Get 2% Cash Back on Railway Tickets with HSBC Credit Card

If you are booking railway tickets, this summer holiday season, through your HSBC Credit Card either at the railway booking counter or through IRCTC you will be eligible to get 2% cash back on your purchase value. This can be applied only when you book your tickets only through the above two modes. If you opt to book through any other modes available, either through travel agent, etc., you might not be eligible get that cash back.

To avail this offer all you need to do is to buy railway tickets through booking counter or IRCTC and that's all. The maximum cash back that HSBC will give to one card is Rs. 200 during this offer period. Once you use your HSBC for purchase or railway tickets, your cash back will be credited to your account on June 30, 2008.

Just also remember that there will be additional surcharge if you use your credit cards to purchase at railway counters of Indian railways. So, if you are the type that always use credit cards to purchase or your purchase value is high then you can utilize this offer and could be useful. For others who buy tickets regularly and want to purchase it through HSBC credit card, just remember the additional surcharge of around Rs. 30 that Indian Railways charge for using your credit card too.

But overall, this could be the offer which you can expect especially during this summer holiday season, where most of them will be trying to book tickets through Indian Railways and the crowd at the booking counter could be very high and hence they can try booking tickets at IRCTC and can avail this 2% cash back too and the precious time is also saved.

This offer is valid till May 31, 2008.