Some Questions on AU Bank Rewards Redemption Through Flight Booking

[maheshspanicker]

I have been planning to book flight tickets to redeem my AU Bank credit card rewards, as it is giving better value than Amazon Pay gift card. I would like to know a fw things before going in.
Is there a convenience fee that they charge when booking flights on AU Rewardz portal? Usually how much in case they do?
Is it mandatory to pay remaining amount with AU card itself? Or are other payment options like Amazon Pay balance available?
Do they give any deals or discounts?
Is it better to convert the points at a lower value to Amazon gift vouchers and book tickets on Amazon, rather than direct booking on AU Rewardz?
If anyone has any experience, please do share.

 

[Anupama_Jha]

Check prices on AU portal and then on few others. If u found better deal, go through.

As flight prices are dynamic and differs from agent to agent.

There's some reward redemption fee.

 

[maheshspanicker]

AU like most banks do charge a reward redemption fee. Do they charge any additional convenience fee in addition to that when booking flights? And what are the options available for remaining amount in case the accumulated points are not enough? Specifically, is it possible to part pay through Amazon Pay Balance?

 

[FinCurious]

I can not see Amazon Pay voucher in E voucher section. Has AU removed it from their rewards catalogue? I have 22k point to redeem. Any other better option to convert these point?

 

[CoolGeek]

Ya i checked now, and no Amazon shipping voucher, no Amazon gift card, no Flipkart. Will they open it from time to time, or have they stopped it totally?

 

[maheshspanicker]

Amazon voucher was very much available when I checked a couple of weeks ago. Won't show up straight away, use the search option. But vouchers do not give you good value, Rs 0.2 per point. Flight booking will give you 0.25 instead. I used my points to redeem some 28000 points recently. For 3 passengers domestic 1 way ticket, only 235 was charged as convenience fee.

 

[helloworld]

Is there a convenience fee that they charge when booking flights on AU Rewardz portal? Usually how much in case they do?

everything visible during final checkout page.

Is it mandatory to pay remaining amount with AU card itself? Or are other payment options like Amazon Pay balance available?

this no bank reward redemption accept, afaik. never saw till now, pretty sure not for near future also. every bank redemption must and should be paid the remaining amount through that bank card only.

Do they give any deals or discounts?
Is it better to convert the points at a lower value to Amazon gift vouchers and book tickets on Amazon, rather than direct booking on AU Rewardz?
If anyone has any experience, please do share.

compare with other portals and figure out average point value you're getting then that helps whther amzn or this booking.

btw, all type of redemption charges 118.