It has been a busy year for me and i hardly had time to do regular posts on blog expect few articles every month and i believe they’re quite useful. I try my best to post regularly but my work demands more time in recent days.
On other side Abhishek is also busy with his career that he isn’t in a situation to write. That being said, expect more articles in this second half of the year.
Alright, so here comes the nice part – Giveaway! I initially intended to run the giveaway very often but as its been quite sometime, i’ve added extra # of contributors to the list.
Rewarding the Top 10 Loyal Readers:
I picked the winners based on the overall contribution to the blog (Nov 2017-Aug 2018), which depends on the # of useful comments made on the site and other content contributions. So, the Winners are:
- Abhishek Roy
- Prashant Gupta
- Mouli
- Aman
- Amex Guy
- Satish Agrawal
- Shivi
- Sharathkumar Anbu
- Anoop E S
- Captain Bishuddha Bharatiya
So the rewards are..
- Top 3 winners will get Rs.500 worth of Amazon Vouchers
- Top 4-6 winners will get Rs.300 worth of Amazon Vouchers
- Top 7-10 winners will get Rs.200 worth of Amazon Vouchers
I’ll contact each of them via email to deliver the above said rewards. As always, your helpful interactions has phenomenal value to a lot of new & existing readers. Once again, Thanks to all of you who had contributed to the blog and also thanks to regular readers around.
Keep reading, keep sharing & keep contributing – it helps others to make wise choice, sometimes it also helps us to get a clarity of our own thoughts!
That’s great. Congratulations to all the winners. Happy to be a part of next giveaway whenever it happens 🙂
You’re most welcome Himanshu 🙂
Sid,
Thanks for that. Infact my gain from cardexpert will easily cross 6Lakhs
I am hardly making any train journey now a days,all journeys are through flight ans courtesy DCB & Sid
Below are my Gains From Card Expert:
Came to know about DCB through this blog and then got more than 4L points and using it for all Flight journeys
Came to know about SBI Prime through this blog and in last 2 years gained around 50k
Came to know about AMEX Platinum card through this blog and applied , in last 2 years crossed 4L spend and received vouchers around 80k
Came to know about Axis Priority debit card through this blog though I had the card for more tan 2 years and receiving 10k/yr
Came to know about Axis Signature Vistara card through this blog and received 4 Premium Tickets
Came to know about SCB Ultimate card through this blog received vouchers around 30k
Came to know about Yes First Exclusive card through this blog received vouchers around 50k
List continues…
Thanks,
Mouli
6L Savings – Awesome 🙂
Lots of congratulations Mouli. 6 lakhs is unbelievable. Are you from West Bengal ?If yes than I can use your ( if you allow) help for getting Amex cards.
Hi,
Can you throw some more light on DCB card ?
I could not find any info on that on the blog, Is it DCB payless card ?
Thanks
Sourabh
I thought i was the only one earning and burning points in 1,00,000+ points range,
Its nice to see other readers too,
I took a leaf out of Sid’s book and booked my self a trip to Maldives using points and the feeling you have of free trip is something out of this world.
Almost everyone holding DCB/YF Cards can earn/burn in that range 🙂
This is one hell of a joy to read Mouli congrats on that.
You mind answering what are the cards you having right now with you?.
Thanks Sid
Wish a wonderful year ahead with an ever growing fan base.
Thank you Aman!
Thanks Siddharth……Its give a sense of achievement 😎. Again u have made me gain over a lakh of rupees and i have now become a family travel agent booking free tickets and stay….congrats to all and keep on contributing.
family travel agent – Happens 😀
OMG. Thank you so much Siddharth.
thanks, siddharth…
Thank you Siddharth for your nice gesture.
And big congratulations to each n every winner. You all have made this blog much more interesting n I can’t resist seeing it every now n then.
This blog has imparted in depth knowledge of many topics for which I am thankful to each of its contributors.
That’s great Siddharth,
Keep going on, thanks for the vast knowledge we get from your blog, every cardexpert reader is gradually becoming an expert of card themselves in their group,
Appreciate your work, expecting more frequent blogs from u despite knowing ur busy schedule,
Hoping to get some information on HSBC and Kotak cards,
Just received my first priority pass card today on yes bank prosperity edge card, (membership free, access chargeable),
All thanks to u
Cheers
“every cardexpert reader is gradually becoming an expert of card themselves” – That’s the motive of the blog 🙂
Congratulations to all the contributors here. I really apologise for not able to write up posts these days as I used to in past. I’m really tied up with my new job and lot of other stuffs that need my immediate attention.
