Cashback Credit Cards with IRCTC Railway Lounge Access Offers in India 2026

10% benefit on railway ticket purchases upto ₹20,000 per month
✔︎ 5% benefit on railway tickets – on IRCTC ticketing website and IRCTC Rail Connect App
You get 5 reward points worth ₹5, on every ₹100 you spend on railway ticket bookings on IRCTC website and app – only on bookings upto ₹20,000 per month (since the maximum reward points you can earn at this accelerated rate is restricted to 1000 reward points per month).
– 1 reward point = ₹1, and can be redeemed on HDFC Smartbuy platform for railway ticket bookings.
– Reward points are valid for 2 years from date of earning.
✔︎ Additional 5% cashback on rail ticket booking through HDFC Smartbuy
You earn ₹5 cashback, on rail ticket purchases on HDFC Smartbuy – only on ticket purchase/s upto ₹20,000 per month (since monthly cashback is capped at ₹1000 per month).

1% benefit on UPI spends
– You can link your card in select UPI apps only (PayZapp/ GPay/ PhonePe/ Mobikwik/ PayTM/ BHIM/ Slice).
– You get 1 reward point worth ₹1, on every ₹100 you spend on UPI payments – only on UPI payments upto ₹50,000 per month (since you can earn a maximum of 500 reward points per calendar month on UPI spends).

1% basic benefit on all other card spends
– You get 1 reward point worth ₹1, on every ₹100 you spend on all other card purchases.
– 1 reward point = ₹1, and can be redeemed on HDFC Smartbuy platform for railway ticket bookings.
Exceptions : No reward points are given on fuel purchases, rent payments, government-related transactions, education transactions, wallet loads /gift or prepaid card load/ voucher purchase, EMI transactions, payment of card fees and other charges, payment of outstanding balances, cash advances.

Quarterly milestone benefit of upto 1.6%
– You get a gift voucher worth ₹500, upon spending ₹30,000 or more every 90 days.
Note : Cash transactions, dial-an- EMI, cash-on-call, balance transfer, card account fee, personal loan on credit card, etc will not be considered as eligible spends for this offer.

Complimentary access to railway lounges in India – 2 per quarter

1% transaction charges waiver – on IRCTC ticketing website and Rail Connect App
- You get a 1% transaction charges waiver on IRCTC website and app, only on spends upto ₹1 lakh per month (since the maximum waiver amount is restricted to ₹1000 per monthly card statement cycle).

Fuel surcharge waiver, upto ₹250 per month
– You get 1% fuel surcharge waiver
– only on fuel transactions between ₹400 and ₹5000
– only on yearly fuel purchases of upto ₹25000 per month (since the maximum waiver amount is limited to ₹250 per monthly card statement cycle).

Benefits
– Good card for rail travellers – 10% benefit on rail tickets
– Other rail travel related benefits like complimentary access to railway lounges and 1% transaction waiver on IRCTC
– 1% benefit on UPI spends

Drawbacks to consider
– This is a specialist rail travel card, hence reward rate on non-railway spends is low. So you may need to consider other cards for your other major spending needs like shopping, non-rail travel, fuel, bill payments etc

Cashback at various partners –
✔︎ 5% special cashback on a variety of partners including Amazon
– Shopping : Amazon || Amazon Prime || Big Basket || Grofers || Myntra || Furlenco
– Travel : Goibibo || MakeMyTrip || Ola
– Dining : Zomato || Swiggy
– Entertainment : Gaana || BookMyShow || PVR || Inox
– Health & Fitness : Fitternity
✔︎ 1% cashback on all other card spends
✔︎ Restrictions : Maximum ₹750 cashback given, per month

7% discount on domestic hotels || 4% discount on domestic flights - at Goibibo
– 7% discount (upto ₹5000 per month) on domestic hotels - at Goibibo
– 4% discount (upto ₹600 per month) on domestic flights - at Goibibo

5% discount (upto ₹300 per month) - at Tata CLiQ
– 5% discount at Tata CLiQ, on spends upto ₹6000 per month (since maximum discount is restricted to ₹300 per month)
– 5% discount is applicable only on orders above  ₹1000

Complimentary domestic airport lounge access – once per month

Complimentary rail lounge access – once per month

Complimentary 2-month Eazydiner Prime membership

Complimentary 6-month Mindhouse app subscription

Fuel surcharge waiver
– You get 1% fuel surcharge waiver only on fuel transactions upto ₹4000, and only at HPCL pumps

Benefits
– 5% cashback on a variety of partners including Amazon
– Hotel (7%) & flight (4%) discounts at Goibibo
– Complimentary domestic airport lounge access (once per month), and rail lounge access (once per month)
– Complimentary 2-month Eazydiner Prime membership, and complimentary 6-month Mindhouse app subscription

Drawbacks to consider
– You need to stick to select partners to enjoy cashback and discount benefits