Axis Bank Cards (Vistara, Magnus, Burgundy etc.)
Oct 11, 2023, 11:41 pm
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On the 3rd of September I spent INR 70K on Travel Edge. Then on the 9th I spent INR 90K for a hotel stay. I had various other transactions in between but just those 2 alone took me over the spend limit. Then I spent another INR 7 Lacs over the course of the month on various other transactions. But all those transactions are only reflecting 12 points per INR 200 spent. For example, my last spend in the month of September was a transaction for INR 16,640. That got me 996 points.
None of these spends are on the exclusions list that don't earn points. Do the increased points post later like they did with the bonus points or are they supposed to post regularly like the normal points do?
Oct 11, 2023, 11:58 pm
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Looking at my transaction history from last month, I noticed that I am not getting 35 points per INR 200 after spending INR 1.5 Lacs.
On the 3rd of September I spent INR 70K on Travel Edge. Then on the 9th I spent INR 90K for a hotel stay. I had various other transactions in between but just those 2 alone took me over the spend limit. Then I spent another INR 7 Lacs over the course of the month on various other transactions. But all those transactions are only reflecting 12 points per INR 200 spent. For example, my last spend in the month of September was a transaction for INR 16,640. That got me 996 points.
None of these spends are on the exclusions list that don't earn points. Do the increased points post later like they did with the bonus points or are they supposed to post regularly like the normal points do?
On the 3rd of September I spent INR 70K on Travel Edge. Then on the 9th I spent INR 90K for a hotel stay. I had various other transactions in between but just those 2 alone took me over the spend limit. Then I spent another INR 7 Lacs over the course of the month on various other transactions. But all those transactions are only reflecting 12 points per INR 200 spent. For example, my last spend in the month of September was a transaction for INR 16,640. That got me 996 points.
None of these spends are on the exclusions list that don't earn points. Do the increased points post later like they did with the bonus points or are they supposed to post regularly like the normal points do?
Oct 12, 2023, 12:00 am
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Oct 12, 2023, 10:45 am
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TBH the only serious value left with Magnus is TravelEdge spends, 24 miles/100 is still unbeatable. Maybe if the Gyftr multipliers come back I'll consider opening a Burgundy account.
Oct 13, 2023, 12:31 am
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Oct 13, 2023, 3:17 am
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Oct 16, 2023, 9:24 pm
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Oct 16, 2023, 11:52 pm
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Not yet. They wanted a cheque of INR 5 Lacs each for the 4 accounts I'm opening for my wife, kids & myself. I gave that last week. Once the funds hit the accounts I'm going to get a visit from my RM & someone from their credit card team who will run me through all the benefits. So that should happen at some point this week.
Oct 17, 2023, 12:00 am
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Not yet. They wanted a cheque of INR 5 Lacs each for the 4 accounts I'm opening for my wife, kids & myself. I gave that last week. Once the funds hit the accounts I'm going to get a visit from my RM & someone from their credit card team who will run me through all the benefits. So that should happen at some point this week.
Oct 17, 2023, 12:16 am
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I believe each Burgundy account can only be opened with a minimum INR 5 Lac cheque. So that is what is required for the initial account opening. Once the account is opened then they will start the process to shift over my Citi account & the amount I'm transferring over from Citi will far exceed not just one but all criteria they require for a Burgundy account.
Jan 29, 2024, 2:48 am
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Looking for some help in transferring miles for a potential 2 week trip to Japan towards the end of the year.
Looking for 4 tickets in either Business or Premium Economy. Currently I'm sitting on about 250K points on my Citi Prestige card which will convert to 1MM miles & around 400K Axis Reward points which will convert to 320K miles. I also have around 300K on Delta & a little over 100K miles with United. I've used 480K UA miles for an upcoming trip which I might have to cancel so if that happens then my UA mileage balance goes back up to around 600K.
I was considering JAL as a possible conversion partner for the Axis points but I'm completely unfamiliar with their program. I also heard that you can only redeem miles with them 60 days after joining. Can anyone confirm if that is true?
CX could be an option with my Citi points but I'm also not familiar with their program, having not used it for a very long time.
