Hotel credit cards benefits: Credit cards often provide hotel perks such as free enrollment in loyalty programs, discounts at affiliated hotels, and complimentary stays. Selecting the right card can substantially cut your hotel expenses and grant access to premium benefits like complimentary room upgrades, dining discounts, bonus points for booking stays, and additional perks.
ET quoted Rohit Chhibbar, Head of Credit Cards Business at Paisabazaar, as advising that while hotel benefits are typically found on premium and super-premium cards, it’s essential to consider whether you’ll utilize the card’s other features fully, rather than solely focusing on the hotel perks.
Additionally, since most benefits are tied to specific hotel brands, it’s important to review the hotel group’s portfolio to ensure it aligns with your preferences and expectations. Those seeking benefits across various hotel groups should seek cards with greater flexibility, such as those allowing the transfer of reward points to multiple hotel loyalty programs.
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Here’s the Paisabazaar list including both high-end and low-cost cards offering hotel perks like free stays, memberships, and other benefits to help users save on hotel expenses.HDFC Bank
Axis Bank
State Bank of India
Standard Chartered India
ET quoted Rohit Chhibbar, Head of Credit Cards Business at Paisabazaar, as advising that while hotel benefits are typically found on premium and super-premium cards, it’s essential to consider whether you’ll utilize the card’s other features fully, rather than solely focusing on the hotel perks.
Additionally, since most benefits are tied to specific hotel brands, it’s important to review the hotel group’s portfolio to ensure it aligns with your preferences and expectations. Those seeking benefits across various hotel groups should seek cards with greater flexibility, such as those allowing the transfer of reward points to multiple hotel loyalty programs.
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Here’s the Paisabazaar list including both high-end and low-cost cards offering hotel perks like free stays, memberships, and other benefits to help users save on hotel expenses.
HDFC Bank
Marriott Bonvoy HDFC Credit Card
Annual fee: Rs 3,000
Hotel-related benefits:
- Receive 1 Free Night Award (Up to the value of 15,000 Marriott Bonvoy Points)
- Enjoy complimentary Marriott Bonvoy Silver Elite Status
- Obtain 10 Elite Night Credits under the Marriott Bonvoy Program for the primary cardholder
- Earn 8 Marriott Bonvoy Points for every Rs 150 spent at hotels participating in the Marriott Bonvoy Program
- Get 1 Free Night Award each upon reaching spending milestones of Rs 6 lakh, Rs 9 lakh, and Rs 15 lakh in an anniversary year
Other key benefits:
- Earn 4 Marriott Bonvoy Points for every Rs 150 spent on travel, dining & entertainment
- Earn 2 Marriott Bonvoy Points for every Rs 150 spent on all other applicable purchases
- Enjoy 12 complimentary lounge accesses per year outside India
- Enjoy 12 complimentary lounge accesses per year within India
- Receive 2 complimentary golf accesses per quarter worldwide.
HDFC Infinia Credit Card Metal Edition: Available by invitation only
Annual fee: Rs 12,500
Hotel-related benefits:
- Enjoy complimentary nights and weekend buffets at participating ITC hotels with a 1+1 offer.
- Book a 3-night stay and pay for two at participating ITC hotels.
- Receive Club Marriott membership for the first year, offering benefits such as up to a 20% discount on dining and stays across the Asia Pacific region.
Other key benefits:
- Get unlimited airport lounge access globally for both primary and add-on members.
- Benefit from a low forex markup fee of 2%.
- Earn 5 reward points for every Rs 150 spent.
- Enjoy 10X reward points on travel and shopping expenses through Smartbuy.
- Access unlimited complimentary golf games at leading courses across India and select courses worldwide.
- Access unlimited complimentary golf coaching at select golf courses across India.
- Avail of an additional 15% off on dining at partner restaurants under the Good Food Trail program.
Axis Bank
Axis Bank Reserve Credit Card
Annual fee: Rs 50,000
Hotel-related benefits:
- Complimentary ITC Culinaire Membership featuring benefits such as a free 3rd-night stay, 50% off on published room tariff for suites on weekends, 25% Green Points on food & beverage spends, and a bouquet of 10 certificates, among others.
- Complimentary Accorplus Membership offering a 1-night free stay at all Asia Pacific region, free room upgrades, up to 50% off on dining, and a free lunch buffet for 2 across all Accor hotels in India.
