What card to target for booking international flights?

[cowcoconut]

What premium card should my father target for international flights booking?

He books a lot of international flights and 3% from infinia seems low. Flight deals on smart buy are worse than Skyscanner deals

 

[drsel]

What premium card should my father target for international flights booking?

He books a lot of international flights and 3% from infinia seems low. Flight deals on smart buy are worse than Skyscanner deals

How much more is Smartbuy (% more) compared to Skyscanner, Kayak and airline website ?

 

[drsel]

Traveledge flight prices are upto 8% more but give 24% return using Magnus burgundy upto 2 lacs/month.
14% return over 2 lacs/month

 

[cowcoconut]

How much more is Smartbuy (% more) compared to Skyscanner, Kayak and airline website ?

Vietnam flights from Kochi were 16K round trip on Skyscanner and 24k on smartbuy. The difference is huge.

I just want a card that works on flight websites like vietjet, airasia, emirates etc

 

[rogerthat]

Vietnam flights from Kochi were 16K round trip on Skyscanner and 24k on smartbuy. The difference is huge.

I just want a card that works on flight websites like vietjet, airasia, emirates etc

Axis Atlas (at your own risk).

 

[Lobogris]

Vietnam flights from Kochi were 16K round trip on Skyscanner and 24k on smartbuy. The difference is huge.

I just want a card that works on flight websites like vietjet, airasia, emirates etc

I have booked several international flights recently and Smartbuy is always the same. Only time there could be a difference is if some airline or route is not available on Smartbuy.

 

[drsel]

Vietnam flights from Kochi were 16K round trip on Skyscanner and 24k on smartbuy. The difference is huge.

I just want a card that works on flight websites like vietjet, airasia, emirates etc

You need to delete all temp files and clear the cookies and then open smart buy and Skyscanner in Google incognito or firefox safe mode

 

[drsel]

Axis Atlas (at your own risk).

Of late axis is blocking direct airline bookings to avoid paying out 10% return

 

[cowcoconut]

I have booked several international flights recently and Smartbuy is always the same. Only time there could be a difference is if some airline or route is not available on Smartbuy.

Lots of south East Asian airlines like vietjet seem to be missing

 

[cowcoconut]

Axis Atlas (at your own risk).

I did some research on this. He will not reach the 15L yearly spend threshold.
Is it still worth?

 

[a_tease]

Zenith+ maybe ?

It straightaway offers 2 percent for travel
+1000 rupees more if you cross 75k in a month
+ low forex markup
+ lounge and meet and greet
+ bms tickets
+ golf

 

[nrj1007]

I did some research on this. He will not reach the 15L yearly spend threshold.
Is it still worth?

Yes. Atlas gives 10% base return on booking flights/hotels on direct websites.
The only risk is they block the miles and ask for invoices to prove they were personal spends.

 

[Wealth is my birth right!]

Yes. Atlas gives 10% base return on booking flights/hotels on direct websites.
The only risk is they block the miles and ask for invoices to prove they were personal spends.

As long as we save those invoices bookings on our name its not a problem

 

[cowcoconut]

Zenith+ maybe ?

It straightaway offers 2 percent for travel
+1000 rupees more if you cross 75k in a month
+ low forex markup
+ lounge and meet and greet
+ bms tickets
+ golf

Worse than his infinia, don’t think so.

 

[rafzy]

YES Marquee is a good option where you can book any flights from thier rewards portal. No transfer of miles to specific airlines or anything. Use the points and book the flights from their rewardz portal. I've made my primary card as YES marquee now.

 

[Nishan11]

I booked vistara for round Thailand trip in October through their app using Atlas. Same way tokenized my Atlas card for stay at Taj Delhi on their website during my return trip from Thailand.

 

[sahilgulati5]

Burgundy Magnus is better than infinia,atlas for flight bookings as of now

 

[SuperKnight]

I didnot get 5X on Atlas for my hotel stay at Accor, Pattaya and Bangkok, it was just 2X. So I think it is highly unreliable

 

[cowcoconut]

YES Marquee is a good option where you can book any flights from thier rewards portal. No transfer of miles to specific airlines or anything. Use the points and book the flights from their rewardz portal. I've made my primary card as YES marquee now.

He has infinia and can do the same from smartbuy.
But the problem is, since he flies to a lot of Middle East/South East Asian countries, some of the niche airlines aren't present on these portals.
So he almost always get a better deal on skyscanner (credit card benefits included). I'm considering atlas but doing more reasearch since I hear a lot of negative feedback about axis

 

[cowcoconut]

Burgundy Magnus is better than infinia,atlas for flight bookings as of now

Thanks but burgundy is a bit out of reach at the moment, not to mention too much hassle