
HDFC Diners Club Black Metal
HDFC Bank
₹28,200 a year, after fees
₹10,000 fee · Lounges in India and abroad · 2% forex markup · Reward rate 3.3%–33.3%
Ranked higher: its bonus category adds ₹11,900 a year
Every card ranked by what it pays you back a year, after its fee. Our top pick you can apply for today is HDFC Diners Club Black Metal, worth ₹28,200 a year at ₹75,000 a month, plus ₹11,900 from its bonus category.
Showing 20 of 397 cards at ₹75,000 a month. Best first by what each card pays back. Bonus categories count; vouchers count at half. How we rank

HDFC Bank
₹28,200 a year, after fees
₹10,000 fee · Lounges in India and abroad · 2% forex markup · Reward rate 3.3%–33.3%
Ranked higher: its bonus category adds ₹11,900 a year

IndusInd Bank
₹32,000 a year, after fees
₹0 fee · Lounges in India and abroad · 1.5% forex markup · Reward rate 1%–6%

HSBC
₹25,200 a year, after fees
₹4,999 fee · Lounges in India and abroad · 20 transfer partners · Reward rate 4%–8%

SBI Card
₹25,900 a year, after fees
₹9,999 fee · Lounges in India and abroad · Reward rate 3.3%–5.5%

HDFC Bank
₹29,800 a year, after fees
₹2,500 fee · Lounges in India and abroad · 2% forex markup · Reward rate 1.6%–16.3%

HSBC
₹30,800 a year, after fees
₹12,000 joining + ₹20,000/yr · Lounges in India and abroad · 0.99% forex markup · Reward rate 6%

BOBCARD (Bank of Baroda)
₹31,500 a year, after fees
₹2,500 fee · Lounges in India and abroad · 1% forex markup · Reward rate 1%–3%
Its milestone pays only from ₹7.5 lakh a year — the low end of this range

BOBCARD (Bank of Baroda)
₹22,900 a year, after fees
₹5,000 fee · Lounges in India and abroad · No forex markup · Reward rate 2%–6%

IndusInd Bank
₹29,800 a year, after fees
₹10,000 joining + ₹5,000/yr · Lounges in India and abroad · 1.5% forex markup · Reward rate 1.5%–3%
Its milestone pays only from ₹8 lakh a year — the low end of this range

HSBC
₹12,700 a year, after fees
₹999 fee · Lounges in India and abroad · 1.99% forex markup · Reward rate 1.5%–10%
Ranked higher: its bonus category adds ₹10,400 a year
Bandhan Bank
₹26,300 a year, after fees
₹2,499 fee · Lounges in India and abroad · 1.99% forex markup · Reward rate 1.3%–2.5%

HDFC Bank
₹8,500 a year, after fees
₹1,000 fee · Reward rate 1%–10%
Ranked higher: its bonus category adds ₹14,300 a year

Axis Bank
₹22,200 a year, after fees
₹10,000 joining + ₹4,500/yr · Lounges in India and abroad · Reward rate 3%

YES Bank
₹18,100 a year, after fees
₹9,999 joining + ₹4,999/yr · Lounges in India and abroad · 1% forex markup · Reward rate 2.3%–4.5%
Ranked higher: its bonus category adds ₹4,100 a year

HDFC Bank
₹17,600 a year, after fees
₹3,000 fee · Lounges in India and abroad · Reward rate 0.7%–2.7%
Axis Bank
₹6,300 a year, after fees
₹30,000 fee · Lounges in India and abroad · 2% forex markup · Reward rate 4.8%–24%
Ranked higher: its bonus category adds ₹13,800 a year

HDFC Bank
₹8,500 a year, after fees
₹500 fee · Reward rate 1%–5%
Ranked higher: its bonus category adds ₹10,800 a year
Kotak Mahindra Bank
₹15,100 a year, after fees
₹3,000 fee · Lounges in India and abroad · 2% forex markup · Reward rate 2%–5%
Ranked higher: its bonus category adds ₹4,100 a year
Kotak Mahindra Bank
₹15,100 a year, after fees
₹3,000 fee · Lounges in India and abroad · 2% forex markup · Reward rate 2%–5%
Ranked higher: its bonus category adds ₹4,100 a year

HDFC Bank
₹12,700 a year, after fees
₹1,499 fee · Lounges in India and abroad · 2% forex markup · Reward rate 1.5%–10%
Ranked higher: its bonus category adds ₹6,300 a year
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Each card is priced at the monthly spend you pick, on a typical Indian spending mix: its own published earn rate on each kind of spend, plus its milestone and bonus payouts, minus its fee. That is the ₹ a year on each tile. Cards we say to keep come first, then downgrade, then cancel. The order uses the same figures with these corrections, so a card cannot lead on money a reader rarely collects: fixed rupee vouchers count at half their face value, while a free night paid in the card’s own points counts in full, like any other points; points that are only worth their full value inside one app count at what they fetch anywhere else; a reward tier the issuer calls promotional does not count, and a base rate the issuer time-boxes counts only at the rate it publishes for afterwards, or not at all; each card’s published bonus category counts on a realistic share of spend; a card offered only by invitation from the bank’s own clients, or only to one profession, never ranks first, and below ₹1 lakh a month stays out of the top five; and a card the bank keeps only above a yearly spend it publishes ranks below every card without that bar when your spend falls short of it. Where that moves a card well away from its ₹ figure, the tile says why.
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