UAE credit cards with free cinema tickets: the data
45 of the 115 UAE credit cards we track offer buy-one-get-one-free cinema tickets. Which cinemas, how many tickets a month, and which cards cost nothing to hold.
Free movie tickets are one of the most common credit card perks in the UAE. We went through all 115 cards in the CardMax catalogue, from 21 banks, to see how common the offer really is and what the fine print says.
Key findings
- 45 cards (39%) offer a buy-one-get-one-free cinema ticket, across 7 of the 21 banks we track.
- Reel and VOX are the most covered cinemas, with 28 cards each, followed by Roxy (7) and Cine Royal (3).
- 12 of these cards have no annual fee, so the perk doesn’t have to cost anything to hold.
- 8 ask for a monthly salary of AED 5,000 or less.
- 27 state a monthly ticket limit; the most generous allows up to 4 free tickets a month (ADCB 365 Cashback, ADCB TouchPoints Infinite, ADCB TouchPoints Platinum and others). The rest don’t publish a limit on the product page.
- 16 cards work at more than one cinema chain.
Cards by cinema
| Cinema | Cards with the offer |
|---|---|
| Reel | 28 |
| VOX | 28 |
| Roxy | 7 |
| Cine Royal | 3 |
The full list, card by card and with each bank’s monthly limit, is on UAE credit cards with buy 1 get 1 free cinema tickets.
Read before you book
- Minimum spend. Many banks only release the free ticket if you spent a set amount on the card in the previous month.
- Booking route. The offer often works only when you book through the cinema’s app or website with that card, not at the counter.
- Ticket types. Premium screens and some film formats are often excluded.
These conditions change often, so check the bank’s current offer page before you rely on it.
About this data
Figures come from the CardMax catalogue of 115 UAE credit cards, built from each bank’s published product pages and checked against them in October 2026. The numbers on this page update automatically when the catalogue changes. Journalists are welcome to use them with a link to this page. For questions or the underlying list, email hello@cardmaxrewards.com.