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Flight booking on smartbyy portal

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Today I was trying to book flight from BOMBAY TO Lucknow.
when compared on different portal following were the prices include convenience fee. (Final price including all cashback and discounts)
AMAZON with ICICI AMAZON CARD - 4030rs
EMT with offer - 4340rs
HEG with offer - 4450rs
HDFC DCB card Smartbuy 4798.

if I use 70℅ reward point for this booking then I was getting 225 reward at 5x calculation on remaining value paid by card.
if I pay total amount using DCB then I will get 795 point.

finally I went with Amazon for the booking.

So I have following questions

1 does 5x reward for flight booking make any sense
2 can we apply some ongoing coupon code given on actual booking partner for booking through smartbuy portal
3 how to use the points for better value
4 best flight booking portal if any

Thanks in advance
 
Today I was trying to book flight from BOMBAY TO Lucknow.
when compared on different portal following were the prices include convenience fee. (Final price including all cashback and discounts)
AMAZON with ICICI AMAZON CARD - 4030rs
EMT with offer - 4340rs
HEG with offer - 4450rs
HDFC DCB card Smartbuy 4798.

if I use 70℅ reward point for this booking then I was getting 225 reward at 5x calculation on remaining value paid by card.
if I pay total amount using DCB then I will get 795 point.

finally I went with Amazon for the booking.

So I have following questions

1 does 5x reward for flight booking make any sense
2 can we apply some ongoing coupon code given on actual booking partner for booking through smartbuy portal
3 how to use the points for better value
4 best flight booking portal if any

Thanks in advance
 
Today I was trying to book flight from BOMBAY TO Lucknow.
when compared on different portal following were the prices include convenience fee. (Final price including all cashback and discounts)
AMAZON with ICICI AMAZON CARD - 4030rs
EMT with offer - 4340rs
HEG with offer - 4450rs
HDFC DCB card Smartbuy 4798.

if I use 70℅ reward point for this booking then I was getting 225 reward at 5x calculation on remaining value paid by card.
if I pay total amount using DCB then I will get 795 point.

finally I went with Amazon for the booking.

So I have following questions

1 does 5x reward for flight booking make any sense
2 can we apply some ongoing coupon code given on actual booking partner for booking through smartbuy portal
3 how to use the points for better value
4 best flight booking portal if any

Thanks in advance
smartbuy not really helpful if you have time in hand.
but in my experience once, when i was booking a flight at a very short notice, out of all the aggregators and all the 8-9 cards, smartbhy provided me the best value. so always good to check once in a while on smartbuy.
 
smartbuy not really helpful if you have time in hand.
but in my experience once, when i was booking a flight at a very short notice, out of all the aggregators and all the 8-9 cards, smartbhy provided me the best value. so always good to check once in a while on smartbuy.
true but what to do with reward points ?
how to get better value for points?
 
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Today I was trying to book flight from BOMBAY TO Lucknow.
when compared on different portal following were the prices include convenience fee. (Final price including all cashback and discounts)
AMAZON with ICICI AMAZON CARD - 4030rs
EMT with offer - 4340rs
HEG with offer - 4450rs
HDFC DCB card Smartbuy 4798.

if I use 70℅ reward point for this booking then I was getting 225 reward at 5x calculation on remaining value paid by card.
if I pay total amount using DCB then I will get 795 point.

finally I went with Amazon for the booking.

So I have following questions

1 does 5x reward for flight booking make any sense
2 can we apply some ongoing coupon code given on actual booking partner for booking through smartbuy portal
3 how to use the points for better value
4 best flight booking portal if any

Thanks in advance
Sbi cashback card total 10% discount(5+5) on makemytrip voucher on yono gyftr
 
Can u explain in brief how value will be more than 1rp for each reward point
clubvistara miles transfer gives maximum ratio : 1:1 for infinia and dcb.
but the limitation is that vistara flights are limited and prices are already inflated compared to other flights.
during festive season, sometimes there is also an offer where 1rewsrd point gives more than 1 rupee worth of cv points for these cards.
 
Can u explain in brief how value will be more than 1rp for each reward point
The ticket price is fixed in terms of CV points for a route (irrespective of date), whereas ticket price in INR will vary depending on the date of travel & booking.
Ex: Kolkata to Port Blair is fixed at 5000 CV points (Economy). For travel on 6 Jan, its cost is 12k+ INR now
 
clubvistara miles transfer gives maximum ratio : 1:1 for infinia and dcb.
but the limitation is that vistara flights are limited and prices are already inflated compared to other flights.
during festive season, sometimes there is also an offer where 1rewsrd point gives more than 1 rupee worth of cv points for these cards.
Where can I check if there is any offer running for miles conversion?
 
Today I was trying to book flight from BOMBAY TO Lucknow.
when compared on different portal following were the prices include convenience fee. (Final price including all cashback and discounts)
AMAZON with ICICI AMAZON CARD - 4030rs
EMT with offer - 4340rs
HEG with offer - 4450rs
HDFC DCB card Smartbuy 4798.

if I use 70℅ reward point for this booking then I was getting 225 reward at 5x calculation on remaining value paid by card.
if I pay total amount using DCB then I will get 795 point.

finally I went with Amazon for the booking.

So I have following questions

1 does 5x reward for flight booking make any sense
2 can we apply some ongoing coupon code given on actual booking partner for booking through smartbuy portal
3 how to use the points for better value
4 best flight booking portal if any

Thanks in advance
Now they are charging convenience fees and prices become higher than skyscanner by 8-9%. Its not worth it
 
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