Why you should get it
Dining & Utility
- ₹3000 Voucher on Joining
- 4 Int'l Lounges/year
- Pizza Hut/Trident Benefits

70% split equally across Shopping, Travel, Dining; 30% other eligible spend. Standard redemption value. Renewal year; joining costs and taxes excluded.
Route spends aligned to dining & utility before using this card for base-rate transactions
Points devalued recently
For Dining & Utility. 1.3% on shopping spend. ₹2,999 fee, waiver at ₹3,00,000. Verify the lounge spend rule before applying.
You should be able to scan the fee, waiver rule, best use case, lounge condition, and biggest downside in one pass.
Dining & Utility
These are the rules and drawbacks most likely to make the card feel disappointing after signup.
How to use the card well, and what to watch before applying.
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Keep the topline simple first. Open the calculators only if the fee, waiver rule, and reward shape still look attractive.
Joining fee ₹2,999
Waived on ₹3L spend
Shopping spend
70% split equally across Shopping, Travel, Dining; 30% other eligible spend. Standard redemption value. Renewal-year estimate after annual fee; excludes joining costs, taxes and unmodeled exclusions.
Live offers, redemptions, and milestone math are useful for optimization, but they should not crowd the main decision.
Offer availability changes often.
This card is better treated as direct cashback or feature value.
No standout milestone boost highlighted.
Keep the headline simple first. Open the full checklist and airport map only if lounge access matters for this card.
20 domestic • 10 international policy count
Card-level policy notes: • 4 Int'l Lounges/year Policy override notes: • SBI Prime is a mainstream premium tier with lounge benefits subject to active issuer terms. • Validate spend criteria and visit caps in latest SBI Prime lounge policy. - Source file: SBI Card Airport Lounge Access page (Set B lounges). - Participating lounge list effective 10 Jan'26. - Source terms mention lounge POS authorization holds (typically INR 2 for Visa/RuPay and temporary INR 25 hold for Mastercard). Verify latest spend criteria and guest access with issuer before travel.
Mapped from issuer lounge dataset + card policy signals
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This card does not have publishable enrichment records in the current high-confidence snapshot.
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