international travel credit cards Planning to travel abroad? Let’s get to know the top 5 credit cards – top 5 credit cards for international travel

A credit card that offers hotel and airline benefits is a good choice for overseas travel. With the summer holidays just around the corner, let’s get familiar with some credit cards. These cards not only offer great rewards, but also offer additional benefits on flight bookings, hotel stays and memberships. Some of these cards offer lower rates, saving you a significant amount of money on foreign exchange mark-up fees.

IDFC First Wealth Credit Card

IDFC First Wealth Credit Card charges a 1.5 percent forex markup fee on international transactions. Cardholders get four airport lounge access per quarter. This card offers access to more than 900 luxury hotels with premium benefits. It offers up to 20 percent off at over 1,500 restaurants and up to 15 percent off at over 3,000 health and wellness centers. The key feature is that this card does not charge any annual fee.

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Standard Chartered EaseMyTrip Credit Card

Standard Chartered’s EaseMyTrip Credit Card offers instant discounts of 20 percent and 10 percent on hotel and flight bookings on the EaseMyTrip app, respectively. Cardholder will get a discount of Rs.125 on bus ticket booking. The card offers 10x rewards on every Rs 100 spent on booking tickets on standalone hotel, airline websites, apps or outlets. It offers two complimentary international launch access per year and one complimentary domestic launch access every three months. This card has an annual fee of Rs 350.

InterMiles HDFC Bank Signature Credit Card

The InterMiles HDFC Bank Signature Credit Card offers 8,000 bonus InterMiles as rewards on joining and 3,000 InterMiles on spending Rs 6,000 in the first 30 days. It offers flight and hotel discount vouchers worth Rs 750 and Rs 2,000 respectively and InterMiles Silver membership for the first year and after renewal. The card user can redeem these Intermiles Rewards to book flight tickets through the Intermiles website. It offers 16 complimentary lounge access per year to Visa and MasterCard network credit card holders. The annual fee for this card is Rs 2,500.

RBL World Safari Credit Card

With the RBL World Safari Credit Card, there are no foreign exchange mark-up fees. It offers a MakeMyTrip Welcome Voucher worth Rs 3,000. Card users also get Priority Pass membership to access international airport lounges. It offers two complimentary domestic lounge access per quarter. The bank offers 10,000 travel points on spending of Rs 2.5 lakh in a year and 15,000 additional travel points on spending of Rs 5 lakh in a year using this card. This credit card requires an annual fee of Rs.3000.

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SBI Elite Credit Card

The SBI Elite Credit Card charges a foreign exchange markup fee of 1.99 percent. Card users get complimentary membership to the Priority Pass program worth US$99 per year. Cardholders get complimentary Trident Privilege Membership and Club Vistara Membership. It offers six international launch access per year and two complimentary domestic launch access per quarter. The annual fee for this card is Rs 4,999.

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