Amex Taj vouchers

[Vish]

I got my Amex platinum travel card in 2020. And have reached the 4L milestone in 2020, 21 and 22. In between Amex had some monthly spend based offers on my wife's Gold charge card which we scrubbed. So I've 50k worth of Taj vouchers. I've not used the vouchers before so wanted to ask if there were any hidden terms and conditions and how I can go about the booking?

For example, if I want to use the vouchers for a 3 night stay in Taj Mahal Palace, New Delhi

1. Can I use multiple vouchers for stay of multiple nights?
2. Few vouchers on my card and few on my wife's card. Is that fine?
3. Anything apart from stay is covered with these vouchers?
4. Are there any minimum charges we need to bear like GST etc we need to bear?
5. Should I inform the hotel that I'll pay using vouchers upfront?
6. Anything else I should know of based on your experiences.

Please share your thoughts. Thanks in advance!

 

[Crusader4Credit]

An update - stayed at Vivanta Dal View using Epicure award nights this weekend. Racked up about Rs. 13K on cabs and food. Was unable to use AMEX Taj GVs as it needs revenue booking and not Epicure redemption. Was able to get 5% Neu Coins for the F&B expenses.

 

[mastfun]

Hi,
As someone who has redeemed a lot of taj vouchers (4L+).
I can answer this for you point by point :
1) Yes, you can use n number of vouchers to settle your bill. For instance I had used around 2L (20 vouchers) vouchers at Taj exotica Goa in one invoice.
2) That won’t be a problem.
3) You can settle the final invoice by the vouchers ie Room rent plus All F & B, spa and miscellaneous charges can be settled via vouchers.
4) No, these are no nonsense vouchers. Just keep in mind that you have to stay at a taj property to redeem them ie you can’t go and redeem them for just a dinner or a spa. Else these vouchers work like a charm. So, if your invoice is say 50k and you have 45k vouchers then you have to pay 5k out of your pocket through your preferred method.
5) Optional, you can inform or ignore. It’s better to inform while making a reservation.
6) Yes, Some pro tips are as follows:
1) These vouchers are redeemable against all public rates only. So, when informing the Taj hotels about the vouchers at the time of reserving a discounted price, you will be told that the Amex vouchers won’t be accepted but don’t be disheartened. I for one have redeemed vouchers even when the reservation was made at a flat 50%off for gold and platinum taj members. It varies from property to property some will say no to vouchers at the time of check out some will accept it without even flinching. Like taj lake palace Udaipur didn’t accept the vouchers but Rambagh palace Jaipur did. Taj SeleQtions Chikmagalur didn’t accept the vouchers but Umaid Bhawan palace did. Most of the taj properties are very welcoming and accept the vouchers but some are very strict (these that don’t are usually the ones where the property owners have a seat at the table ie the owner of the property is a part of the management)
2) Also, a tip to save some time at checkout, I usually call the front desk an hour before the check out and ask them for their email. I then forward the vouchers to them and ask them to keep the invoice ready. That way the billing usually takes 10 mins max instead of a good 30-40 mins which could become an issue if you have a flight to catch.

Hope this helps 🙂

That's a lot of information 🙂 I hope you don't mind me asking, What do you do for living? 4L+ on vouchers and stays, quite curious!!

 

[yashbhavnani]

That's a lot of information 🙂 I hope you don't mind me asking, What do you do for living? 4L+ on vouchers and stays, quite curious!!

Sure, I am a business owner. I am into manufacturing of fmcg’s. I started off as a bpo executive back in 2006 as a part timer along with college.

 

[Andapally]

I have taj voucher which i got from amex as a milestone benefit. Can my parents use that voucher when they go on vacation?

 

[shutapdiya]

I have taj voucher which i got from amex as a milestone benefit. Can my parents use that voucher when they go on vacation?

yes they can

 

[MangoRush]

Sorry for spamming here.
OT: I paid 3 times to my AMEX today, but none of them showing up in Pending. No SMS or EMAIL either.
However, got a push notification on AMEX app.

Is this delay normal ?

 

[shutapdiya]

Sorry for spamming here.
OT: I paid 3 times to my AMEX today, but none of them showing up in Pending. No SMS or EMAIL either.
However, got a push notification on AMEX app.

Is this delay normal ?

Yes it is normal, tomorrow you will see the entries

 

[theglobalinvestor]

Another question, can you pay gratuities/tips with these? For example with room service orders that are billed to the room and include a tip?

 

[hrish88]

Another question, can you pay gratuities/tips with these? For example with room service orders that are billed to the room and include a tip?

you can pay for valet also with these vouchers 😉

 

[clark_kent]

I have a 10K Amex Taj voucher and Taj Epicure through Amex Plat Charge card. Can I pay for the stay using the 10K voucher and redeem the epicure vouchers for food, spa etc. Any suggestions. Thanks in advance.

 

[shutapdiya]

I have a 10K Amex Taj voucher and Taj Epicure through Amex Plat Charge card. Can I pay for the stay using the 10K voucher and redeem the epicure vouchers for food, spa etc. Any suggestions. Thanks in advance.

Yes you can do that

 

[mastfun]

Hi Team,

I have around 25K taj voucher from Amex and 1 Night Comp from ICICI Private Metal, Can I combine both and book stay?

Thanks,

 

[hrish88]

Hi Team,

I have around 25K taj voucher from Amex and 1 Night Comp from ICICI Private Metal, Can I combine both and book stay?

Thanks,

yes.you need to make 2 bookings though.1 for complimentary night and other for rest of your stays.you can redeem taj voucher for rest of the stay booking

 

[mastfun]

Guys just FYI ! Please do book room with standard rates to avail Taj Vouchers! Almost all properties are made aware of it. One of my tried his luck by reserving with Membership rates and Property denied it and he was not even given an option to pay delta!

 

[kavitachoudhary89]

but if you are suppose to book standard rate and not epicure - 20 percent discount or 25 percent discount for shareholder or member discount, I feel these vouchers are useless...I used almost 1 lak voucher in Andaman in 2022 on member rate with no fuss ( had collected all during Covid)....Now i have booke taj chia kutir and they denied over email several times for any discount rate..., 😕

 

[mahendra8340]

Could anyone clarify

1. Can I book room for my friends using these gift cards. Should I present while checkout?
2. How to stop generating gift vouchers after reaching milestone? I could have spend less than 4lacs. But by mistake I spend more than 4 lacs. Now I don't need gift cards right away.

 

[kavitachoudhary89]

2 - you cant. you can only ask for extension which they are very liberal in doing.

 

[anirban.choudhuryanirban.choudhury is verified member.]

Could anyone clarify

1. Can I book room for my friends using these gift cards. Should I present while checkout?
2. How to stop generating gift vouchers after reaching milestone? I could have spend less than 4lacs. But by mistake I spend more than 4 lacs. Now I don't need gift cards right away.

Just share the gift codes to your friend and ask them to book

 

[Deleted member 9785]

Where can we sell this taj 10k voucher

 

[NeerajNegi]

Standard rate is showing. However please call hotel and confirm once. Tell them that you want to use Amex vouchers. If they don't explicitly say that you have to book regular rate, then go ahead and book member rate. Else they will mention it

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Another trick - Book one night for regular rate and another night for member rate. That way you save 4K. Redeem voucher for the night which is booked on regular rate

Soory to say i don't understand why you redemming this hotel when its already there for 15k-20k points with Marriot always, I have been there many times