it depends on one's spending pattern and local area discounts.
 
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