How-To Guides
Practical guides to EMIs, reward redemptions, lounge access, fee waivers and getting more from your cards.
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How-To GuidesPaying wedding vendors: cards, UPI, and cash
The average Indian wedding now costs ₹39.5 lakh, and 38% of couples make most of their payments digitally — a historic shift for a category that ran on cash envelopes a decade ago. But "digital" covers three very differe
How-To GuidesWedding EMI: financing the big day without the stress
WedMeGood's 2025–2026 report found that 15% of couples take loans for their wedding, with the average wedding loan at ₹15.5 lakh. But long before the loan paperwork, most families face a simpler question: the venue wants
How-To GuidesHoneymoon on points: the credit card strategy
WedMeGood's latest report pegs travel-related wedding expenses — pre-wedding trips, guest logistics, and honeymoons — at an average of ₹3.41 lakh. For most couples, the honeymoon is the largest single travel purchase the
How-To GuidesBuying jewellery with cards: rewards, EMI, and safety
Jewellery is often the single largest line item in an Indian wedding budget — and the trickiest to pay for smartly. Gold carries its own tax structure, its own pricing games, and a minefield of credit-card exclusion list
How-To GuidesPaying for weddings with credit cards: the 2026 playbook
WedMeGood's 2025–2026 industry report puts the average Indian wedding budget at ₹39.5 lakh, up 8% year-on-year, with destination weddings averaging ₹58 lakh and Jaipur topping the charts at ₹73 lakh. Travel-related expen
How-To GuidesThe education verdict: cards that pay for learning
Nine guides into this series, one question remains: if you're paying for education in 2026 — school fees, a degree, coaching, insurance premiums on the side — which cards should actually be in your wallet? This is the ve
How-To GuidesCoaching and test-prep fees: maximizing card rewards
JEE, NEET, UPSC, CAT, GMAT — India's test-prep economy runs on fee payments that rival college tuition. A two-year coaching program can cost as much as a degree semester, and most institutes now accept cards through thei
How-To GuidesMedical EMI: handling health emergencies with credit
Nobody plans a health emergency. The bill lands at the worst possible moment — and the financing decision you make in the next few hours can cost or save you tens of thousands of rupees. This is the emergency-room guide
How-To GuidesEducation spends: tax benefits and card rewards stacking
Education spending sits at a rare intersection: it's one of the few household expenses that can earn you both credit card rewards *and* income-tax deductions at the same time. But the two systems — card rewards and tax l
How-To GuidesEducation EMI: funding degrees with credit in 2026
A degree costs lakhs. The fees arrive in term-sized chunks, and sometimes the money isn't there yet. Credit card EMI looks tempting in that moment — a few taps in the banking app and a ₹3 lakh fee becomes 12 manageable i
How-To GuidesPaying insurance premiums with cards: rewards + timing
Insurance premiums are the quiet giants of household budgets — a ₹60,000 health policy, a ₹1.2 lakh term plan, a ₹40,000 motor policy. Paid once a year, each one is a concentrated burst of spend that can earn serious rew
How-To GuidesMedical expenses on credit cards: what to know in 2026
A hospital bill arrives when nobody is doing mental math. That's exactly when the mechanics of paying by credit card matter most — because the difference between a smart move and an expensive one is decided in minutes at