India is a country where people love going to movies. In fact, some tout it as their “hobby”. This hobby of Indians is usually a weekly affair where the entire family participates. It is estimated that there are nearly 10,000 screens in India with an admission capacity of more than 2.5 crore people. With such large under penetration of screens, the economies of demand and supply have titled the cost of going to a movie on a higher side. For many young families, it is difficult to imagine a weekend without a mall outing and a visit to the cinema hall. On average a movie outing with your family on a weekend typically sets you back by Rs. 2000 to 3000. However, on the brighter side, there are ways that can help you control this cost. The best way to do so is by credit cards. Not only will spending though credit cards help you get credit card points you can also save money on each movie ticket that you buy.
Below are some credit cards which can help us save some of our hard-earned money.
- ICICI Gemstone Collection
- HDFC Diners Card
- RBL Platinum Maxima Credit Card
- SBI Card Elite
- Paytm Citi Bank Card
- Kotak PVR Card
- Indusind Platinum Card
- Axis Vistara
All of the above cards can easily help you save Rs. 150-500 on movie tickets. Not only this some cards also offer a discount on food and drinks. These cards come in very handy to reduce our overall movie outing costs because sometimes we spend more on food and beverages than on movie tickets. And maybe this is the reason why the movie halls have long intervals and tons of advertisements before a movie starts so that the patrons are enticed to buy snacks while they enjoy the movie
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1) One that offers a percentage discount /bonus points: HDFC Diners Black, Axis Vistara falls under this category. In HDFC you can get up to 33% point back for virtually no upper limit.
2) One that offers a free ticket based on your monthly quota: Cards like Paytm Citi, Kotak PVR, SBI Elite typically offers 2 to 4 tickets in a month with a free ticket price in the range of Rs. 150-500. However, there will be a cap of only 2 to 4 tickets on each card.
3) One that has a monthly quota on the card and daily quota on the number of tickets: Cards like ICICI Gemstone collection typically offers a monthly limit as well as a daily+ limit on the totally free tickets available across all cardholders. Other than this restriction the value of the free ticket and the modus of redemption remains the same as the other offers.
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The above three categories are generally based on the annual fees of the card. Category one offering the best discounts and typically also has higher annual fees. Whereas, category three typically falls into the LTF (Lifetime free) cards. Ideally, the perfect card for you depends according to the city that you live in and your average spending per month. Life can get boring a timed
If you are a movie buff you should surely grab one of the popular cards mentioned above. Also, you can take more than one card, if we like to watch movies with a bigger group. You can surely save tons of money. If we have missed mentioning any card you can mention so in the comments section and we will add the same in an updated article.