Axis Magnus | Flight booking worth 93k | Best way to book

[mynameisusername]

Hi

I am booking a flight from New delhi to London (return) which is currently worth 93k. I have not yet reached my monthly spend yet. i have spent only 25-30k for month of Feb.

Please suggest what's the best way to book cheapest ticket with maximum rewards points. Currently i am thinking to use travel edge (x5 points) but i have got no discount/promo code to apply on travel edge.

 

[mynameisusername]

Any feedback?

 

[Deleted member 9785]

Buy yatra vouchers for 10x

 

[anirban.choudhuryanirban.choudhury is verified member.]

Yatra vouchers won’t be useful , as Yatra has only 5k vouchers , in a ticket you can only redeem 3 vouchers , so you will end up paying 78k with base rewards , max you will earn will be some 13.6k edge rewards , instead if you book directly from travel edge , you will earn 5x on entire 93k , almost double of what you would earn using Yatra vouchers. Plus travel edge accelerated points are credited in 20-25 days where gyftr will take 120 days. It’s a no brainier that you should use travel edge for this transaction .

 

[ak90]

If you have sufficient points, consider using club Vistara points for the tickets if it’s economically viable

 

[NikunjP]

If you have some points, use points + pay option in vistara.It will save some money.

 

[ak90]

If you have some points, use points + pay option in vistara.It will save some money.

Points + pay is very inefficient. Pure points can work well

 

[Venky]

Yatra vouchers won’t be useful , as Yatra has only 5k vouchers , in a ticket you can only redeem 3 vouchers , so you will end up paying 78k with base rewards , max you will earn will be some 13.6k edge rewards , instead if you book directly from travel edge , you will earn 5x on entire 93k , almost double of what you would earn using Yatra vouchers. Plus travel edge accelerated points are credited in 20-25 days where gyftr will take 120 days. It’s a no brainier that you should use travel edge for this transaction .

So that means around 27900ER through travel Edge plus 25k for the Milestone?

 

[sidsonn]

I would also suggest go for direct booking on travel edge. I booked a return ticket from Kolkata-Adelaide (return) for a total of 83k using travel edge and got 24,900 points for that booking + it helped me achieve the milestone benefit so extra 25k points from there. MMT and Yatra were giving me offers such as 5k/8k off but in the grand scheme of things, 24.9k ER made more sense if I were to covert it to CV (almost 20k CV) and use it for domestic travel

 

[Venky]

I would also suggest go for direct booking on travel edge. I booked a return ticket from Kolkata-Adelaide (return) for a total of 83k using travel edge and got 24,900 points for that booking + it helped me achieve the milestone benefit so extra 25k points from there. MMT and Yatra were giving me offers such as 5k/8k off but in the grand scheme of things, 24.9k ER made more sense if I were to covert it to CV (almost 20k CV) and use it for domestic travel

That one transaction is enough to get you to Norway just on the basis of miles.

 

[phildunphy]

So that means around 27900ER through travel Edge plus 25k for the Milestone?

93000*0.048*5 = 22300 approx right? How 27,900?

Edit: My bad, i was doing by default airlines switch, math adds up if i do 12 for 200

 

[HN74]

0.048 is rate for miles conversion. 0.06 is the rate for ER. ER are redeemed in 5:4 ratio for miles.

93000*0.048*5 = 22300 approx right? How 27,900?

 

[bengaltiger]

always check the price skyscanner. then compare with traveledge.

for me price of flight most important.

 

[jiffyspace]

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I would also suggest go for direct booking on travel edge. I booked a return ticket from Kolkata-Adelaide (return) for a total of 83k using travel edge and got 24,900 points for that booking + it helped me achieve the milestone benefit so extra 25k points from there. MMT and Yatra were giving me offers such as 5k/8k off but in the grand scheme of things, 24.9k ER made more sense if I were to covert it to CV (almost 20k CV) and use it for domestic travel

How long did it take for the accelerated rps to credit?

 

[vysakh]

cheapest ticket with maximum rewards points.

pick one

 

[sidsonn]

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How long did it take for the accelerated rps to credit?

The travel edge 5x points got credited within a few days, but the 25k points will be credited within 90-120 days (still waiting for this to be credited)