Travel

Unbiased comparisons of 160+ cards — cashback, travel, fuel, and premium. We crunch the numbers so you don't have to.

• Airport Lounge Access in 2026: Which Cards Still Give Free Entry? — Banks are quietly tightening lounge access. Here's which cards still offer meaningful access and which ones made the access nearly impossible to use.
• Zero Forex Markup Credit Cards India 2026: Save Up to ₹8,000 on Every International Trip — Most cards charge 3.5% on every rupee spent abroad — that's ₹8,260 on a ₹2 lakh trip. Three cards now offer zero forex markup. Here's which one belongs in your wallet.
• Best Travel Credit Cards in India 2026: Axis Atlas vs Scapia vs Regalia Gold vs SBI Elite — Four very different travel cards, four very different ideas of "best" — a zero-fee coin card, a mile-transfer powerhouse, and two premium lounge-and-rewards all-rounders. Here is exactly who each one is actually built for.
• Axis Bank Atlas Credit Card Review 2026: 5 EDGE Miles per ₹100, ₹5,000 Fee — The Mid-Premium Miles Card Explained — The Axis Atlas earns 5 EDGE Miles on every ₹100 spent, bundles 20 lounge visits, and waives its ₹5,000 fee at ₹7.5 lakh annual spend — but is the miles conversion rate good enough to beat the competition? Here is the honest math.
• Credit Card TCS on Foreign Currency Spends 2026: How the 20% Tax Collected at Source Actually Works — Swipe your card at a hotel in Bangkok or a store in Dubai, and you're not just paying a forex markup — you may also be paying Tax Collected at Source, because RBI folded international credit card spending into the Liberalised Remittance Scheme back in 2023. Unlike a remittance, nobody explicitly tells you it's happening; it just shows up as a bigger debit than the sticker price. Here's exactly when it applies, at what rate, and how to get it back.
• Dynamic Currency Conversion: The 3-Second Question That Silently Costs You 4% Abroad (2026) — That 3-second question at a foreign card terminal — pay in rupees, or pay in the local currency — decides whether you lose 2-5% of every transaction to Dynamic Currency Conversion. Here's exactly how DCC works, how it stacks with your card's forex markup and TCS, and the one answer that avoids all of it, every single time.
• Standard Chartered EaseMyTrip Credit Card Review 2026: Is the ₹350 Travel Card Worth It? — At ₹350 plus GST, the Standard Chartered EaseMyTrip Credit Card undercuts nearly every other travel card's joining fee, and dangles a 20% instant discount on EaseMyTrip bookings to go with it. The catch shows up the moment you spend on anything other than a flight or hotel booking — and that's where this card's real value ceiling sits.
• IRCTC SBI Platinum Credit Card Review 2026: Is ₹500 a Year Worth It for Train Travellers? — Most travel credit card reviews compare lounge access and forex markup on international flights — this card doesn't play in that league. It's built for a narrower, very Indian use case: someone who books AC train tickets on IRCTC often enough that a 10% value-back on those bookings alone justifies a fee smaller than one Rajdhani meal.
• Credit Card Forex Markup Fees Compared 2026: What SBI, HDFC, ICICI and Axis Actually Charge You Abroad — Most Indian credit cards charge a forex markup fee of 2-3.5% on every international transaction, before 18% GST adds further to that markup. But the rate isn't uniform — it varies by bank, and often by card tier within the same bank. Here's the actual markup each major issuer charges in 2026, and which cards cut it to near zero.