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Thursday, April 9, 2009

Product Review: Jet Airways Citibank Platinum Credit Card

The Jet Airways Citibank Platinum Credit Card is one of the better Travel Credit cards in the country.
Things You Must Know
1. The Jet Airways Citibank Platinum Credit Card has an annual fee of Rs.3000 and is targeted to a specific profile of customers who should ideally satisfy the following criteria
a. Spend at least Rs.20,000 on the Credit Card
b. Like to travel by Jet Airway and would usually want to travel at least once a year on a ticket redeemed through air-miles
c. Are Ok with not having Reward Points as all the Reward Points get auto converted to JP Miles
2. If you like cashback, redemptions against fuel vouchers etc. and other flexible options for rewards, then please stay away from the Jet Airways Citibank Platinum Credit Card
Differentiating Features
The following are the great features about the Jet Airways Citibank Platinum Credit Card
1. For every Rs.100 spent on this card you get 4 JP Miles. Each worth approx 40 paise* when you go to redeem them. This is the highest ratio in the Credit Card Industry today
2. You get an Upgrade voucher for every 8000 miles you accumulate, which entitles you to Business Class travel on next domestic trip. You also get Upgrade Vouchers on renewal. The strategy is to accumulate Upgrade Vouchers and use them for the next international trips and Business Class on Jet Airways International Flights is a once in a lifetime experience
3. Now that master Card has withdrawn the lounge access program, this is the only card which entitles you to lounge access on domestic airports
4. For ant transaction using this card on http://www.jetairways.com/ you get 8 JP Miles for every Rs.100 spent which is a great deal in helping in accumulate more miles
5. Both Citibank and Jet Airways have great Internet & Phone Platforms and my experience with them has been good.
However after Citibank slapped Charges on several innocent customer’s way back in 2004 for Insurance & Account Maintenance, no matter how hard they may try to behave differently today, I always scan my statement for erroneous charges that may have been levied. This ghost should and will haunt them for a very long time.
*One way journey to Chennai is approx 10000 JP Miles. A one way Chennai ticket will cost me Rs.4000 so the value of each JP Mile is 40 paise

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Can you tell me the credit limit offered for this card pls?