Can education loan emis be paid with credit card? If yes please mention which are those card. I am saying this to use credit card for benefit because i have money to pay emi directly but if credit card do so i can pay credit card bill next day.
Axis Magnus for normal accounts is 5:2. For Burgundy it's 5:4. Great work on these discussions it helps me a lot with my credit card optimization also.
Best of axis atlas comes when you spend on hotels or airlines directly. You will get 5x edge miles if you book either through axis travel edge or direct through hotels. You can use it to settle any payments during hotel checkout
But most of the times rates at airlines/hotels is much higher. I just booked a Singapore Airlines flight to Koh Samui on Yatra at 32k using Smartbuy but the same flight on the airlines site was 39k
@@bhanuagarwal7861 not sure mate. As it’s clearly mentioned at Axit official site that its on airline/hotel websites. I’ll check on reddit if anyone was able to get it. Also its risky to test this.
More importantly, the Atlas benefit is on travel spends where you earn 5 Edge Miles per 100 on direct hotel/airline bookings. Which unlike booking through smartbuy/third parties, gives you the points/miles for the booking as well. So it is effectively always a double dip. 3L travel spends on Axis Atlas in your first year will get you 20k Edge Miles which is a 24% in terms of Accor.
@@Vishal_Mamidi sorry missed this. Double dip, as you get the Atlas miles on booking and for booking directly, book hotels and airlines, give you loyalty/reward points too. Unlike booking through third party. For eg. Accor booking on Atlas, gives you 18% back through Atlas and Accor gives some 2-6% back based on status.
As an Ex-Magnus(good old days) user and a current Atlas user, i wish to add here that atlas has to introduce smartbuy program apart from buying directly through airline site or hotel site. if Atlas allows Gyfter or something - it would be the most rewarding card.
Hey. I was thinking of getting Atlas as my Amex doesnt work most of the offline stores. One question I have after reading your comment is can’t I get vouchers like Amazon from a platform similar to gyfter???
@@AnkitJain-qc8fm you can buy from gyfter - but with absolute 0 benefits. Atlas is a pure travel card. it only give accelerated rewards when you spend on hotel and airline sites.
Accor ALL points definitely hold more value, but one drawback is the points cap-you can’t use them to cover an entire booking. During my recent trip to Istanbul, I could only use a maximum of 18k points for my Novotel reservation, and had to pay the rest in cash. In contrast, with Marriott’s Bonvoy points, I was able to fully cover my Sheraton booking using just points.
While paying the cash amount, just ask the receptionist to use the points, They will be able to deduct from that, I have done this multiple times. Only the amount < 1800/- (which is 1000 points) you have to pay because they can only redeem in multiples of 1000.
Hi venkatesh. One question i as you have used both. which is better marriot bonvoy or Accor points in terms of return and availability . What i have e noticed its Accor does cover a lot of mid budget hotels too while marriott is mostly high end.
One thing that we have to remember during this process of 'over-optimisation' is that the price of the hotel is already super marked up. ITC Mementos is one hour away from the city centre, outside the city. Even in the city centre (which is the most prime location and has hotels with most premium tarriffs) per night rates start at 15-20k (Trident is available for 18k per night). I am sure ITC Mementos is a beautiful property. But the price of 45k per night is super-marked up. He did the booking at 17k per night which may be fair value. But you can't look at the over inflated rate of 45k and say it's a bargain.
Hi Pranay, thank you for these videos. A question Have to get 1 credit card mainly to use for international travel Which one would you suggest? Too confused with options
I have a DCB metal. Should I get any amex and which? I want to maximise redemption on flights, domestic and international. Estimated spends 5-10 LPA per annum.
I'm planning to buy a car for which I'm planning to do a downpayment of 6-7.5L through credit card, as per my calculation Atlas would be the best for the same. Please share your view?
Regarding Axis Magnus for Burgundy - Although rent is not included in annual fee waiver, you do get reward points for rents upto 50k. I was able to get M4B lifetime free (till I maintained the Burgundy status) because I got it before 31st Jan, so this works out for me.
