AU Ananta Credit Card: rewards, caps and exclusions
The AU Ananta Credit Card pays about 1% on Shopping, Food, Transport, on the first ₹1,00,000 of spend a cycle, and 0.4% on everything else. Below is every rate, cap and exclusion in AU Small Finance Bank's published terms, as we last checked them on 9 October 2026.
What it earns
≈ marks a rate paid in points, valued at ₹0.2 a point. That is Zenidhi's conservative valuation, the same one the audit uses: the cheap end of what the points can be redeemed for, never the best transfer. Redeemed well, they can be worth more.
What earns nothing
Spend in these categories earns no rewards on this card, however it is paid for:
- Cash withdrawals and fees
- Rent
- Education fees
- Government payments
- EMI conversions
- Fuel
- Railway bookings
- Tolls
What costs extra
Worse than earning nothing: AU Small Finance Bank charges a fee for these.
- 1% on Rental Spends (domestic), at least ₹99, plus GST
- 1% on Utility Spends, plus GST
- 1% on Fuel Spends, plus GST
- 1% on Education spends through third-party apps, at least ₹99, plus GST
- 1% on Transportation (local commute, passenger railways, tolls), plus GST
Milestones
In AU Small Finance Bank's own words:
- Annual Milestone 1st: "INR 2.5 Lacs — 5,000" bonus RP (incremental) in a card anniversary year → 5,000 RP
- Annual Milestone 2nd: "INR 5 Lacs — 10,000" bonus RP (incremental) → 10,000 RP
- Annual Milestone 3rd: "INR 7.5 Lacs — 15,000" bonus RP (incremental) → 15,000 RP
- Annual Milestone 4th: "INR 10 lacs — 20,000" bonus RP (incremental); "Total 50,000" → 20,000 RP
Fees
- Annual fee: ₹2,000, plus 18% GST
- Joining fee: ₹2,000
- Annual fee waived on ₹3,00,000 of spend in a card year
Welcome benefit: 8,000 bonus Reward Points on paying the joining fee and meeting a spend condition.
Where this comes from
Transcribed from AU Small Finance Bank's own documents and checked against them on 9 October 2026:
- product page and FAQ, au.bank.in
- Annual Milestone T&C, au.bank.in (PDF)
- Welcome T&C, au.bank.in (PDF)
- Lounge T&C, au.bank.in (PDF)
- MITC v2.22, au.bank.in (PDF)
- CMA, au.bank.in (PDF)
Banks change these terms, sometimes with a month's notice. If a figure here disagrees with AU Small Finance Bank's current document, the bank's document is right. Tell us at support@zenidhi.com and we'll fix the rule, here and in the app.
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We know this card's rules, but we don't read AU Small Finance Bank's mail yet, so the audit can't check your swipes on it. Which banks we read
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