American Express SmartEarn™ Credit Card vs SBI Miles Credit Card

• Get rewarded for your spends with 10X and 5X Membership Rewards® Points respectively at select merchant partners
• Cashback of Rs. 500 on eligible spends of Rs. 10,000 in the first 90 days of Cardmembership
• Renewal Fee waiver on spends of Rs.40,000 and above in the previous year of Card-membership

• As a Welcome Benefit, get 1,500 Travel Credits. The 1,500 Travel Credits will get credited on spends of Rs. 30,000 within 60 days of card issuance. Travel Credits will be credited on payment of joining fee
• Annual Fee waived off on annual spends of Rs. 6 Lakh or more in the preceding year
• Get 2 Travel Credits for every Rs. 200 spent on travel
• Get 1 Travel Credits for every Rs. 200 on all other spends
• You can convert the Travel Credits into Air Miles / Hotel Points, Travel Bookings or choose from a wide array of Catalogue Products
• Get 5,000 Bonus Travel Credits on reaching annual spends of Rs. 5 Lakh
• Get additional Domestic Lounge visit with every spend of Rs. 1 Lakh. Additional lounge visits, based on spend milestones, are capped at 8 visits in a membership year
• Avail a complimentary Priority Pass Membership worth $99 and get to access to 1000+ International Airport Lounges worldwide. Priority Pass Program is complimentary for the first 2 years
•  4 complimentary Domestic Airport Lounge visits every year (max. 2 visits per quarter)
• Low Foreign Currency Mark-up Charge of 3.00% on International usage
• 1% Fuel Surcharge Waiver across all petrol pumps. (GST extra as applicable)
• SBI Card MILES in over 24 million outlets across the globe, including 3,25,000 outlets in India
• With Flexipay, convert transactions in easy monthly installments. Just transact for Rs. 2,500 or more and contact the bank within 30 days of purchase to convert it into Flexipay
• Pay  electricity, telephone, mobile and other utility bills using the Easy Bill Pay facility
• Get enhanced security against counterfeiting and skimming with the chip and pin enabled on the credit card
• Transfer the outstanding balance of other banks’ credit cards to SBI Miles Card, to avail a lower rate of interest and pay back in EMI

Pros

• Convert spends into easy monthly instalments with the American Express EMI
• Avail 5X Membership Rewards  by transacting on Amazon, Swiggy, BookMyShow, PVR, Myntra, Jabong, Grofers, Big Bazaar and many more and get 5X rewards for every Rs.50 spent
• Avail 1 Membership Rewards Point for every Rs. 50 spent except on the spends for Fuel, Insurance, Utilities, Cash Transactions and EMI conversion at Point of Sale

Cons

• No Golf/coaching sessions
• No complimentary Airport Lounge access 
• High-interest rates

Pros

• Availing 5,000 Bonus Travel Credits on reaching annual spends of Rs. 5 Lakh
• Complimentary Priority Pass Membership worth $99 and get to access to 1000+ International Airport Lounges worldwide
•  4 complimentary Domestic Airport Lounge visits every year (max. 2 visits per quarter)

Cons

• No golf benefits
• No cashback benefits
• No movie or dining benefits