For atlas you have not mentioned about 5 edge miles benefit you get for booking directly the hotel or flight. I think this is a great benefit. I have 27 cards, gets confused which one to use where!
Very informative. I used to listen to mostly videos at 1.5-2.0 speed but both people have different speeds of speaking. Please resolve it on your next video. Hope you can understand.
What is the validity of Edge Miles, and if they are transferred to Accor, will they also have a specific validity? For instance, can points be stored in Accor for a certain period?
So Atlas is easy to get and if you’re not getting Infinia easily, you should go for Atlas! I got Atlas despite holding Infinia and think it’s not worth it!
Not sure if someone can help me with my question. I'll be living out of India for next 1.5 years. The only expenses on credit cards I will have are my insurances and some investments totalling to around 4.75 lakhs. I want to maximize my airline partner miles. Considering gyftr, in conjunction with 2 supplementary cards, can be used to maximize the insurance spends, I wnated to know which is the best card to maximize airline miles. I already have a Amex plat travel and Diners Black, not sure I can keep both as I would be able to hit the yearly milestone on only one of them. I wonder if Gyftr can be used on Axis and that can help me as Axis points seem more valuable for Airline miles.
What would be the best way to use 75k edgemiles that i accumulated via Magnus before the deval? I’m looking at using them for domestic air India/ vistara travel or would transferring to a hotel program makes more sense? On a side note,my Magnus is ltf, but I do not do any spends. Does it still makes sense to keep it?
After using Atlas for more than 4 months, I have realised that it is not worth it if you already have Infinia or Amex Trifecta! Very hard to reach milestones with all the exclusions and then, you have to face issues like wrong merchant classification and poor Axis customer care. Edge miles crediting is very sporadic, sometimes it comes in 7-8 days sometimes it takes ages. Axis positions it as premium card but hardly creates that experience!
Pranay- Can you please suggest me how to hit my diners black milestone. I’m 1 lac away and the window shuts in October end. No upcoming travels or big electronic/retail spends. I heard you had told something about NPS in one of your older videos. Can you please elaborate on that a bit?
I am confused between axis atlas and hsbc premier credit card. I would be using these points for airline bookings - both domestic and international. I can shift to an hsbc premier account easily so that isn't a problem. Pls advise. P.S I already have an amex plat travel for using points on hotel bookings.
Everybody should also have with this Zenith Plus card if they hold such cards. Fee plus gst 5.9k, 5k you get Amazon voucher and 900 fee can be taken care of very well as 16 buy one get movie ticket. Plus good access or meet and greet four in total and other offers au runs. Not for spending but saving money. And Amazon pay 5k is as good as 5k money
Hey Pranay, I've DCB LTF and have an upgrade offer for DCB Metal. The only reason I feel DCB Metal might be better is no capping of daily 2500 reward points when I'm trying to book international flights. Do you think it's worth an upgrade? My current annual spends is about 7-9L on an average.
Do a back of the envelope - how many times have you hit the daily limit on DCB plastic, and going forward, what's the estimated benefit of no daily limit for you? If that's more than the fee, get it otherwise skip. I haven't gotten it for what it's worth
What to do if i have a LTF diners privilege card and now getting upgraded to diners black metal. First yr free...then 8lac spend based fee waiver. My spends are lesser.
Hello Pranay, I am new to your channel, but I must stay I regret not knowing about it before. I might have binged watched all your videos over this weekend instead of a Netflix series, and honestly it has been a much much more fruitful one than my usual weekends. I am a doctor by profession I can see lots of content about flight and hotel bookings, which definitely are essentials. My request to you would be your comment about international transactions made overseas with an Indian card, as I need to travel across the globe for various conferences and end up paying high mark up fees, forex rates, etc. while shopping/dining/other expenses. Thank you !
