The UAE’s most popular credit cards, month by month
Every month we look at the cards people actually chose on Perkly, overall and in each category, and explain why. Every card links straight to its details and an application.
This edition
October 2026
- Card searches
- 200+
- Searches for cashback
- 38%
- Cards compared
- 239
- Banks and issuers
- 30
13 articles out now
- 200+Card searches
- 38%Searches for cashback
- 239Cards compared
- 30Banks and issuers
The best credit cards for an AED 30,000 salary in the UAE, October 2026
One card for each kind of spending, worked out on AED 9,000 a month of typical spending with annual fees taken off, using card data checked on 3 November 2026.
· 11 min read
Latest articles
Best no annual fee and free for life credit cards in the UAE: October 2026
October's 8 most chosen cards that charge nothing in any year, led by Emirates Islamic's Barça card, and the condition that comes with each one.
· 11 min read
The best credit cards for an AED 25,000 salary in the UAE, October 2026
One card for each kind of spending, worked out on AED 7,600 a month of typical spending with annual fees taken off, using card data checked on 10 November 2026.
· 12 min read
Best rewards credit cards in the UAE: October 2026
Seven points cards, ordered by how much attention Perkly users gave them in October, with the value of each card's points in plain dirhams.
· 11 min read
The best credit cards for an AED 20,000 salary in the UAE, October 2026
One card for each kind of spending, worked out on AED 6,000 a month of typical spending with annual fees taken off, using card data checked on 3 November 2026.
· 12 min read
The 10 most popular credit cards in the UAE: October 2026
What Perkly users actually did in October, from reading a card's page to sending an application, with the conditions that decide whether each card pays.
· 14 min read
The best credit cards for an AED 15,000 salary in the UAE, October 2026
One card for each kind of spending, worked out on AED 5,000 a month of typical spending with annual fees taken off, using card data checked on 3 November 2026.
· 11 min read
Best Etihad Guest credit cards in the UAE: October 2026
Six Etihad Guest cards from four banks, in the order Perkly users showed interest in October, with what each returns after foreign-currency fees.
· 13 min read
The best credit cards for an AED 10,000 salary in the UAE, October 2026
One card for each kind of spending, worked out on AED 3,600 a month of typical spending with annual fees taken off, using card data checked on 3 November 2026.
· 11 min read
Best Emirates Skywards credit cards in the UAE: October 2026
Eight Skywards cards from Emirates Islamic, ADIB, HSBC and Emirates NBD, in the order Perkly users acted on them in October, with what each earns, costs and gives in status.
· 14 min read
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Best credit cards by salary: October 2026
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