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Where it ranks · across all 71 cards

🥈 Government / tax1.4%direct#10 Online shopping4.5%direct#7 Food delivery4.5%direct#7 Movies & events4.5%direct

Devaluation history

  • 2026-06-15 - Bank notice: ₹100 fee per reward redemption request; insurance, education, railways, toll, ferry stop earning points; fuel waiver band now ₹500-₹5,000.

What a point is worth

Earning 18 pts / ₹200, the same point pays very differently by redemption path:

Redemption pathPer pointEffective on spends
Partner transfersbest: Air India Maharaja Club at 10:1 (ceiling 1.6%)₹0.06-₹0.180.54%

Rankings across KaunsaCard use a single conservative value (₹0.25/pt = 2.25%); transfer ceilings assume premium-cabin awards and are never used to rank.

Reward rules

Points valued at ₹0.25/pt - conservative, what rankings use · transfers reach up to ₹0.18/pt via Air India Maharaja Club at 10:1

Base rate - everything not covered below

18 pts / ₹200= 9 pts per ₹100

2.25%

conservative value

36 pts / ₹200 on online spends (4.5%)

36 pts / ₹200= 18 pts per ₹100

4.50%

conservative value

Joining fee ₹9,999+GST; renewal ₹4,999 waived at ₹10L. Reward redemption now carries a ₹100 fee per request (Jun 2026).

Source: YES Marquee (trackers; earn rates not on bank site) · 2026-08-20

10 pts / ₹200 on utilities (1.25%)

10 pts / ₹200= 5 pts per ₹100

1.25%

conservative value

1,250 RP/statement cycle on utilities

Source: YES Marquee (trackers) · 2026-08-20

Transfer partners

YES Rewardz (Marquee) - what 10,000 points become. Full matrix with live amounts on the Transfers page.

PartnerRatio10,000 pts →≈ value
Air India Maharaja ClubMarquee converts at 10:1 (YES Private 8:1) per the Air India partner page. Weak - catalogue/travel redemptions usually beat transfers.10:11,000₹600-₹1,800

Historic partners (Club Vistara, InterMiles) shut down; the surviving route is Maharaja Club at 10:1 via the YES Rewardz portal (Air India partner page). Plus ₹100 redemption fee per request (Jun 2026).

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