Infinia Infinia Smart buy Devaluation - Vouchers Redemption January 2025

[bhatt83hemang]

It sounds like you've noticed some significant changes in the redemption structure of the HDFC Infinia SmartBuy portal, including:

1. Increased Redemption Points for Vouchers:
   Earlier, a ₹1000 voucher required 2000 reward points, but now it requires 2500 points—a 25% increase in the points needed.
2. Amazon Voucher Removed:
   Standard Amazon vouchers seem to have been removed, leaving only the Amazon Prime vouchers as an option.

 

[drsel]

So now Infinia points are valued at only 40 Paisa for buying vouchers
Anyway vouchers were never worth buying, even earlier when infinia points were valued at 50 paisa for buying vouchers
you need to use points ONLY for flights

 

[drsel]

People who have managed to get INFINIA are certainly not foolish and only a fool would value/give his Infinia points at 40 or 50 paisa

 

[Avatar Aang]

I don't think anyone with Infinia would redeem their points for vouchers, unless Infinia is their first card and they don't know how to redeem points.
IMO HDFC smartbuy offers simple enough redemption process with great value for flight and Hotel booking.

 

[abhiaj98]

It sounds like you've noticed some significant changes in the redemption structure of the HDFC Infinia SmartBuy portal, including:

1. Increased Redemption Points for Vouchers:
   Earlier, a ₹1000 voucher required 2000 reward points, but now it requires 2500 points—a 25% increase in the points needed.
2. Amazon Voucher Removed:
   Standard Amazon vouchers seem to have been removed, leaving only the Amazon Prime vouchers as an option.

I guess same is true for DCB as well. Meh, no harm no foul. Never used smartbuy points for anything other than flights.

 

[RDR]

Amazon Voucher Removed:
Standard Amazon vouchers seem to have been removed, leaving only the Amazon Prime vouchers as an option.

They aren’t removed. They get sold out at the start of the month as everyone rushes to buy them. And every month someone creates a thread for it 😃

 

[nrj1007]

I bought both Amazon shopping and Amazon Pay vouchers just yesterday. It may be out of stock.I mistook it for buying from gyftr instead of redemption.

 

[drsel]

They aren’t removed. They get sold out at the start of the month as everyone rushes to buy them. And every month someone creates a thread for it 😃

But you mean people buy it using HDFC card and not using the points, right?

 

[abhinav2020]

They aren’t removed. They get sold out at the start of the month as everyone rushes to buy them. And every month someone creates a thread for it 😃

Yes have been noticing the same
for the last few months, i generally buy the amazon vouchers after 15th of the month

 

[sourpai]

I bought both Amazon shopping and Amazon Pay vouchers just yesterday. It may be out of stock.

Are you talking about "Buying" on smartbuy or "redemption" using points? OP is talking about "redemption" using points

 

[nrj1007]

Are you talking about "Buying" on smartbuy or "redemption" using points? OP is talking about "redemption" using points

My bad. I was talking about buying, not redemption.

 

[RDR]

But you mean people buy it using HDFC card and not using the points, right?

Correct. But possibly the stock is the same.

 

[sgoyal9]

People who have managed to get INFINIA are certainly not foolish and only a fool would value/give his Infinia points at 40 or 50 paisa

True. Most people do not buy these vouchers but devaluation nonetheless. Sad to see the rate of devaluations these days.