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Apply for an Amex card:
first year free ➕
2000 bonus points ➕
one of the best cards around now
➡️ Apply for an Amex card (DM me for any doubts):
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🚨 [Hotel Review] JW Marriott Masai Mara Lodge
We had an excellent 6-night stay and this is the comprehensive review ⤵️
Grab a drink and popcorn... 🍿
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❤️ Coorg Marriott Resort & Spa - Room Tour
The Family Estate Villa (2-bedroom suite)
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❤️ Welcome to Platinum
The American Express Platinum Charge Card is here
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❤️ How Our Masai Mara Trip Came to Life
How we booked our trip of a lifetime to Masai Mara, Kenya with points and miles!
The flights, transfers, visa, and everything you need to know 👇
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How I did a short trip to Kuala Lumpur for less Rs 25,000
Visa-free till 2024 ➕ Itinerary ➕ Luxury stay on points! 💥
Bookmark for later 🔖 | Repost to share 🔁
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🚨 Book Coorg Marriott Resort & Spa for cheap!
Like for Rs 3248 😉
Here's how 👇
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How I Got a New Zealand Visa
There have been multiple queries and DMs on how I got a visa and other related queries.
We got a one-year, multi-entry visa. I applied on my own and even you could apply for one 😀
Bookmark 🔖 this post!
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Shopping at Nike Factory Outlet
This was in Kuala Lumpur and was significantly cheaper than what we get in India. Be it online or offline.
Plus there was a further 40% discount on the already discounted price.😀
Many Nike shoes were as cheap as Rs 950 or so!
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🚨 How to transfer Axis Edge points to non Airline transfer partners
Like, for example, from Axis points to Alaska or American 😀
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❤️ Got My First Twitter Subscription Payout!
The first "salary" is always special. 😀
Thanks to all subscribers! 🙏
What's in for you if you aren't a subscriber yet? 👇
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🚨 [New] Air India FlyingReturns Frequent Flyer Program
New and improved!
All you need to know and should we know how to transfer our points from credit cards? 😉
Bookmark for later 🔖
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Helped a friend book a business class ticket from Toronto to Mumbai.
She wanted to book for her sister who was going to book an economy ticket for about Rs 60,000. She wanted to know if we can travel business class using miles at a lower cost.
Why not?
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🚨 Best Credit Cards for Forex Spends
Are you planning an international trip or make a forex transaction?
Check out these top credit cards that still offer great value with markup fees included. 😀
The 10 best cards (updated after Axis deval) and my pick of the lot...👇
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🚨 Japan Airlines Sweetspots and Analysis
Axis Bank has recently added JL as a partner and here is what you can expect.
My gosh, what a great program! 🔥
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🚨 Top 10 Sweetspot Award Redemption - Economy Edition
Travel wide and far with low mileage and taxes! 💥
Ready to stretch your points and miles? 👇
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🚨 A list of airline and hotel partners for the major transferable points currencies in an accessible lookup format!
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❤️ A WhatsApp Message from Kenya 🇰🇪
Our driver who showed us around in Nairobi and Masai Mara messaged me this morning. Felt nice and wanted to share. 😀
He has gone beyond what was commercially agreed and I won’t hesitate to use his service or recommend others. Much cheaper
🚨 [Hotel Review] JW Marriott Masai Mara Lodge
We had an excellent 6-night stay and this is the comprehensive review ⤵️
Grab a drink and popcorn... 🍿
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🚨 Axis Atlas Card Review
Is it better than Infinia or Magnus (after devaluation)?
Is Atlas the best credit card currently?
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🚨 How to Fly to London for Cheap
Also, circumvent UK's Air Passenger Duty while returning from London.
Taxes & surcharges are Rs 5500 only from the UK to India 🔥
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JW Marriott Masai Mara Lodge - Room Tour ❤️
I have never done this before.
But there is always a first time for everything. So here is the suite tour video.
And yes, a full review of the stay is coming up soon! Wait for
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🚨 A list of airline and hotel partners for the major transferable points currencies in an accessible lookup format!
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🚨 How to book Virgin Atlantic flights with low taxes & surcharges
Like Rs 4000 only from India to London! 🔥
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🚨 [Rumoured] Axis Bank Magnus & Reserve Cards Devaluation
This is brutal and practically makes their cards...
...Hero to Zero!
