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RBL Bank Cookies Credit Card

RBL Bank · Mastercard + RuPay · Entry card

A distinctive monthly-fee structure can work well for steady online spenders who clear the waiver every month.

Best suited to

Consistent online and UPI spenders able to cross ₹5,000 every month.

Authored and reviewed by GainFair
Terms checked 23 Sept 2026
Annual fee
₹1,200 + GST
Joining fee
₹100 + GST
Base reward rate
0.2%
Forex markup
3.5%

Reward rates by spending category

Published catalogue rates before caps and merchant-category exclusions.

CategoryRecorded rate
Online shopping
0.2%
Groceries & essentials
0.2%
Dining & delivery
0.2%
Travel & hotels
0.2%
Bills & utilities
0.2%
Beauty & wellness
0.2%
Entertainment & movies
0.2%
Education & family
0.2%
Healthcare & pharmacy
0.2%
Subscriptions & streaming
0.2%
Offline store shopping
0.2%
International spending
0.2%
Gold & jewellery
0.2%
House rent
0.2%
Insurance premiums
0.2%
Other miscellaneous
0.2%
Fuel & commute
0%

Caps and fee waiver

Reward caps
Myntra cashback: ₹300/month · Zomato cashback: ₹300/month · Uber cashback: ₹300/month
Annual fee waiver
No waiver recorded
Monthly income requirement
Not listed

Airport lounge access

No complimentary airport lounge access recorded

Movies and entertainment

BookMyShow · 10% discount · up to ₹300 · 1 use/month

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 · 7 items
  • Incremental online points

    Usage-based value

    Four incremental points plus the one-point base produce five points per ₹100 for an eligible online transaction.

    Conditions: Four incremental points plus the one-point base produce five points per ₹100 for an eligible online transaction.

    Status: verifiedReviewed: 2026-09-23Official source ↗
  • Eligible offline points

    Usage-based value

    One point per ₹100 on eligible offline purchases; the online increment requires explicit payment-route context.

    Status: verifiedReviewed: 2026-09-23Official source ↗
  • Myntra cashback

    Usage-based value

    10% statement cashback on settled Myntra transactions.

    Conditions: 10% statement cashback on settled Myntra transactions.

    Status: verifiedReviewed: 2026-09-23Official source ↗
  • Zomato cashback

    Usage-based value

    10% statement cashback on settled Zomato transactions.

    Conditions: 10% statement cashback on settled Zomato transactions.

    Status: verifiedReviewed: 2026-09-23Official source ↗
  • Uber cashback

    Usage-based value

    10% statement cashback on settled Uber ride transactions.

    Conditions: 10% statement cashback on settled Uber ride transactions.

    Status: verifiedReviewed: 2026-09-23Official source ↗
  • Five points per ₹100 online and one point per ₹100 offline

    Shown without a cash value
    Status: verifiedReviewed: 2026-09-23Official source ↗
  • 10% cashback up to ₹300 each per month at Myntra, Uber and Zomato

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    Status: verifiedReviewed: 2026-09-23Official source ↗
Fees · 2 items
  • Annual card fee

    Cost ₹1,200

    ₹1,200 annual fee before applicable tax.

    Status: verifiedReviewed: 2026-09-23Official source ↗
  • Joining fee

    Cost ₹100

    ₹100 one-time joining fee before applicable tax.

    Status: verifiedReviewed: 2026-09-23Official source ↗
Welcome benefits · 1 item
  • ₹1,000 choice voucher

    Recorded value ₹1,000

    Choice of an Amazon, Flipkart, Myntra, Croma or Shoppers Stop voucher.

    Conditions: Complete an eligible transaction within 30 days · Pay the first monthly membership fee by its due date

    Status: verifiedReviewed: 2026-09-23Official source ↗
Spend milestones · 2 items
  • ₹1,000 voucher at ₹2 lakh membership-year spend

    Recorded value ₹1,000

    Unlocked after ₹2,00,000 of eligible spending.

    Conditions: Reach ₹2,00,000 per card anniversary year

    Exclusions: fuelCommute

    Status: verifiedReviewed: 2026-09-23Official source ↗
  • Additional ₹5,000 voucher at ₹5 lakh membership-year spend

    Recorded value ₹5,000

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

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

    Exclusions: fuelCommute

    Status: verifiedReviewed: 2026-09-23Official source ↗
Movies and entertainment · 1 item
  • BookMyShow movie offer

    Usage-based · up to ₹3,600

    10% discount up to ₹300, 1 time per month.

    Status: verifiedReviewed: 2026-09-23Official 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: 2026-09-23Official source ↗
Eligibility and availability · 1 item
  • Application eligibility

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

    Status: verifiedReviewed: 2026-09-23Official source ↗
Other benefits · 3 items
  • 1% fuel-surcharge waiver on ₹500-₹4,000 transactions, capped at ₹150 monthly

    Shown without a cash value
    Status: verifiedReviewed: 2026-09-23Official source ↗
  • RuPay merchant-UPI support on the RuPay network variant

    Shown without a cash value
    Status: verifiedReviewed: 2026-09-23Official source ↗
  • ₹100 monthly fee waived in the next billing cycle after ₹5,000 eligible calendar-month spend

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    Status: verifiedReviewed: 2026-09-23Official source ↗
Other categories (10)

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

What stands out

  • ✓ Five points per ₹100 online and one point per ₹100 offline
  • ✓ 10% cashback up to ₹300 each per month at Myntra, Uber and Zomato
  • ✓ ₹1,000 and ₹5,000 vouchers at ₹2 lakh and ₹5 lakh annual spend
  • ✓ ₹100 monthly fee waived in the next billing cycle after ₹5,000 eligible calendar-month spend

What to watch

This is a ₹100 monthly-fee product, not a conventional ₹1,200 annual-fee card. Missing even one monthly spend target can trigger that month’s fee, and regulated categories are excluded from rewards and the waiver.

Recorded exclusions

Bills Utilities · Education Family · Rent · Insurance · Railway · Quasi cash · Wallet load · Government payments · Cash withdrawal · Emi · 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

    Reward and monthly-fee-waiver exclusions expanded

    RBL Bank added regulated, quasi-cash and service categories to the Cookies exclusion schedule.

    Before
    The earlier narrower exclusions applied.
    After
    The current published exclusions apply to points and the monthly fee-waiver calculation.
    Checked 23 Sept 2026RBL Cookies current terms ↗

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 15 Oct 2024