Thanks for your comment. You can consider: A) Amex plat charge metal card which gives accelerated points for international spends. But the fee is 70k. You can see my video on this to know about its other benefits. B) idfc first wow card. This is FD backed - so you'll have to open an FD with idfc but this has zero forex fee. Joining fee - nil C) Indusind pioneer heritage (1L joining fee, not worth it) D) IDFC mayura card (6K joining fee), zero forex charges. Links below to apply 👇🏼 americanexpress.com/en-in/referral/platinum?ref=pRANAKm3OP&XL=MNANS earningshub.co/Pranay-Kapoor-17300837022463171164
Hi @Pranay, I'm really torn between Amex Platinum and Atlas. My rough spending is around 2-3 lakhs on travel and up to 2 lakhs on utilities, taxes, and NPS. I'm leaning towards Amex because it includes utilities and taxes in the net spend, but I've heard Amex isn’t widely accepted everywhere. Is that true?
I have both Amex Plat and Atlas. use amex plat for gyfter and Enjoy marriot when you travel and stay. Use Axis Atlas when booking (directly through airline or hotel) and Enjoy ITC/Accor.
@@prasenjitshukla6957 I worked for MakeMyTrip from 2010 to 2013 - and i can assure you they do support it. in fact most sites do support amex. i only know of handful of sites that dont.
Pranay, great content as always. Quick question please - how do you escalate when it comes to issues with SmartBuy bookings? My money is stuck with them even after a month and Infinia concierge as well as SmartBuy escalation team are not giving me an eta for resolution. Apparently they are still awaiting response from the vendor Sharing this here as atleast my experience would give some idea about the quality of the supposedly premium Infinia concierge to your viewers. You can only judge the quality once things go wrong. This was for a international resort booking made through SmartBuy with make my trip as the vendor. Would appreciate any input on this, thanks.
Thank you for sharing! I don't have an infinia so don't know how you can escalate, but this is helpful for others in the community! Try escalating on Twitter?
Hello pranay sir! Glad to see your video! I have axis atlas for both - travel and non travel spends! Have hdfc millenia for 5% cashback on my select merchants which I utilise to the full every month!! Amex aint servicable in my area yet! I am looking for a good cc for my everyday spends and swiping at various stores and places! Could you/kind people of the community please suggest! Thankyou, keep growing!
@@pranayk37 Honestly, there is no specific reason sir! I just want to make atlas a travel centric card but after reading your comment, I realise it is better to stick to Atlas for now, provided in that way - I shall be able to hit those milestone benefits and get the accelerated points wrt travel spends! See - one comment removed whatever clouding I had related to my question! XD thankyou for the clarification and the reply, always is appreciated! :)
I have an Atlas upgrade option but i feel that Atlas has way too many exclusions including jewellery. For my personal use, i can't think of any big payments that i can do with this. I have the Amex trifecta, HDFC reg gold that covers all my spends
Love your videos as these answer quite a little of my queries. Need a suggestion / recommendation for a credit card that gives rewards on education spends . After Paytm shutdown , Amex isn't accepted at my son's school and the amount is almost 7.5 L per annum. I can do a trxn but at 3% + charge it is simply not worth. Hence looking for a suggestion. I have a Plat Reserve, DCB and Citi cards migrated to axis
Hdfc is a good option for education. You can get infinia or diners black if you can. If not get the HDFC swiggy card to begin with, link below 👇🏼 earningshub.co/Pranay-Kapoor-17298474518784221164
Amex plat travel upto 4 Lacs. You can apply using the link below 👇🏼 click on "view cards" and select platinum travel americanexpress.com/en-in/referral/gold?ref=pRANAKBHvA&XL=MNMNS
When did you get this? What month / year? Trying to find a pattern given how different people have different rates for Magnus Burgundy. From 0 to 12K to 30K
@@pranayk37 the day they launched Magnus for burgandy! If I remember right, 2023 September. Especially, when the downgrade started. Honesty, it's been way profitable than any card for me.. I booked a business class trip to Australia (to and fro) for both me and my wife for 325k points on krisflyer. Now my focus is to transfer all of it to Marriott because I have a plat charge card and the memberships just bump up the redemption values!