All you need to know 👇
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🚨 Transfer Axis Edge Points to ITC with a 10% Bonus!
Plus a double stack opportunity with the Exquisite Rewards Promotion! 💥
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🚨 Africa's First Luxury Safari Lodge JW Marriott Masai Mara Bookable with Points!
It is an all-inclusive, so you get: 💥
🔸 Room
🔸 All meals
🔸 Safari
🔸 Alcoholic beverages & more
Now available at a reduced point requirement! 🔥
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🚨 Vistara's Delhi to Bali Now Bookable by Miles 💥💥
Where to book them for the best deal ⤵️
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🚨 Redeeming Amex Points for the Best Value
Which options exist, and how do we get the best value from MR points?
Get as high as Rs 1.25 (or more!) per point without breaking a sweat 💥
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❤️ Got My First X Creator Earnings Payout!
$88 isn't a lot but still special as it is my first Twitter ad revenue payout. 😀
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✈️ Have helped book a lot of award flights (easily over 200), now launching for all!
I get a lot of requests and DMs for helping book flights using miles.
DM me if you wish you looking for award flight booking assistance.
A three of my favourite redemption story threads... 👇
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🚨 [Hotel Review] Sheraton Grand Chennai Resort & Spa
This is by far my favourite Marriott in India. I have visited 5+ times and all you need to know.
Grab a drink and popcorn... 🍿
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🚨 United Airlines MileagePlus - Frequent Flyer Program
All you need to know!
Tried to keep it simple, and jargon-free.
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🚨 Where to transfer Axis Edge Points and Miles
Even if you don't have travel plans 😉
Bookmark for later 🔖
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🚨 Magnus Card May be Devalued?
👉 Where to transfer miles even if you don't have any travel plans 😉
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🚨 Cool and Good Use of Priority Pass - Singapore Edition
What are the options apart from visiting the lounges?
Bookmark for later 🔖 | Repost to share 🔁
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🚨How to redeem Accor Points for Stays
After HDFC, we now have Axis as a transfer partner.
💥 2000 points 🟰 Euro 40; Rs 1.8 per point!
Many folks had how to do it, so we shall see... 👇
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🚨 Want to visit Istanbul, Turkey on miles? ✈️
The obvious choice is Turkish Miles&Smiles. I have literally searched & combed for award seats for the whole year and would have performed 100s of award searches on this sector.
🧵on my learnings so far & let me save time for you
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🚨 Air Canada Awards Now Bookable Online
Such a massive update and relief! 🔥
Air Canada Aeroplan is a fantastic program
✅ All you need to know
✅ Sweet spots
✅ How to maximize 💥
The definitive Air Canada Thread ⤵️
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🚨 Vistara to Fly B 787-9 on Delhi - Bali route from March 31
Wide body to Bali and bookable by points! Bookmark now! 🔖
How to book for the best value? ⤵️
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❤️ Thank you! 20k Followers!
I loved the journey from zero to 20k.
I hope to get the same love and support in the future. 🙏
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🚨 India to USA (or any other country) travel for students could be expensive.
The economy rate itself is around Rs 150,000!
I have helped book a First Class seat for less than the cost of an economy seat. 💥
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Look who is back!
Back in India after a great wildlife vacation. 😀
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🚨 How to book Air India with Turkish Miles
Your complete guide to booking AI flights with Turkish Miles:
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🚨 Top 10 Sweetspot Award Redemption - Business Class Edition
Travel wide and far with low mileage and taxes... and in style! 💥
Ready to stretch your points and miles? 👇
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How to transfer Axis Edge points to non Airline transfer partners. A thread 🧵
This would be by indirectly transferring points from Axis Edge to ITC Green Points to Marriott Bonvoy.
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🚨 Transfer American Express Points to Marriott Bonvoy at a 30% Bonus!
This is an excellent offer 🔥
Why you can consider even speculatively transferring points?
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How to get value ⤵️
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🚨 Use your Amex Points for Luxury Stays!
It is a great deal and value for our points! 💥
All you need to know 👇
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🚨 HDFC Regalia Gold Card Review
🆕 Credit Card launched.
Is it a worthy card? Should you apply?
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Review: Aviserv Arrival Lounge - Mumbai T2
Have you been to an arrival lounge in an airport?
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🚨 Taj Epicure and Accor Plus Memberships on Discount
All you need to know and if you should buy.
