India has always been a big market for Middle Eastern carriers and Singapore Airlines. Over the past few years, we have seen the launch of such co-branded cards in India by Airlines. Singapore Airlines has partnered with SBI Cards and launched Two Krisflyer Co-Branded Credit Cards in India. The application option is not yet available on the SBI website.
How many Krisflyer SBI credit cards would there be?
So, at present, there are two Krisflyer SBI credit cards. One is an entry-level credit card, and the other is for a high-end credit card.
The two cards are
What do we know?
Here is what we know as of now about these cards:
Features | KrisFlyer SBI Card | KrisFlyer SBI Card Apex |
Annual Fees | INR 2999 | INR 9999 |
Welcome Benefit | 3K Krisflyer Miles | 10K Krisflyer Miles |
Singapore Airlines Group (Earning Per INR 200) | 5 | 10 |
International Spends | 5 | 8 |
Other Spends | 2 | 6 |
Achievable Status | Silver | Gold |
Milestones at 3 Lakh | 3K Miles | – |
Milestones at 5 Lakh | – | 10K Miles |
Milestone at 10 Lakh | – | 3K Miles |
Domestic Lounge | 1/Quarter | 2/Quarter |
International Lounge | 1/Quarter | 2/Quarter |
Platform | Master Card & Amex | Master Card & Amex |
Note: The Krisflyer Miles have hard expiry of two years.
Achieve Singapore Airlines Elite Status
With the just-launched Krisflyer SBI Cards, you can achieve Singapore Airlines Silver or Gold status.
- Silver Status with Krisflyer SBI Card on spending INR 2.5 Lacs on Singapore Airlines usually requires 25K Elite Miles.
- Gold Status with Krisflyer SBI Card Apex on spending INR 7.5 Lacs on Singapore Airlines, usually requires 50K Elite Miles.
The usual Elite miles earned on Singapore Airlines are given below:
The Singapore Airlines Elite status is also achievable with the Marriott Preferred Airline Partnership.
Bottomline
Singapore Airlines partnered with SBI and launched Krisflyer SBI Co-branded cards. We will be reviewing both of these cards soon; at the moment, it feels great to see another International airline launching their co-branded cards and telling us about where the International Travel industry is.