Independent card analysis

SBI SimplyCLICK Credit Card

SBI Card · Visa · Entry card

Very accessible credit card with consistent online reward points and valuable milestone flight vouchers from Cleartrip.

Best suited to

First-time online shoppers looking for an easy-approval bank card.

Authored and reviewed by GainFair
Terms checked 13 Sept 2026
Annual fee
₹499 + GST
Joining fee
₹499 + GST
Base reward rate
0.3%
Forex markup
3.5%

Reward rates by spending category

Named merchant rates apply only to eligible purchases with that merchant. The category table uses conservative rates for other spending.

Named merchant rates

Myntra
2.5%
Amazon
1.3%
CategoryRecorded rate
Online shopping
0.3%
Travel & hotels
0.3%
Healthcare & pharmacy
0.3%
Dining & delivery
0.3%
Groceries & essentials
0.3%
Subscriptions & streaming
0.3%
Beauty & wellness
0.3%
Entertainment & movies
0.3%
Offline store shopping
0.3%
Bills & utilities
0.3%
International spending
0.3%
Insurance premiums
0.3%
Education & family
0.3%
Other miscellaneous
0.3%
Gold & jewellery
0.3%
Fuel & commute
0%
House rent
0%

Caps and fee waiver

Reward caps
10X partner points: ₹2,500/month · 5X online points: ₹2,500/month
Annual fee waiver
At ₹1,00,000 annual spending
Monthly income requirement
Approx. ₹20,000/month

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 · 5 items
  • Current exclusive partners 10X points

    Usage-based value

    10X applies only to the currently listed exclusive partners; Amazon and Swiggy are not in this bucket.

    Conditions: 10X applies only to the currently listed exclusive partners; Amazon and Swiggy are not in this bucket.

    Status: verifiedReviewed: 2026-09-21Official source ↗
  • Other eligible online 5X points

    Usage-based value

    5X applies to other eligible online purchases, including eligible Amazon and Swiggy transactions.

    Conditions: 5X applies to other eligible online purchases, including eligible Amazon and Swiggy transactions.

    Status: verifiedReviewed: 2026-09-21Official source ↗
  • Other eligible base points

    Usage-based value

    1 point per ₹100 applies to other eligible transactions.

    Status: verifiedReviewed: 2026-09-21Official source ↗
  • 10X Reward Points on the current exclusive partners; Amazon and Swiggy earn at the 5X online rate

    Shown without a cash value
    Status: verifiedReviewed: 2026-09-13Official source ↗
  • 5X Reward Points on all other online shopping

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    Status: verifiedReviewed: 2026-09-13Official source ↗
Fees · 3 items
  • Annual card fee

    Cost ₹499

    ₹499 annual fee before applicable tax.

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

    Cost ₹499

    ₹499 one-time joining fee before applicable tax.

    Status: verifiedReviewed: 2026-09-13Official source ↗
  • Annual fee reversed with ₹1 Lakh annual spend

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    Status: verifiedReviewed: 2026-09-13Official source ↗
Fee waiver · 1 item
  • Annual fee waiver

    Usage-based · up to ₹499

    Annual fee may be waived after ₹1,00,000 of eligible annual spending.

    Conditions: Reach ₹1,00,000 eligible annual spending

    Status: verifiedReviewed: 2026-09-13Official source ↗
Welcome benefits · 1 item
  • ₹500 Amazon e-gift card

    Recorded value ₹500

    Amazon.in e-gift card issued after the applicable annual membership fee is paid.

    Conditions: Pay the applicable membership fee · Subject to SBI Card welcome-gift terms

    Status: verifiedReviewed: 2026-09-13Official source ↗
Spend milestones · 2 items
  • ₹2,000 travel voucher at ₹1 lakh online spend

    Recorded value ₹2,000

    Requires eligible online spend.

    Conditions: Reach ₹1,00,000 per card anniversary year

    Status: verifiedReviewed: 2026-09-21Official source ↗
  • Additional ₹2,000 travel voucher at ₹2 lakh online spend

    Recorded value ₹2,000

    Requires eligible online spend.

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

    Status: verifiedReviewed: 2026-09-21Official source ↗
Fuel benefits · 1 item
  • 1% fuel surcharge waiver on eligible ₹500-₹3,000 transactions, capped at ₹100 per statement cycle

    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 issuer makes the underwriting decision and does not publish one universal numeric threshold on the registered product source.

    Status: verifiedReviewed: 2026-09-21Official source ↗
Other categories (10)

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

What stands out

  • ✓ 10X Reward Points on the current exclusive partners; Amazon and Swiggy earn at the 5X online rate
  • ✓ 5X Reward Points on all other online shopping
  • ✓ ₹2,000 Cleartrip e-voucher each on reaching ₹1 Lakh and ₹2 Lakh annual spends
  • ✓ Annual fee reversed with ₹1 Lakh annual spend

What to watch

Base reward rate for offline stores is quite low (0.25%). Best used exclusively for digital purchases.

Recorded exclusions

Fuel Commute · Rent · Wallet load · Cash withdrawal · Balance transfer · Encash · Flexipay

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

    Swiggy accelerated rewards reduced

    The accelerated earn rate for online Swiggy purchases was reduced while the other named accelerated-reward partners remained unchanged.

    Before
    10X reward points on eligible online Swiggy purchases.
    After
    5X reward points on eligible online Swiggy purchases.

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 Apr 2025