- Complimentary Club Marriott Asia Pacific Membership providing a 20% discount on food & beverages and 20% discount on best available rates at select Marriott hotels in India and on weekend rates in the Asia Pacific region.
- Enjoy 15% off on room-only rate, room with breakfast rate, or on a 3rd-night stay at Oberoi Hotels and Resorts.
- Exclusive Postcard Hotel offers, including 15% off on the best available room rate, anytime check-in & check-out, and free lifestyle consultation at Goa hotels.
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Other key benefits:
- Priority Pass membership with free unlimited international lounge visits for both primary and add-on cardholders and 12 free guest visits.
- Free unlimited domestic lounge visits for both primary and add-on cardholders and 12 free guest visits.
- Access 8 free VIP assistance services for check-in, security check, immigration processes, etc.
- Enjoy 4 free chauffeured luxury airport pick-ups/drops every year.
- Receive 50,000 EDGE reward points on card activation and renewal.
- Earn 15 EDGE reward points for every Rs 200 spent.
- Earn 30 EDGE reward points for every Rs 200 spent internationally.
- Get up to 25% off across premium restaurants with EazyDiner Prime Membership.
- Avail of a buy 1 get 1 offer on tickets at BookMyShow.
Axis Atlas Credit Card
Annual fee: Rs. 5,000
Hotel-related benefits:
- Earn 5 EDGE Miles per Rs 100 spent on travel internationally, including stays at Marriott Bonvoy, IHG Hotels & Resorts, IHG One Rewards, ITC, and Club ITC.
- Convert 1 EDGE Mile to 2 Partner Points across hotels.
- Convert 2 EDGE Miles to 1 Marriott Bonvoy Point.
- Redeem EDGE Miles against hotel loyalty programs, including Marriott.
Other key benefits:
- Earn 2 EDGE Miles per Rs 100 spent across all categories.
- Receive 5,000 bonus EDGE Miles upon making the first transaction within 30 days of card setup.
- For Silver Tier members: Enjoy 8 domestic and 4 international lounge visits, plus earn 2,500 EDGE Miles on spending Rs 3 lakh in a year.
- For Gold Tier members: Receive 12 domestic and 6 international lounge visits, 2 airport meet & greet services, and earn 5,000 EDGE Miles on spending Rs 7.5 lakh in a year.
- For Platinum Tier members: Get 18 domestic and 12 international lounge visits, 2 complimentary airport pick-ups, 4 airport meet & greet services, and earn 10,000 EDGE Miles on spending Rs 15 lakh in a year.
State Bank of India
SBI Card ELITE
Annual fee: Rs 4,999
Hotel-related benefits:
- Receive a complimentary Trident Privilege Red Tier Membership, including 1,000 welcome points upon registration.
- Enjoy 1,500 bonus points on your first stay, along with an additional Rs 1,000 hotel credits on extended night stays.
Other key benefits:
- Benefit from a low forex markup fee of 1.99%.
- Receive complimentary Club Vistara Silver Membership.
- Get 1 complimentary upgrade voucher and 9 Club Vistara points for every Rs 100 spent on Vistara flight tickets.
- Receive a welcome e-gift voucher worth Rs 5,000 from your choice of lifestyle brand.
- Earn 5X reward points on dining, departmental store, and grocery store spends.
- Earn 2 reward points for every Rs 100 spent on other categories.
- Enjoy 2 complimentary domestic airport lounge visits every quarter.
- Receive complimentary membership to the Priority Pass Program worth $99.
- Access 6 complimentary international airport lounge visits per calendar year.
Standard Chartered India
Standard Chartered Easemytrip Credit Card
Annual fee: Rs 350
Hotel-related benefits:
- Enjoy a 20% instant discount on domestic hotel bookings through EaseMyTrip, up to Rs 5,000 per transaction.
- Avail a 20% instant discount on international hotel bookings through EaseMyTrip, up to Rs 10,000 per transaction.
Other key benefits:
- Receive a 10% instant discount on both domestic and international flight bookings.
- Get Rs 125 off on bus ticket bookings.
- Earn 10 reward points for every Rs 100 spent at standalone airline/hotel websites, mobile applications, or outlets, excluding any travel aggregators.
- Earn 2 reward points for every Rs 100 spent on other categories.
- Enjoy 1 complimentary domestic lounge visit per quarter.
- Access 2 complimentary international lounge visits per year through Priority Pass.