YES Premia Credit Card Review

Important Update: YesBank is unstable as a bank and hence their credit cards are no longer suggested for primary/secondary usage. Kindly update your credit card strategy accordingly.

you might already know that YesBank has launched a new credit card variant named “Premia” which stands one step below Yes first preferred and above Yes Prosperity Credit Cards. Yes Premia credit card was launched as a part of their premium banking product called “YES Premia” which is similar to HDFC Preferred or Axis Priority.

Joining Fee: 1500 INR+GST

You should still be able to get the card for free as YESBank is issuing most credit cards as LTF lately.

Reward Rate

3 Reward Points on every INR 100 Retail spend (0.75% Reward rate)
4 Reward Points on every INR 100 spent on Groceries, Supermarkets and Dining (1% Reward rate)

So its not a great card.

Complimentary Lounge Access

Domestic: 2/Qtr via Mastercard lounge programme
International: 2/Yr Via Priority Pass lounge programme (no add-on PP cards)

That’s a decent limit for a semi-premium card, though, wish they could have added some extra International visits on Priority Pass.

Reward Point Redemptions

This is where most of us are not happy with Yesbank in recent times. Few months back, Yesbank removed the Amazon Vouchers from the redemption options which makes everyone re-think about using even Yesbank’s premium & super premium credit cards.

I was fortunate enough to redeem some Amazon vouchers before it was removed. Now, eventhough the removal of Amazon voucher is a loss for us, they do have grand set of other vouchers like Taj/LP/cleartrip/pantaloons, etc which makes Yesbank cards still a worthy one to hold.

Overall Features & Benefits

Card Expert Rating: 3.5/5 [yasr_overall_rating]
Reward Rate: Upto 1%
Fuel Surcharge Waiver: Fuel surcharge waiver, for transactions between Rs. 400 – Rs. 5000. Maximum waiver upto Rs. 250 per statement, Service Tax as levied on surcharge will not be waived.
Complementary Airport lounge access: Domestic: 2/qtr & International: 2/yr
Special Features: 2X/3X/5X promos during festive season, 25% discount on BookMyShow (capped at Rs. 250 per month)
Foreign Exchange Markup fee: 2.5% + GST