Independent card analysis

IndusInd Bank Legend Credit Card

IndusInd Bank · Visa · Premium card

A useful low-forex lifestyle card with weekend rewards and recurring movie value.

Best suited to

Weekend spenders and moviegoers seeking a low-forex lifestyle card.

Authored and reviewed by GainFair
Terms checked 23 Sept 2026
Annual fee
Lifetime free
Joining fee
₹0
Base reward rate
0.5%
Forex markup
1.8%

Reward rates by spending category

Published catalogue rates before caps and merchant-category exclusions.

CategoryRecorded rate
Online shopping
0.5%
Groceries & essentials
0.5%
Dining & delivery
0.5%
Travel & hotels
0.5%
Bills & utilities
0.5%
Beauty & wellness
0.5%
Entertainment & movies
0.5%
Education & family
0.5%
Healthcare & pharmacy
0.5%
Subscriptions & streaming
0.5%
Offline store shopping
0.5%
International spending
0.5%
Gold & jewellery
0.5%
House rent
0.5%
Insurance premiums
0.5%
Other miscellaneous
0.5%
Fuel & commute
0%

Caps and fee waiver

Reward caps
No general cap recorded
Annual fee waiver
Not needed
Monthly income requirement
Not listed

Airport lounge access

No complimentary airport lounge access recorded

Movies and entertainment

BookMyShow · Buy one, get one · up to ₹200 · 1 use/month

Benefit details

Benefits & conditions

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Rewards and cashback · 3 items
  • Weekday rewards

    Usage-based value

    One point per ₹100 on weekdays. The stated 0.75% reflects eligible catalogue redemption; the conservative calculator uses ₹0.50 cash value. Weekend purchases earn two points, but the engine does not infer transaction days.

    Status: verifiedReviewed: 2026-09-23Official source ↗
  • One point per ₹100 on weekdays and two points per ₹100 on weekends

    Shown without a cash value
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  • 3,000 bonus points at ₹5 lakh eligible anniversary-year spend

    Shown without a cash value
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Fees · 1 item
  • Lifetime-free annual fee

    Recorded value ₹-0

    No annual card fee is recorded under the currently reviewed terms.

    Status: verifiedReviewed: 2026-09-23Official source ↗
Spend milestones · 1 item
  • 3,000 points at ₹5 lakh anniversary spend

    3,000 reward units

    Unlocked after ₹5,00,000 of eligible spending.

    Conditions: Reach ₹5,00,000 per card anniversary year

    Exclusions: fuelCommute · billsUtilities · educationFamily · insurance

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Airport lounge access · 1 item
  • Priority Pass membership with a US$35 charge for every visit

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Movies and entertainment · 2 items
  • BookMyShow movie offer

    Usage-based · up to ₹2,400

    Buy one, get one offer up to ₹200, 1 time per month.

    Status: verifiedReviewed: 2026-09-23Official source ↗
  • Additional ₹50 food-and-beverage discount with the monthly BookMyShow booking

    Shown without a cash value
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Travel privileges · 1 item
  • Times Prime and current hotel or travel offers under partner validity terms

    Shown without a cash value
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Insurance and protection · 1 item
  • Total Protect counterfeit-card and unauthorised-transaction cover up to the credit limit, subject to reporting terms

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Memberships · 1 item
  • Priority Pass membership with a US$35 charge for every visit

    Shown without a cash value
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Concierge · 1 item
  • 24-hour concierge and travel-desk assistance

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Foreign-currency charges · 2 items
  • Foreign-currency markup

    Usage-based value

    1.8% foreign-currency markup before applicable tax.

    Conditions: Applies to eligible foreign-currency transactions

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  • Lifetime-free pricing with 1.8% forex markup

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Eligibility and availability · 1 item
  • Application eligibility

    Shown without a cash value

    Application availability: open. No universal verified numeric income threshold is used as a hard filter. IndusInd Bank does not publish one universal numeric monthly income threshold for Legend.

    Status: verifiedReviewed: 2026-09-23Official source ↗
Other benefits · 2 items
  • 1% fuel-surcharge waiver subject to the issuer cap

    Shown without a cash value
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  • Auto-assist and medical-assist services

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Other categories (6)

These categories have no detailed entries. We distinguish confirmed absences from information that still needs review.

What stands out

  • ✓ One point per ₹100 on weekdays and two points per ₹100 on weekends
  • ✓ 3,000 bonus points at ₹5 lakh eligible anniversary-year spend
  • ✓ Monthly BookMyShow buy-one-get-one up to ₹200 plus ₹50 food-and-beverage discount
  • ✓ Lifetime-free pricing with 1.8% forex markup

What to watch

Complimentary domestic and international lounge visits were discontinued on 7 March 2025. Priority Pass membership remains, but every visit is chargeable; weekend earning is not automatically forecast without transaction dates.

Recorded exclusions

Fuel Commute · Cash withdrawal · Fees charges

How GainFair evaluates this card

The personal card advisor applies your monthly spending to category rates, limits rewards at the applicable caps, adds eligible movie, milestone and lounge value, and subtracts annual fees plus foreign-currency markup and GST. It can recommend keeping your current cards when a new card does not create enough incremental value.

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Terms tracker

Card change history

Material changes verified against dated issuer notices. Effective dates can differ from announcement dates.

  1. Value reduced

    Complimentary lounge visits discontinued

    IndusInd Bank discontinued complimentary domestic and international lounge visits on Legend.

    Before
    The card included complimentary lounge visits.
    After
    Priority Pass membership remains but each visit is chargeable.
  2. Mixed impact

    Annual milestone revised

    The current Legend anniversary milestone awards 3,000 points at ₹5 lakh eligible spend.

    Before
    The earlier milestone schedule applied.
    After
    ₹5 lakh eligible anniversary-year spend earns 3,000 points.

Issuer sources

Open the sources used for this card's product details, rewards, fees and eligibility.

Sources checked 23 Sept 2026 · Latest recorded change effective 7 Mar 2025