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Emirates Skywards ICICI Emeralde Credit Card Features and Benefits

The Emirates Skywards ICICI Emeralde Credit Card is a newly launched travel credit card that comes with several exclusive privileges for frequent travelers. Other than travel, the card provides you with exciting benefits over other categories as well. Refer to the following points to understand all its features and benefits in detail:

Welcome Benefits

• The cardholders will get a bonus of 10,000 Skywards as a welcome benefit in the first year and as a renewal benefit from the second year.
• You get a complimentary Emirates Skywards Silver Tier membership, which will be active till the card remains active.
• These welcome benefits will be granted after you have paid the joining fee on the credit card.

Reward Points

• On every ₹100 spent on retail purchases, you will get 2.5 Skyward Miles.
• On every ₹100 spent on utilities and insurance, you will get 1 Skyward Mile.
• No Skyward Miles are earned on selected spends like fuel transactions, balance transfers, cash withdrawals, EMI transactions, etc.

Reward Redemption

• The earned Skyward Miles are automatically credited to the cardholder’s Emirates Skywards account.
• The miles can be redeemed against flight bookings, hotel bookings, and a lot of other options available on the Skywards website.

Milestone Benefits

You get Emirates Skywards Gold Tier membership on achieving a total annual spend of ₹15 lakhs or more, out of which a minimum of ₹10,000 should be spent on Emirates.

Travel Benefits

• The cardholders will get complimentary unlimited access to domestic lounges every quarter.
• You get unlimited complimentary international lounge access.
• All these benefits are offered to you under the complimentary Priority Pass membership you get with this card.

Movie & Dining Benefits

• You get a Buy 1 Get 1 Free offer on booking movie tickets through BookMyShow with a capping of ₹750 per ticket on the complimentary ticket.
• You get exciting deals in dining with the ICICI Bank’s Culinary Treats Programme.

Fuel Surcharge Waiver

You get a 1% fuel surcharge waiver on all fuel transactions worth up to ₹4,000 in India.

Emirates Skywards ICICI Bank Emeralde Credit Card Fees & Charges

• This card charges a joining and annual fee of ₹10,000.
• The interest rate on this credit card is 3.40% per month, i.e., 40.80% per annum.
• The foreign currency markup fee on the Emirates ICICI Bank Emeralde Card is 3.5% on all foreign currency transactions.
• The cash advance fee (cash withdrawal charges) on this credit card is 2.5% of the withdrawn amount, subject to a minimum of Rs. 500.

Emirates Skywards ICICI Emeralde Credit Card Eligibility Criteria & Documentation

The basic eligibility criteria that you need to fulfill in order to get the Emirates Skywards ICICI Emeralde Credit Card are as mentioned below:

• The age of the primary cardholder should be above 21 years.
• The age of the supplementary cardholder should be above 18 years.
• The applicant should have a stable source of income with a high net worth.
• The applicant should have a good credit score.

Documents Required

You will need the following documents in order to apply for this credit card:

• Identity Proof: Aadhaar Card, Voters’ ID, PAN Card, Driving License, etc (any one of these).
• Address Proof: Aadhaar Card, Utility bills, Passport, Driving License, etc.
• Income Proof: Latest bank statements/salary slips or Latest ITR.

How To Apply For The Emirates Skywards ICICI Emeralde Credit Card

You can apply for the Emirates ICICI Bank Emeralde Card online as well as offline at your convenience. If you want to apply online, just visit the ICICI Bank’s Emirates co-branded cards page. Just click on the Apply Now button, and you shall be redirected to the official application page. Fill in all the required details and proceed further accordingly.

Conclusion

The Emirates Skywards ICICI Bank Emeralde Credit Card is one of the three co-branded travel cards that the bank launched. Earlier, Standard Chartered Bank used to offer a credit card in partnership with Emirates Airlines (Standard Chartered Emirates World Credit Card), which is now discontinued, and hence, the ICICI Bank has become the only card issuer that is issuing cards with Emirates Airlines currently. It is an excellent choice for people who frequently travel via Emirates Airlines, and being a premium card; it also requires you to be a high net worth individual.

So, if you are someone with a high annual income and find this card suitable for you, you should apply for it without any further delay. However, if you want an Emirates co-branded card with a lower annual fee, you can check the other two Emirates co-branded cards launched by ICICI Bank. If you have any further doubts related to this card, please ask us in the comment section below!