Not a paid review, referral or Ad, so an unbiased thread. 😈
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🚨 What is better than 5X of Axis's Travel Edge for hotel booking?
It would be buying MakemyTrip's Hotel voucher with 10X points and a 2% discount at the Axis Gift EDGE Gyftr portal!
Axis Magnus earns 48% and Reserve gets 60% value back at 10X points! 🔥
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❤️ 10k Followers!
Thank you everyone for all the love and support. 🙏
I have worked hard (in a good way), sacrificed a little and absolutely love what I do.
Just day 0 and a long way to go!
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🤩 Fantastic Award Flight Redemption Win! 💥
Helped
@nimitmidha
book award flights to Europe and a 🧵 about the story and learnings for all of us.
This is one of the craziest award booking that I was part of...
🔥
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❤️ Lounge Access
This is the reason why Marriott Platinum is valuable.
Easily dinner replacement. 😉
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🚨 Paid Hotel Memberships with Credit Cards or Buying with Points
Without spending a single rupee extra! 🔥
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🎉 Thank you 5️⃣0️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ followers!
Thanks for the support and following me. 🙏
We have just begun and as Jeff Bezos would say it's always Day 1. 😀
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🚨 Book a Suite at Grosvenor House, Dubai for 128k points for 5 nights!
Grosvenor House, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Dubai is one of the best Marriott hotels in the world.
Great deal. 👍
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🚨 African Wildlife Holiday for Less!
Get a full board with Safari at Masai Mara National Reserve on points.
Now at a flexible rate and further discount! 🔥
All you need to know 👇
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🚨 Get up to 60% Discount by Booking Flights using Miles!
When you don't have the miles also! 🔥
Students: Particularly take note 😀
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🚨 The Food and Culinary Adventures from Masai Mara, Kenya
Culinary treat at the JW Masai Mara Lodge
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🚨 IndusInd Bank Avios Visa Infinite Credit Card Review
🆕 Credit Card launch
Should you consider applying?
Comprehensive Review and all you need to Know 👇
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🚨 New Transfer Partner added for Axis!
This is huge and fantastic news. 💥
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🚨 Lufthansa Miles & More Axis Bank - 3X Welcome Bonus Offer
45,000 bonus miles for the World Select Card 🔥
✅ Lufthansa Miles & More definitive guide
✅ Sweetspots and maximizing miles
✅ Review of the card
Should you Apply and does it make sense? ⤵️
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🚨 HDFC to British Airways/ Qatar Airways Avios transfers at a 2:1 ratio
However, there is a way to do 1:1 transfers!
But how? 😀
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🚨 Marriott's New Promotion
"Stay Twice, Earn a Free Night" 🔥
This is a great offer! All you need to know 👇
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🚨 Booking Award Flight to Vietnam with low taxes & surcharges
With a free stopover too! 💥
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🚨 A Special Giveaway! 🎁
I will do a free award flight booking assistance for one random follower!
This can be worth Rs 5,000+ ⚡
To Participate:
1️⃣ Retweet and like this tweet
2️⃣ Comment to enter
Must be following 😀
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🚨 Axis Bank Points to Transfer Partners Programs Timelines
The Edge Points/Miles have an official turnover time (TAT) of up to 15 days but transfer to different Frequent Flyer Programs takes different times...
🧵
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🚨 Air France - KLM Changes Award Pricing
And mostly it a revaluation (for a change)! 🔥
Air France/KLM Sweetspots ➕ All you need to know ⤵️
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💔 RIP Axis Reserve!
Massive devaluation. For a Rs 59,000 fee card at that. 😬
I had Reserve for sometime now. I also had taken even without the Burgundy account. So going to close just before the annual fee hits the account.
❌ No more rewards on Insurance, fuel, jewelry,
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🚨 Purchase American Express Points for 40p per point!
This is a great way to top up our Amex point balance.
All you need to know 👇
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🚨 Air France-KLM Flying Blue Award Promo - April
Delhi to Paris ✈️ 20,250 miles onwards
Mumbai to Amsterdam ✈️ 34,500 miles onwards
🔗
The whole year is available for the lowest business class mileage requirement!! 💥
Book right away. 😈
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🚨 United Airlines MileagePlus Selling Points at up to 95% Bonus
Buying miles for cheaper flights? 💥
Does it make sense even after Axis Devaluation? 😀
➕
A look at United's sweet spots. 😈
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🚨 Paying Insurance with Amex Cards
And maximizing rewards...
