Amazon Pay and BOBCARD launched festive offers featuring cashback and reward miles for users. Amazon Pay provides extra cashback on shopping and travel, while BOBCARD offers bonus Etihad Guest Miles until November 15, 2026. Customers should check eligibility, fees, and spending thresholds carefully before they use these credit card rewards.
Festive offers from banks and platforms like Amazon Pay and BOBCARD promise cashback and reward miles, but real savings depend on meeting spend thresholds, eligibility, and fees. Consumers must compare these perks against interest costs and redemption terms before buying.
The festive season often brings higher spending on shopping, travel and household expenses, with banks and digital payment platforms offering cashback and rewards. However, the actual savings depend on eligibility criteria, spending thresholds, fees and redemption conditions.
Amazon Pay has listed offers across shopping, travel and digital payments during the Amazon Great Indian Festival.
Separately, BOBCARD is offering bonus Etihad Guest Miles to eligible new cardholders who meet specified spending requirements.
Amazon Pay offers
Eligible Amazon Pay ICICI Bank Credit Card holders can receive an additional 5% cashback during the festive sale, over and above existing cashback rates of 5% for Prime members and 3% for non-Prime members, as specified in the offer details.
Amazon Pay Later customers can avail of credit of up to ₹60,000 for eligible purchases, recharges, bill payments and travel bookings. The festive offer also includes 10% cashback for eligible customers. Repayment options include EMIs on eligible purchases or payment the following month, subject to applicable terms.
Travel offers include discounts of 23% on flights, up to 75% on hotels and up to 17% on bus bookings, along with ₹100 cashback on bus bookings. Other offers include ₹75 cashback on the first wallet load of ₹300 for new Amazon Pay Balance users, ₹50 cashback on an eligible Amazon order after sending money, ₹50 cashback for eligible first-time UPI users, and 1% cashback on eligible Scan & Pay transactions.
Amazon Pay's Rewards Gold programme also offers cashback of 5% for eligible Prime members and 3% for non-Prime members across select categories, subject to completing 25 transactions in the preceding three months and other applicable conditions.
BOBCARD welcome miles offer
BOBCARD, a wholly owned subsidiary of Bank of Baroda, is offering bonus Etihad Guest Miles on its Etihad Guest Credit Card and Etihad Guest Premium Credit Card until November 15, 2026. Eligible new cardholders must meet the spending requirements within the first 65 days of card issuance.
The entry-level card offers 5,000 bonus miles on eligible spending of ₹25,000 or more, with an additional 2,500 miles on spending of ₹50,000 or more, taking the potential bonus to 7,500 miles.
The Premium card offers 10,000 bonus miles on eligible spending of ₹50,000 or more, with an additional 5,000 miles on cumulative spending of ₹1 lakh. The maximum bonus is 15,000 miles.
The entry-level card carries a joining fee of ₹2,500, while the Premium card costs ₹5,000. The cards also differ in their ongoing rewards and travel benefits. The Premium variant offers zero forex markup and 12 domestic and eight international airport lounge visits annually, while the entry-level card has a 1% forex markup and offers eight domestic and four international lounge visits annually.
What consumers should check
Consumers should compare cashback and rewards with joining fees, spending requirements and other applicable charges. For credit and pay-later facilities, repayment obligations and interest costs should also be considered.
Travel miles do not have a fixed cash value, as their usefulness depends on redemption availability, expiry rules and additional charges. Consumers should check the applicable terms before spending or applying for a card.