Independent card analysis

Reliance SBI Card PRIME

SBI Card · RuPay · Premium card

A broad premium co-brand bundle for Reliance households that can also use lounge and monthly movie value.

Best suited to

Higher-spend Reliance customers who travel, dine and watch movies regularly.

Authored and reviewed by GainFair
Terms checked 24 Sept 2026
Annual fee
₹2,999 + GST
Joining fee
₹2,999 + GST
Base reward rate
0.5%
Forex markup
3.5%

Reward rates by spending category

Published catalogue rates before caps and merchant-category exclusions.

CategoryRecorded rate
International spending
1.3%
Online shopping
0.5%
AJIO and JioMart only
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%
Gold & jewellery
0.5%
Insurance premiums
0.5%
Other miscellaneous
0.5%
Fuel & commute
0%
House rent
0%

Caps and fee waiver

Reward caps
No general cap recorded
Annual fee waiver
At ₹3,00,000 annual spending
Monthly income requirement
Not listed

Airport lounge access

8 domestic airport lounge visits per year • 4 international airport lounge visits per year

2 domestic airport lounge visits per quarter · Issuer card

Guest access: Not available

4 international airport lounge visits per year · Priority Pass

Guest access: Chargeable

Complimentary visits apply only outside India and only to the primary cardholder.

Movies and entertainment

BookMyShow · 100% discount · up to ₹250 · 1 use/month

Availability: One eligible ticket up to ₹250 each calendar month under the current BookMyShow terms..

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
  • AJIO and JioMart points

    Usage-based value

    Twenty points per ₹100 only at eligible AJIO and JioMart online stores when paid by card.

    Conditions: Twenty points per ₹100 only at eligible AJIO and JioMart online stores when paid by card.

    Status: verifiedReviewed: 2026-09-24Official source ↗
  • Participating Reliance store points

    Usage-based value

    Ten points per ₹100 only at Reliance Retail MIDs or TIDs supplied to SBI Card and paid by card.

    Conditions: Ten points per ₹100 only at Reliance Retail MIDs or TIDs supplied to SBI Card and paid by card.

    Status: verifiedReviewed: 2026-09-24Official source ↗
  • Participating Reliance store UPI points

    Usage-based value

    RuPay UPI at participating Reliance stores earns two points per ₹100, not the card-payment accelerator.

    Conditions: RuPay UPI at participating Reliance stores earns two points per ₹100, not the card-payment accelerator.

    Status: verifiedReviewed: 2026-09-24Official source ↗
  • Dining, movie and domestic-airline incremental points

    Usage-based value

    Three incremental points per ₹100 at the published dining, movie and domestic-airline MCCs; two base points continue after the bonus cap.

    Conditions: Three incremental points per ₹100 at the published dining, movie and domestic-airline MCCs; two base points continue after the bonus cap.

    Status: verifiedReviewed: 2026-09-24Official source ↗
  • International incremental points

    Usage-based value

    Three incremental points per ₹100 on eligible international spend; two base points continue after the separate international cap.

    Status: verifiedReviewed: 2026-09-24Official source ↗
  • Government-payment exclusion

    Usage-based value

    Government transactions at the published MCCs earn no points.

    Conditions: Government transactions at the published MCCs earn no points.

    Status: verifiedReviewed: 2026-09-24Official source ↗
  • Other eligible retail points

    Usage-based value

    Two points per ₹100 on other eligible retail purchases.

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

    Cost ₹2,999

    ₹2,999 annual fee before applicable tax.

    Status: verifiedReviewed: 2026-09-24Official source ↗
  • Joining fee

    Cost ₹2,999

    ₹2,999 one-time joining fee before applicable tax.

    Status: verifiedReviewed: 2026-09-24Official source ↗
Fee waiver · 1 item
  • Annual fee waiver

    Usage-based · up to ₹2,999

    Annual fee may be waived after ₹3,00,000 of eligible annual spending.

    Conditions: Reach ₹3,00,000 eligible annual spending

    Status: verifiedReviewed: 2026-09-24Official source ↗
Welcome benefits · 2 items
  • ₹3,000 Reliance Retail voucher

    Recorded value ₹3,000

    Fixed-face-value Reliance Retail welcome voucher.

    Conditions: Pay the applicable ₹2,999 joining fee · Voucher validity, eligible-product and single-use terms apply

    Status: verifiedReviewed: 2026-09-24Official source ↗
  • Reliance discount voucher package

    Shown without a cash value

    Issuer-advertised discounts with face value up to ₹11,999; no guaranteed cash value is assigned.

    Conditions: Pay the applicable joining fee · Each voucher retains merchant, minimum-spend, product and validity restrictions

    Status: verifiedReviewed: 2026-09-24Official source ↗
Spend milestones · 3 items
  • ₹1,500, ₹2,250 and ₹5,000 Reliance Retail milestone vouchers at ₹75,000, ₹1.5 lakh and ₹3 lakh of qualifying Reliance Retail spend respectively; not auto-valued from broad category spend

    Shown without a cash value
    Status: verifiedReviewed: 2026-09-24Official source ↗
  • Published discount-voucher package has face value up to ₹11,999 but is not treated as cash

    Shown without a cash value
    Status: verifiedReviewed: 2026-09-24Official source ↗
  • 5% value in Reliance vouchers at AJIO and JioMart

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    Status: verifiedReviewed: 2026-09-24Official source ↗
Airport lounge access · 2 items
  • Domestic lounge access

    Usage-based value

    2 visits per quarter through Issuer card. Guest access: not available.

    Status: verifiedReviewed: 2026-09-24Official source ↗
  • International lounge access

    Usage-based value

    4 visits per year through Priority Pass. Guest access: chargeable. Complimentary visits apply only outside India and only to the primary cardholder.

    Status: verifiedReviewed: 2026-09-24Official source ↗
Movies and entertainment · 1 item
  • BookMyShow movie offer

    Usage-based · up to ₹3,000

    100% discount up to ₹250, 1 time per month. One eligible ticket up to ₹250 each calendar month under the current BookMyShow terms.

    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
  • Application eligibility

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    Application availability: open. No universal verified numeric income threshold is used as a hard filter. SBI Card does not publish one universal numeric income threshold for Reliance SBI Card PRIME.

    Status: verifiedReviewed: 2026-09-24Official source ↗
Other benefits · 3 items
  • 1% fuel-surcharge waiver capped at ₹100 per statement cycle on eligible ₹500-₹4,000 fuel purchases

    Shown without a cash value
    Status: verifiedReviewed: 2026-09-24Official source ↗
  • 2.5% at participating Reliance stores when paid by card

    Shown without a cash value
    Status: verifiedReviewed: 2026-09-24Official source ↗
  • Separate statement caps preserve 0.5% base earn after lifestyle and international bonuses

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    Status: verifiedReviewed: 2026-09-24Official source ↗
Other categories (8)

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

What stands out

  • ✓ 5% value in Reliance vouchers at AJIO and JioMart
  • ✓ 2.5% at participating Reliance stores when paid by card
  • ✓ Separate statement caps preserve 0.5% base earn after lifestyle and international bonuses
  • ✓ Eight domestic and four international lounge visits yearly

What to watch

The best rates require exact Reliance merchants or published MCCs. UPI at participating Reliance stores earns 0.5%, and Reliance-only milestone vouchers are not inferred from broad category totals.

Recorded exclusions

Fuel Commute · Rent · Wallet load · Cash withdrawal · Balance transfer · Merchant emi · Flexipay · 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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Issuer sources

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