As high as 13.33% rewards! 💥
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@IndianTechGuide
Please note that nothing has changed for Indians.
❌ Probably got worse as it not a sticker visa and no more multi entry visa.
We still have to do all the “formalities”, visit VFS, submit documents and pray that we get a eVisa. 😬
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✈️ Award Flight Booking Win
Booking a Rs 3,50,000 flight for an out-of-pocket expense of Rs ~44k. But you can book for it Rs 29.5k!
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I'm unvaccinated!
This is not a “I told you so” but wasn't comfortable with vaccinating.
Of course, I had to pay the price during 2020-2022 when they were travel restrictions based on our vaccination status.
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🚨 How to Search and Book Turkish Airlines Award Flights
Turkish doesn't show any Star Alliance Award Flights recently.
How to search for Air India flights? 🤔
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🚨 Fantastic Award Flight Redemption Success!
Family of 4 to Toronto on the same flight💥
Steal our idea to replicate this 😈
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🚨 American Express Platinum Charge Card - ITC Hotels Offers
Some offers are good. 💥
All you need to know ⤵️
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🚨 Air India Now Gets 10X Amex Points
Air India is now on the Reward Xcelerator platform and gets 10X rewards!
This is a fantastic addition. Going forward, Air India flights would be booked with Amex Platinum and not Atlas. 😀
Etihad is also present in Reward Multiplier (5X).
🚨 Amex Launches Reward Xcelerator - Up to 20X Rewards!
This is rewarding and potential to earn 25% rewards! 😀
Only for Platinum Charge and Centurion Cards.
Most of the brands don't make sense but for Tata CliQ, Tata CliQ Luxury and Palette ✅
We get 10X points on Tata CliQ
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🚨 How to Select Seats Free With Singapore Airlines
Even without status with SQ…
[Useful post - bookmark for later, Repost] 👍
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🚨 Axis Bank Vistara Card Further Devaluation!
❌ No points for Utilities and Government services
My next card to be closed. 😀
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🚨 Avianca Lifemiles Selling Miles for up to 160% Bonus!
This is a good promotion and slightly better than the recent promotion 💥
Do you know that sometimes we can book business class for less than economy fares? 🤩
All you need to know ⤵️
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🚨 Kenya to allow Visa-free Entry from 2024! 🇰🇪
Great news, and it follows other countries like Thailand, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, and Vietnam to give visa-free entry. 👍
All you need to know:
✅ Visa/entry and vaccine requirements
✅ Cheap flights
✅ Award flight sweet spots
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❤️ How Our Masai Mara Trip Came to Life
How we booked our trip of a lifetime to Masai Mara, Kenya with points and miles!
The flights, transfers, visa, and everything you need to know 👇
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❌ Unpopular Opinion ❌
HDFC Infinia is overrated!
Not sure why folks incur huge opportunity cost to get it like
🔸 Rs 10+ lakhs FD
🔸 Rs 2 lakhs ULIPs
🔸 Be stuck with a bad rewards card for long time (and spend Rs 8 lakhs in 6 months, etc)
Note: the numbers above are
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🚨 Where to transfer miles to de-risk from devaluation
Or how to protect ourselves from sudden devaluation 👇
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💡How do I identify each of the Priority Pass?
Answer: The old-school way. I just write the card against which it was issued. 😀
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🚨 Transfer Axis Edge Points to ITC with a 10% Bonus!
The popular offer is now back!
Should you transfer? 👇
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🥲 e-Hailing is so stressful in India!
Took multiple Grab (like Uber/Ola) in Kuala Lumpur (& in other south-east Asian countries) and it is seamless. A driver even offered me snacks.
And all rides are paid with Axis Reserve for the 2X rewards. 👍
However in India:
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🚨[Black Friday Sale] Virgin Atlantic 33% off Award Sale!
Excellent offer and award flight to London from 6700 miles only!
By far the best sale by Virgin Atlantic recently. 💥
All you need to know 👇
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🚨 How to Close an Axis Credit Card ❌
After the massive devaluation announced yesterday and if you feel the need to close the card(s), follow these steps.
I have closed two Magnus cards and one Vistara Infinite in the last 2-3 months.
Plus the next in firing line:
I have already closed mine. 👍
Tip: Even if the fee is levied, you can get it reversed and the card closed
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