Independent card analysis

Kiwi / YES BANK Klick RuPay + Neon

YES BANK (Kiwi platform) · RuPay · Entry card

Neon can materially outperform the free plan for customers who route enough eligible merchant UPI spend through Kiwi, while keeping the underlying credit card free.

Best suited to

Regular Kiwi Scan & Pay users likely to cross at least ₹50,000 of eligible spending during the membership year.

Authored and reviewed by GainFair
Terms checked 24 Sept 2026
Annual fee
₹0 + GST
Joining fee
₹0
Base reward rate
0%
Forex markup
3.5%

Reward rates by spending category

Published catalogue rates before caps and merchant-category exclusions.

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

Caps and fee waiver

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

Airport lounge access

No complimentary airport lounge access recorded

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 · 3 items
  • Published merchant-type exclusions

    Usage-based value

    The published agricultural, automotive, government, professional-service, toll, real-estate, gift-card and financial-institution merchant types earn no Neon rewards.

    Conditions: The published agricultural, automotive, government, professional-service, toll, real-estate, gift-card and financial-institution merchant types earn no Neon rewards.

    Status: verifiedReviewed: 2026-09-24Official source ↗
  • Kiwi Scan & Pay cashback

    Usage-based value

    Eight Kiwis per ₹100 only on eligible merchant QR transactions completed through Kiwi Scan & Pay.

    Conditions: Eight Kiwis per ₹100 only on eligible merchant QR transactions completed through Kiwi Scan & Pay.

    Status: verifiedReviewed: 2026-09-24Official source ↗
  • Kiwi online-payment cashback

    Usage-based value

    Two Kiwis per ₹100 only on eligible online transactions redirected to and completed through Kiwi.

    Conditions: Two Kiwis per ₹100 only on eligible online transactions redirected to and completed through Kiwi.

    Status: verifiedReviewed: 2026-09-24Official source ↗
Fees · 2 items
  • Annual card fee

    Recorded value ₹-0

    ₹0 annual fee before applicable tax.

    Status: verifiedReviewed: 2026-09-24Official source ↗
  • Kiwi Neon membership

    Cost ₹999

    ₹999 recurring programme fee before GST.

    Status: verifiedReviewed: 2026-09-24Official source ↗
Spend milestones · 3 items
  • ₹50,000 milestone

    Usage-based value

    3% effective milestone reward rate and 1 lounge pass.

    Conditions: Reach ₹50,000 eligible merchant UPI spending

    Exclusions: fuelCommute · billsUtilities · educationFamily · goldJewellery · rent · insurance · wallet_load · cash_withdrawal · fees_charges · government_payments · tolls · real_estate · gift_cards · financial_institutions

    Status: verifiedReviewed: 2026-09-24Official source ↗
  • ₹1 lakh milestone

    Usage-based value

    4% effective milestone reward rate and 2 lounge passes.

    Conditions: Reach ₹1,00,000 eligible merchant UPI spending

    Exclusions: fuelCommute · billsUtilities · educationFamily · goldJewellery · rent · insurance · wallet_load · cash_withdrawal · fees_charges · government_payments · tolls · real_estate · gift_cards · financial_institutions

    Status: verifiedReviewed: 2026-09-24Official source ↗
  • ₹1.5 lakh milestone

    Usage-based value

    5% effective milestone reward rate and 3 lounge passes.

    Conditions: Reach ₹1,50,000 eligible merchant UPI spending

    Exclusions: fuelCommute · billsUtilities · educationFamily · goldJewellery · rent · insurance · wallet_load · cash_withdrawal · fees_charges · government_payments · tolls · real_estate · gift_cards · financial_institutions

    Status: verifiedReviewed: 2026-09-24Official source ↗
Airport lounge access · 4 items
  • ₹50,000 eligible annual Kiwi spend lifts effective total cashback to 3% and unlocks one lounge pass

    Shown without a cash value
    Status: verifiedReviewed: 2026-09-24Official source ↗
  • ₹1 lakh eligible annual Kiwi spend lifts effective total cashback to 4% and unlocks a second lounge pass

    Shown without a cash value
    Status: verifiedReviewed: 2026-09-24Official source ↗
  • ₹1.5 lakh eligible annual Kiwi spend lifts effective total cashback to 5% and unlocks a third lounge pass

    Shown without a cash value
    Status: verifiedReviewed: 2026-09-24Official source ↗
  • Each lounge pass is valid for six months, for the member only, for a maximum two-hour visit through the in-app QR route

    Shown without a cash value
    Status: verifiedReviewed: 2026-09-24Official source ↗
Foreign-currency charges · 1 item
  • Foreign-currency markup

    Usage-based value

    3.5% foreign-currency markup before applicable tax.

    Conditions: Applies to eligible foreign-currency transactions

    Status: verifiedReviewed: 2026-09-24Official source ↗
Eligibility and availability · 1 item
  • Restricted application availability

    Shown without a cash value

    Application availability: existing cardholder upgrade. No universal verified numeric income threshold is used as a hard filter. Neon is available only to selected qualifying users whose credit card was issued through the Kiwi app on or after 4 July 2024.

    Conditions: Issuer relationship required

    Status: verifiedReviewed: 2026-09-24Official source ↗
Other benefits · 2 items
  • 2% on eligible Kiwi Scan & Pay merchant UPI

    Shown without a cash value
    Status: verifiedReviewed: 2026-09-24Official source ↗
  • 0.5% on eligible online payments redirected into Kiwi

    Shown without a cash value
    Status: verifiedReviewed: 2026-09-24Official source ↗
Other categories (11)

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

What stands out

  • ✓ 2% on eligible Kiwi Scan & Pay merchant UPI
  • ✓ 0.5% on eligible online payments redirected into Kiwi
  • ✓ Effective total rewards of 3%, 4% or 5% at annual eligible-spend milestones
  • ✓ One lounge pass at each achieved milestone, up to three yearly

What to watch

Neon costs ₹999 plus GST yearly and is available only to selected qualifying Kiwi cardholders. The 2% rate requires the exact Kiwi Scan & Pay route, milestone rates include regular cashback already earned, and many MCCs are excluded.

Recorded exclusions

Fuel Commute · Bills Utilities · Education Family · Gold Jewellery · Rent · Insurance · Wallet load · Cash withdrawal · Fees charges · Government payments · Tolls · Real estate · Gift cards · Financial institutions

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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Sources checked 24 Sept 2026 · Latest recorded change effective 1 Feb 2025