Having said that, there isn’t a day I don’t open cardexpert website. I read through comments and help reply as and when I can. I hope our friendship that has culminated into such a phenomenal blog will continue in future too. I am thankful to Sid who gave me an opportunity to be a part of this blog. I do this more because I love writing and this topic of credit cards is something close to my heart and having gained a bit of knowledge on this topic there isn’t a better way to help people out than writing or commenting on this blog. This is something I really love doing apart from my regular work.
Congratulations once again to all regular readers for finding such a good blog and I hope you’ll save tons of money like most of us just by using the right cards and spending the right way.
Thank you for recognising our contributions Siddharth!
Hi Siddharth,
Still not sure which aman is the winner? Glad u to see my name but not sure if its me.
Mentioned the email id in the below column, pls confirm if i may be the winner.
Thanks for giveaway even if i may not be winner.. Great effort from ur side
Aman, its other guy!
Thanks to Sid and all the contributors of this site…
because of all the info collected and putting into action,
i could able to travel below mentioned trips for free of cost ( CC Points )
1) DEL – HYD Round trip ( Vistara Airlines)
2) HYD – PHUKET-UTP-BKK Round trip
3) HYD-DELHI-PARIS-AMST-BARC-IBIZA-HYD Round trip
My fav topics from this site are :
1) Amex cards information
2) Priority pass and its usage guide
3) Taj vouchers redemptions by Sid in style ( Recent taj resort Chennai )
4) Maximizing the benefits from each card which are in our wallet with detailed explanation
Congrats to all the winners and my concern had been adressed by you in the post that we don’t get to see as many articles as before. I have read all your articles and I like the way you keep it simple and informative. I will love if you write a article on airlines frequent fliers program. Will love to contribute to the same.
Once again keep up the good work and keep rocking.
Dear Sid,
This site has been of immense help for me and family since last 14 months. We have gained benefits worth 3L+ and this is not accounting discounts, various cashback, free Lounges, Fee waivers etc. Many of these points converted to travel, resulted in joyful memories that we will cherish for long time to come. Despite low number of articles posted on site this year, I continue to be a regular visitor.
Many Thanks to all who contributed to make this site a great knowledge base that it is today. Your commitment for second half will only improve this knowledge base. Thanks for everything!! 🙂
Congratulations to all winners and soon you would see Amex Cards New Offers Updated-“Free Membership to Cardexpert website-Limited period offer only”. Infact I agree with Abhishek Roy, have put this on my favourite tabs and open it twice a day. All I miss is that if I can get a notification about new comments. I know it may spam my inbox but who cares when it is coming from CardXpert account.
“Free Membership to Cardexpert website-Limited period offer only”
Can bring this very soon, only if readers start applying cards through blog. The current numbers are too low to make such deals with banks 🙁
Woohoo! Thanks a lot, Siddharth; that’s a welcome surprise! Although we have benefitted from your blog more than words can even begin to tell & we are just passing on the information ~ all credits to you!
Hey Sid why not set up a meet up or mastermind kind of stuff in bangalore or chennai? What are your thoughts on that? Would be great to meet up with fellow plastic guys 😜
Here comes the first suggestion, when more follows, it will happen 🙂
Yeah, we should meet up in MAA.
Been trying to reach you on FB you not much active there these days?
just checked, I don’t see any msg from this name.
Never mind just got your answer back through email 🙂
Let’s plan for a meet up definitely gonna be worth it
You should run a poll to see how many would be interested
and which city would they prefer. Bangalore or Namma Chennai ;p
Sure, will work on it.
I’m game as well😊
yes Bangalore it should be.
Hello Sid,
I am been using Amex Platinum travel card for a year and already crossed 5L spending. So what should i do now? Can I cancel and re-apply the card again ? Or do you prefer any other card ?
Hi,
Why you want to cancel and reapply ? that will have a negative impact on your cibil score
Better divert your spend to some other card with decent or better reward rate than Amex patinum travel card