If anyone can suggest any other options then that would be great. Ideal departure airport would be DEL but I'm willing to fly out from any other airport if a good deal is available. Travel dates are not set in stone but would most likely be around Christmas time or just after the new year.
Looking for 4 tickets in either Business or Premium Economy. Currently I'm sitting on about 250K points on my Citi Prestige card which will convert to 1MM miles & around 400K Axis Reward points which will convert to 320K miles. I also have around 300K on Delta & a little over 100K miles with United. I've used 480K UA miles for an upcoming trip which I might have to cancel so if that happens then my UA mileage balance goes back up to around 600K.
I was considering JAL as a possible conversion partner for the Axis points but I'm completely unfamiliar with their program. I also heard that you can only redeem miles with them 60 days after joining. Can anyone confirm if that is true?
CX could be an option with my Citi points but I'm also not familiar with their program, having not used it for a very long time.
If anyone can suggest any other options then that would be great. Ideal departure airport would be DEL but I'm willing to fly out from any other airport if a good deal is available. Travel dates are not set in stone but would most likely be around Christmas time or just after the new year.
Jan 29, 2024, 3:20 am
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Looking for some help in transferring miles for a potential 2 week trip to Japan towards the end of the year.
Looking for 4 tickets in either Business or Premium Economy. Currently I'm sitting on about 250K points on my Citi Prestige card which will convert to 1MM miles & around 400K Axis Reward points which will convert to 320K miles. I also have around 300K on Delta & a little over 100K miles with United. I've used 480K UA miles for an upcoming trip which I might have to cancel so if that happens then my UA mileage balance goes back up to around 600K.
I was considering JAL as a possible conversion partner for the Axis points but I'm completely unfamiliar with their program. I also heard that you can only redeem miles with them 60 days after joining. Can anyone confirm if that is true?
CX could be an option with my Citi points but I'm also not familiar with their program, having not used it for a very long time.
If anyone can suggest any other options then that would be great. Ideal departure airport would be DEL but I'm willing to fly out from any other airport if a good deal is available. Travel dates are not set in stone but would most likely be around Christmas time or just after the new year.
Looking for 4 tickets in either Business or Premium Economy. Currently I'm sitting on about 250K points on my Citi Prestige card which will convert to 1MM miles & around 400K Axis Reward points which will convert to 320K miles. I also have around 300K on Delta & a little over 100K miles with United. I've used 480K UA miles for an upcoming trip which I might have to cancel so if that happens then my UA mileage balance goes back up to around 600K.
I was considering JAL as a possible conversion partner for the Axis points but I'm completely unfamiliar with their program. I also heard that you can only redeem miles with them 60 days after joining. Can anyone confirm if that is true?
CX could be an option with my Citi points but I'm also not familiar with their program, having not used it for a very long time.
If anyone can suggest any other options then that would be great. Ideal departure airport would be DEL but I'm willing to fly out from any other airport if a good deal is available. Travel dates are not set in stone but would most likely be around Christmas time or just after the new year.
JL generally has great availability and DEL-HND would probably run you 320k miles & about ₹1.6L for 4J return - that's pretty good value!
For JL keep 2 things in mind... the 60 day cooling period & it takes about 15 days for transfer from Axis. Since you're not flying on a partner this shouldn't affect you because JL generally has very good availability... still that's a risk.
Jan 29, 2024, 4:42 am
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JL generally has great availability and DEL-HND would probably run you 320k miles & about ₹1.6L for 4J return - that's pretty good value!
For JL keep 2 things in mind... the 60 day cooling period & it takes about 15 days for transfer from Axis. Since you're not flying on a partner this shouldn't affect you because JL generally has very good availability... still that's a risk.
For JL keep 2 things in mind... the 60 day cooling period & it takes about 15 days for transfer from Axis. Since you're not flying on a partner this shouldn't affect you because JL generally has very good availability... still that's a risk.
Do they also have PE on the DEL-HND route? How many miles & taxes are required for that?
Jan 29, 2024, 4:56 am
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You can search right away. IIRC fees & taxes is more or less the same across classes... so ROI dips when you do PE or Y. I think its 20 or 25k miles per person one way in PE.