Axis Vistara Card Time to close Magnus and Vistara Infinite?

[neogen]

I have following cards (limit) :

• Inifinia - LTF (25 L)
• Axis Vistara Infinite - paid (15L)
• Axis Magnus - FYF (10L)
• Axis Atlas - paid (10L)
• Amex Plat Travel - Paid (3.64L)
• SBI Simply Click - Paid (5L)

My broad annual expenses category:
Travel, Hotel etc - 18L
Shopping Online - 8L
Education, Others - 10L

I am planning to close following cards now:

• Magnus - After devaluation, doesn't make sense to continue
• Vistara Infinite- extremely poor award availability for business class.. in comparison to Atlas, no sense in continuing with VI.

Will continue with rest.

Am I right in deciding to close Magnus and Vistara Infinite (will save 25K fee)?
Any other card that I should consider?

 

[Deleted member 11974]

i would suggest to keep one axis top end card for 3k birthday voucher as you have a lot of spends on hotel

 

[neogen]

i would suggest to keep one axis top end card for 3k birthday voucher as you have a lot of spends on hotel

Would be keeping Axis Atlas.. I didn't use the voucher offered by Magnus last time.

 

[Deleted member 11974]

if you dont have any use of that birthday voucher then and you do not have much dining spends where you can get upfront card discount then close it
only usp left it meet and greet if you have any use of it
plat travel infinnia and atlas should give you sifficient ffp partners to transfer your miles for travel

 

[neogen]

if you dont have any use of that birthday voucher then and you do not have much dining spends where you can get upfront card discount then close it
only usp left it meet and greet if you have any use of it
plat travel infinnia and atlas should give you sifficient ffp partners to transfer your miles for travel

I used the Meet and Greet in domestic a few months back, and it wasn't worth tbh. May be good for International.. nevertheless just meet & greet don't see any point in continuing with Magnus.

I believe, Atlas, Infinia and Plat travel could be new good trifecta.. opinion pls?

 

[Deleted member 11974]

infinnia ltf
plat travel if negotiated you can get points against fee
and same with atlas
so its a good proposition

 

[neogen]

infinnia ltf
plat travel if negotiated you can get points against fee
and same with atlas
so its a good proposition

Yes, Amex Plat Travel is negotiated at 2.5K

 

[typhoon]

i would suggest to keep one axis top end card for 3k birthday voucher as you have a lot of spends on hotel

What kind of birthday voucher?

 

[_ayush]

What kind of birthday voucher?

you get 50% off upto 3k on easydiner in birthday month

 

[CARDBITRAGE]

I am planning to close following cards now:

• Magnus - After devaluation, doesn't make sense to continue
• Vistara Infinite- extremely poor award availability for business class.. in comparison to Atlas, no sense in continuing with VI.

Am I right in deciding to close Magnus and Vistara Infinite (will save 25K fee)?

Magnus is not going to have many takers and most people are going to close their existing card before the next renewal too. A big reason that dissuades me from retaining the card is the removal of BLR airport's M&G. So the only benefit to paying 12.5K is unlimited lounge access, but I have other cards for that, so Magnus is going after a few months.
Coming to VI, business awards are available but need to be booked well in advance(especially for certain popular routes). I'm fine holding onto the card as long as they offer rewards on certain categories.
Magnus is not that beneficial if you hold the Atlas. You can let go of the VI too if you don't frequently fly with them.

 

[sourpai]

I have following cards (limit) :

• Inifinia - LTF (25 L)
• Axis Vistara Infinite - paid (15L)
• Axis Magnus - FYF (10L)
• Axis Atlas - paid (10L)
• Amex Plat Travel - Paid (3.64L)
• SBI Simply Click - Paid (5L)

My broad annual expenses category:
Travel, Hotel etc - 18L
Shopping Online - 8L
Education, Others - 10L

I am planning to close following cards now:

• Magnus - After devaluation, doesn't make sense to continue
• Vistara Infinite- extremely poor award availability for business class.. in comparison to Atlas, no sense in continuing with VI.

Will continue with rest.

Am I right in deciding to close Magnus and Vistara Infinite (will save 25K fee)?
Any other card that I should consider?

Did you not try for Magnus Burgundy? With these kind of spends, maintaining MB should have been easy for you.

With some portion of those 18L spends via travel edge, your returns with MB can be far higher

 

[sachbs]

I used the Meet and Greet in domestic a few months back, and it wasn't worth tbh. May be good for International.. nevertheless just meet & greet don't see any point in continuing with Magnus.

I believe, Atlas, Infinia and Plat travel could be new good trifecta.. opinion pls?

This does seem like a very good option based on your spends. Amex MRCC is one card that crossed my mind based on your expenses. Maybe if you can allocate 6k per month for utilities/amazon spends/uber/swiggy, it might fetch you decent returns, and it will also open up the gold collection for 18k/24k points.
I use the Plat travel, Atlas and MRCC combo, and am quite satisfied with it.

 

[drmsiva]

Magnus is not worth the cost - I am also going to close it before renewal in February next year.

 

[faraaz303]

Same here, have already closed Vistara Infinite. Will close Magnus before renewal.

 

[neogen]

Any other card that I should consider?

Magnus is not that beneficial if you hold the Atlas. You can let go of the VI too if you don't frequently fly with them.

I fly frequently with Vistara and I am already platinum with Vistara till July 2025.

 

[neogen]

Did you not try for Magnus Burgundy? With these kind of spends, maintaining MB should have been easy for you.

With some portion of those 18L spends via travel edge, your returns with MB can be far higher

Have lost a bit of faith with Axis. Can open Burgundy account with them, but too much of hassle.
Also, I book directly, not though traveledge.

 

[CARDBITRAGE]

Any other card that I should consider?

I fly frequently with Vistara and I am already platinum with Vistara till July 2026.

You already have the most rewarding cards in your portfolio as per your spends. You can browse the forum and find that some users have both Infinia and DCB. Perhaps you can try your hand at getting the card? At your spends, you'll be easily exhausting the smartbuy cap so it will be a good addition. And later you can try to upgrade it to Infinia reserve if/when it releases.

 

[SUCHI51]

Any other card that I should consider?

I fly frequently with Vistara and I am already platinum with Vistara till July 2026.

how come multi year platinum status? its renewed every year na?

 

[neogen]

how come multi year platinum status? its renewed every year na?

Yeah.. correction. Till July 2025. My tier renewal is next year 24, and have already achieved the desired 35K tier points.