Independent card analysis

IndusInd Bank Tiger Credit Card

IndusInd Bank · Visa · Premium card

A lifetime-free travel card with useful lounge access and a low forex markup; rewards are valued across the issuer’s incremental annual-spend slabs.

Best suited to

Frequent travellers who want lounge access and low forex costs without an annual fee.

Authored and reviewed by GainFair
Terms checked 13 Sept 2026
Annual fee
Lifetime free
Joining fee
₹0
Base reward rate
0.4%
Forex markup
1.5%

Reward rates by spending category

Published catalogue rates before caps and merchant-category exclusions.

CategoryRecorded rate
Travel & hotels
0.4%
Online shopping
0.4%
Dining & delivery
0.4%
Entertainment & movies
0.4%
Groceries & essentials
0.4%
Bills & utilities
0.4%
Subscriptions & streaming
0.4%
Beauty & wellness
0.4%
Offline store shopping
0.4%
International spending
0.4%
House rent
0.4%
Insurance premiums
0.4%
Education & family
0.4%
Healthcare & pharmacy
0.4%
Other miscellaneous
0.4%
Gold & jewellery
0.4%
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

8 domestic airport lounge visits per year • 2 international airport lounge visits per year

2 domestic airport lounge visits per quarter · Issuer card

Guest access: Chargeable

2 international airport lounge visits per year · Priority Pass

Guest access: Chargeable

Priority Pass visits within India are chargeable.

Benefit details

Benefits & conditions

Expand a category to see recorded benefits, fees and eligibility, with conditions and links to the sources. Categories without recorded details are grouped below; missing information does not mean a benefit is unavailable.

Rewards and cashback · 4 items
  • Incremental anniversary-year reward slabs

    Usage-based value

    One, two, four, then six points per ₹100 apply only to the incremental spend inside each anniversary-year slab. Each point is worth ₹0.40 as cash credit.

    Status: verifiedReviewed: 2026-09-14Official source ↗
  • Base rewards outside accelerated slabs

    Usage-based value

    These categories earn the base one point per ₹100 but do not receive the anniversary-year accelerated multipliers. Fuel earns no points.

    Status: verifiedReviewed: 2026-09-14Official source ↗
  • Incremental anniversary-year earn rises from 1 to 2, 4 and 6 points per ₹100

    Shown without a cash value
    Status: verifiedReviewed: 2026-09-13Official source ↗
  • 1 point = ₹0.40 as cash credit, with cash redemption capped at 5,000 points monthly

    Shown without a cash value
    Status: verifiedReviewed: 2026-09-13Official source ↗
Fees · 1 item
  • Lifetime-free annual fee

    Recorded value ₹-0

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

    Status: verifiedReviewed: 2026-09-13Official source ↗
Airport lounge access · 3 items
  • Domestic lounge access

    Usage-based value

    2 visits per quarter through Issuer card. Guest access: chargeable.

    Status: verifiedReviewed: 2026-09-13Official source ↗
  • International lounge access

    Usage-based value

    2 visits per year through Priority Pass. Guest access: chargeable. Priority Pass visits within India are chargeable.

    Status: verifiedReviewed: 2026-09-13Official source ↗
  • Complimentary Priority Pass membership with two international visits yearly; visits within India are chargeable

    Shown without a cash value
    Status: verifiedReviewed: 2026-09-13Official source ↗
Movies and entertainment · 2 items
  • One complimentary BookMyShow movie ticket up to ₹500 every six months

    Shown without a cash value
    Status: verifiedReviewed: 2026-09-13Official source ↗
  • Lifetime free with 1.5% forex, quarterly golf and two ₹500 movie tickets yearly

    Shown without a cash value
    Status: verifiedReviewed: 2026-09-13Official source ↗
Golf · 1 item
  • One complimentary golf game or lesson per quarter

    Shown without a cash value
    Status: verifiedReviewed: 2026-09-13Official source ↗
Fuel benefits · 1 item
  • 1% fuel surcharge waiver across eligible Indian fuel stations

    Shown without a cash value
    Status: verifiedReviewed: 2026-09-13Official source ↗
Memberships · 1 item
  • Complimentary Priority Pass membership with two international visits yearly; visits within India are chargeable

    Shown without a cash value
    Status: verifiedReviewed: 2026-09-13Official source ↗
Concierge · 1 item
  • 24/7 concierge services

    Shown without a cash value
    Status: verifiedReviewed: 2026-09-13Official source ↗
Foreign-currency charges · 1 item
  • Foreign-currency markup

    Usage-based value

    1.5% foreign-currency markup before applicable tax.

    Conditions: Applies to eligible foreign-currency transactions

    Status: verifiedReviewed: 2026-09-13Official source ↗
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. The reviewed issuer page does not publish one universal numeric income threshold.

    Status: verifiedReviewed: 2026-09-21Official source ↗
Other benefits · 1 item
  • Auto Assist roadside services

    Shown without a cash value
    Status: verifiedReviewed: 2026-09-13Official source ↗
Other categories (7)

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

What stands out

  • ✓ Incremental anniversary-year earn rises from 1 to 2, 4 and 6 points per ₹100
  • ✓ 1 point = ₹0.40 as cash credit, with cash redemption capped at 5,000 points monthly
  • ✓ Two domestic lounge visits per quarter and two international Priority Pass visits yearly
  • ✓ Lifetime free with 1.5% forex, quarterly golf and two ₹500 movie tickets yearly

What to watch

Higher reward multipliers apply only to incremental spending after each anniversary-year threshold, not to selected shopping or travel categories.

Recorded exclusions

Fuel Commute · Wallet load · Government payments

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

    Cash redemption limit introduced

    Cash-credit redemptions are limited per calendar month while reward earning remains uncapped by this restriction.

    Before
    The current monthly cash-redemption ceiling did not apply.
    After
    A maximum of 5,000 reward points may be redeemed for cash credit per calendar month.

Issuer sources

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

Sources checked 13 Sept 2026 · Latest recorded change effective 1 Sept 2024