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Ultimate Credit Card Benefits

  • Get

    5 Reward* points

    on INR 150 spent

  • Get

    1 = 1

    1 Reward point equals to INR 1

     

  • Get

    5% cashback*

    on duty-free spends

     

Ultimate Credit Card Benefits

Ultimate Rewards

Earn 5 reward* points per INR 150 spent and get maximum benefit with 1 reward point equal to INR 1

Travel Benefits

5% cashback* on duty free spends and access to over 1000 airport lounges across the world.

Foreign currency markup

Enjoy reduced foreign currency markup fee of 2% on all foreign currency transactions.

Lifestyle Benefits

Get complimentary access to premier golf courses in the country.

Insurance Benefits

Protect yourself with complimentary overseas air accident cover of INR 1 Crore and medical insurance worth USD 25,000. Click here to update nominee details.

Card Network

Ultimate Credit Card is offered on Mastercard Network.

Airport lounge access

  • 4 complimentary access per calendar quarter on domestic Lounges in India (using your Ultimate Credit Card)
  • 1 complimentary access per month at international lounges outside India (with Priority Pass) subject to spends of INR 20,000 on your Ultimate Credit Card in the previous month.

To Apply

Visit nearest branch or call contact center for further details.

Ultimate Credit Card FAQs

  • Joining fee = Rs 5,000
  • Renewal fee = Rs 5,000
  • Complimentary membership to Priority Pass to primary card holder as well as supplementary card holder. Usage is chargeable at 27 USD per visit. The fees
  • will be waived for 1 visit per month for customers whose card spend in the last month exceeds INR 20,000
  • Travel and Air Accident Cover up to ($ 200K).& Medical Travel Insurance up to $ 25K.
  • Cashback of 5%* at duty-free store
  • 1%* fuel surcharge waiver
  • Exclusive Golf privileges

Rs 5,000 to be paid every year

W.e.f 25-Aug-2024, all overseas transactions will be levied with 2% forex markup fee at the time of transaction posting itself on the Ultimate Credit Card. This will eliminate the hassle of waiting for a separate posting of 1.5% cashback.

Yes, you can, please call Phone Banking for the same.

Cardholder to be between 18-70 years of age. Also this facility is available only for the primary cardholder

  • The domestic lounge program under VISA/Mastercard provides you 4 domestic lounge accesses per calendar quarter using your Ultimate Credit Card. This is complimentary for all cardholders.
  • The Priority Pass programme provides you with 1 international lounge visit per month, subject to the cardholder having spent more than INR 20,000 in the previous calendar month of the visit. Please note that the card member will be liable to pay for each domestic lounge visit using Priority Pass, as per applicable charges.

Yes, you can apply for an Ultimate virtual credit card for golf benefits, dining privileges & more & access these perks instantly To know more, click here

Your Ultimate credit card offers you complimentary membership to Priority Pass, which gives you access to lounges in international airports across the globe. You can log on to www.prioritypass.com for details on the participating lounges. To know more on the terms and conditions, click here

Credit card transactions with Merchant Category Code (MCC) 6513 are covered under Rental Payments.

A Merchant Category Code (MCC) is a four-digit number assigned to a merchant/business by the merchant’s acquiring bank. These are defined by networks e.g. Visa, MasterCard.

A processing fee of 1% (plus taxes) would be applicable to all rental transactions. This fee will be over and above any charges applied by the merchant as communicated to the client at the time of transaction.For example – If you pay INR 20,000 on a third-party rent payment platform using your Standard Chartered Bank Credit Card, 1% of transaction amount i.e. INR 200 plus taxes will be charged as a processing fee

Processing fee on rental payments will be effective from April 02, 2023.

The processing fee will be levied by 15th of the next calendar month and will have a separate narration in the monthly statement.

From April 2nd, 2023, transactions on Ultimate credit card for Utilities, Supermarkets, Insurance, Property management, Schools & Government payments will now earn 3 reward points on every INR150 spent.

MERCHANT CATEGORY CODE (MCC)MCC DESCRIPTIONSPENDSREVISED REWARDS
4900Utilities1503
5411Supermarkets1503
5960,6300Insurance1503
7349,6513Property Management / Rent Pay1503
8299Schools1503
9399Government1503

Please note there is no capping to the reward points that can be earned in a month on the merchant categories where there is a revision in reward points.

From April 2nd, 2023, no reward points will be earned for Fuel transactions on StanChart Ultimate credit card.

However, clients will now enjoy a surcharge waiver of 1% on fuel spends across all petrol pumps. The fuel surcharge waiver amount will be capped at Max Rs 1000/ per month.

The changes would be effective from April 2nd, 2023. Please note all spends till 31st March 2023 on the select categories will continue to earn reward points as per the existing reward proposition i.e. 5 reward points on every INR 150 spent.

There will be no impact to your existing reward points which you have earned and is available for redemption till expiry of those points.

Standard Chartered Bank has provided below mentioned complimentary Air Accident Insurance on the Standard Ultimate Credit Card and will be governed as per respective Product Terms and Conditions available on www.sc.com/in/credit-cards/ultimate-card/ Air Accident Insurance – HDFC ERGO General Insurance Company Ltd. Policy Number: 2999204852948401000 Details of Sum Insured/Limit of Liability:

SectionSection nameSum insured/
Limit of
Liability
Deductible/
Excess
(if applicable)
IPersonal AccidentINR
I (A)Accidental Death (Air Accidents Only)10,000,000NIL

Standard Chartered Bank has provided below mentioned complimentary Travel Insurance on the Standard Ultimate Credit Card and will be governed as per respective Product Terms and Conditions available on www.sc.com/in/credit-cards/ultimate-card/Travel Insurance Policy – HDFC ERGO General Insurance Company Ltd.Policy Number: 2999204251883002000 Details of Sum Insured/Limit of Liability:Details of Sum Insured/Limit of Liability:

SectionSection nameSum insured/
Limit of Liability
Deductible
/Excess
(if applicable)
IITravel InsuranceUSD 
II (A)Baggage Delay Maximum per hour: USD 10 per 8 hours10012 Hours
II (B)Loss of Baggage & Personal Documents Single Any One Item Limit: USD 30750NIL
II (C)Hijacking Amount Payable for every 6 Consecutive hours period: USD 7510024 hours
II (D)Flight Delay Maximum Per hour USD 1020012 Hours
II (E)Emergency Medical Expenses25000USD 100

For claims, you can call HDFC ERGO’s twenty-four (24) hour, seven (7) Days a week, toll-free emergency telephone assistance service

  • For Emergency Medical Expenses – Toll Free: +800 08250825 (International Toll Free – accessible from outside India) / 01204507250 (Chargeable)
  • Email: travelclaims@hdfcergo.com, bankclaims@hdfcergo.com
  • Address: HDFC ERGO General Insurance Company Limited 5th floor, Tower 1, Stellar IT Park, C-25, Sector-62, Noida, UP, India – 201301You can reach out to Standard Chartered Phone banking services for any help and support on Travel Insurance or Air accident Insurance claim.