Independent card analysis

BookMyShow RBL Bank Play Credit Card

RBL Bank · Mastercard · Entry card

Creates a genuine entertainment niche: regular BookMyShow users can unlock up to ₹6,000 of annual ticket value from a low-fee card.

Best suited to

Regular BookMyShow users who naturally spend at least ₹5,000 on eligible purchases every billing cycle.

Authored and reviewed by GainFair
Terms checked 13 Sept 2026
Annual fee
₹500 + GST
Joining fee
₹500 + GST
Base reward rate
0%
Forex markup
3.5%

Reward rates by spending category

Published catalogue rates before caps and merchant-category exclusions.

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

Caps and fee waiver

Reward caps
No general cap recorded
Annual fee waiver
At ₹1,50,000 annual spending
Monthly income requirement
Not listed

Airport lounge access

No complimentary airport lounge access recorded

Movies and entertainment

BookMyShow · 100% discount · up to ₹500 · 1 use/month

Requires ₹5,000 per Billing cycle for the same calendar month.

Availability: One eligible BookMyShow transaction per billing cycle; movie bookings require at least two tickets..

BookMyShow · 100% discount · up to ₹100 · 1 use/month

Requires ₹5,000 per Billing cycle for the same calendar month.

Availability: Food-and-beverage discount requires an eligible booking of two movie tickets..

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 · 1 item
  • No general purchase rewards

    Usage-based value

    The current product terms publish entertainment benefits rather than a general reward-point earning programme.

    Status: verifiedReviewed: 2026-09-22Official source ↗
Fees · 2 items
  • Annual card fee

    Cost ₹500

    ₹500 annual fee before applicable tax.

    Status: verifiedReviewed: 2026-09-13Official source ↗
  • Joining fee

    Cost ₹500

    ₹500 one-time joining fee before applicable tax.

    Status: verifiedReviewed: 2026-09-13Official source ↗
Fee waiver · 2 items
  • Annual fee waiver

    Usage-based · up to ₹500

    Annual fee may be waived after ₹1,50,000 of eligible annual spending.

    Conditions: Reach ₹1,50,000 eligible annual spending

    Exclusions: fuelCommute · billsUtilities · educationFamily · rent · insurance · other

    Status: verifiedReviewed: 2026-09-13Official source ↗
  • ₹1.5 lakh eligible anniversary-year spend waives the renewal fee

    Shown without a cash value
    Status: verifiedReviewed: 2026-09-13Official source ↗
Welcome benefits · 1 item
  • Up to ₹500 BookMyShow welcome benefit

    Recorded value ₹500

    One-time discount across eligible BookMyShow categories after card activation.

    Conditions: Pay the applicable membership fee · Make the first transaction within 30 days of issuance · Use the benefit within 60 days of the first statement

    Status: verifiedReviewed: 2026-09-13Official source ↗
Movies and entertainment · 2 items
  • BookMyShow movie offer

    Usage-based · up to ₹6,000

    100% discount up to ₹500, 1 time per month. One eligible BookMyShow transaction per billing cycle; movie bookings require at least two tickets.

    Conditions: Spend ₹5,000 per billing cycle

    Status: verifiedReviewed: 2026-09-13Official source ↗
  • BookMyShow movie offer

    Usage-based · up to ₹1,200

    100% discount up to ₹100, 1 time per month. Food-and-beverage discount requires an eligible booking of two movie tickets.

    Conditions: Spend ₹5,000 per billing cycle

    Status: verifiedReviewed: 2026-09-13Official source ↗
Fuel benefits · 1 item
  • 1% fuel surcharge waiver on ₹500-₹4,000 transactions, capped at ₹100 per month

    Shown without a cash value
    Status: verifiedReviewed: 2026-09-13Official 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: 2026-09-13Official 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 RBL Bank sources do not publish a universal numeric income threshold for Play.

    Status: verifiedReviewed: 2026-09-22Official source ↗
Other categories (10)

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

What stands out

  • ✓ Up to ₹500 BookMyShow benefit each billing cycle after ₹5,000 of eligible spend
  • ✓ Additional ₹100 food-and-beverage discount when two eligible movie tickets are booked
  • ✓ ₹500 welcome BookMyShow benefit after the first transaction on a paid card
  • ✓ ₹1.5 lakh eligible anniversary-year spend waives the renewal fee

What to watch

This card has no general reward-point programme. The monthly BookMyShow benefit needs ₹5,000 of eligible billing-cycle spend, has category exclusions and can be used in one transaction.

Recorded exclusions

Fuel Commute · Bills Utilities · Education Family · Rent · Insurance · Wallet load · Government payments · Railways · Quasi cash · Cash withdrawal · Contracted services

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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Issuer sources

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Sources checked 13 Sept 2026