Sir if you could please check as for a burgundy account holder the annual fees for magnus is not applicable as I am a burgundy account holder and I have never paid a penny on fees for magnus
@@pranayk37for new burgundy magnus it is 30k, for new normal magnus it is 12k, for existing Magnus holders they offered burgundy Magnus for free. Hope it clarifies!
Edge Rewards expire after 3 years. Edge Miles (the points that Atlas gives) expire after 1 year. Caveat: it is not very clear in the T&Cs when Edge Miles expire but it looks like its 1 year.
Axis Bank is big lier , they says :- Maintenance of a minimum Total Relationship Value^(TRV) of ₹30 lakhs (Total Relationship Value (TRV) is required to be consistently maintained throughout the month to meet Burgundy program eligibility criteria.), : I did the same , but bank denied the upgrade , so be carefull they will lie to get fund , but they will deny after getting the fund. They are doing with crore of customer.
If I pay Rs 4lac advance tax using my AMEX Platinum credit card......I will not get any reward points but I will get the milestone benefit of 4 lac.........Am I correct ?
I've heard a few different versions of this so I'm not clear to be honest. Website says it's 30K. My RM says it's 12K (insists it's magnus burgundy). Few folks on the comments have said they have it for free but that's cuz they got it before a certain date earlier in 2024. So short answer is, not sure 😃
@@pranayk37 No, the magnus burgundy is 35k including tax. I just got it 2 months back. It is there in TnC. They are not giving it LTF anymore and strictly based on salary criteria
Bhaiya my dream card will always be american express centurion card as it is not just about rewards but that I want to be that worthy that american exprsss will consider me for that Btw I have followed you bhaiya
If your application is denied that doesn't reduce the score. However the score can be hit slightly everytime an enquiry is made by a credit card company
What is the validity of Edge Miles, and if they are transferred to Accor, will they also have a specific validity? For instance, can points be stored in Accor for a certain period?
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Can education loan emis be paid with credit card? If yes please mention which are those card. I am saying this to use credit card for benefit because i have money to pay emi directly but if credit card do so i can pay credit card bill next day.
can you share amex platinum refferal link ,old ones are expired.
Axis Magnus for normal accounts is 5:2. For Burgundy it's 5:4. Great work on these discussions it helps me a lot with my credit card optimization also.
Thanks for pointing out the mistake. Have added the correction at that timestamp
Also axis magnus for burgendy is 30K. I asked my RM for waver or discount but sadly no response
I think it’s not for burgundy but for Burgandy private account
Best of axis atlas comes when you spend on hotels or airlines directly. You will get 5x edge miles if you book either through axis travel edge or direct through hotels. You can use it to settle any payments during hotel checkout
Direct hotels website for 5x ??
But most of the times rates at airlines/hotels is much higher. I just booked a Singapore Airlines flight to Koh Samui on Yatra at 32k using Smartbuy but the same flight on the airlines site was 39k
@@AnkitJain-qc8fm I heard even on yatra you will get 5%
@@bhanuagarwal7861 not sure mate. As it’s clearly mentioned at Axit official site that its on airline/hotel websites. I’ll check on reddit if anyone was able to get it. Also its risky to test this.
@@AnkitJain-qc8fm it depends on MCC not on sites. If site matches the MCC then will get.
Few people already reported that they got points on Yatra.
More importantly, the Atlas benefit is on travel spends where you earn 5 Edge Miles per 100 on direct hotel/airline bookings. Which unlike booking through smartbuy/third parties, gives you the points/miles for the booking as well. So it is effectively always a double dip. 3L travel spends on Axis Atlas in your first year will get you 20k Edge Miles which is a 24% in terms of Accor.
How it's a double didn't understand properly
Shayad 3rd party pe 2 percent edge mile hi hain
@@Vishal_Mamidi sorry missed this. Double dip, as you get the Atlas miles on booking and for booking directly, book hotels and airlines, give you loyalty/reward points too. Unlike booking through third party. For eg. Accor booking on Atlas, gives you 18% back through Atlas and Accor gives some 2-6% back based on status.
As an Ex-Magnus(good old days) user and a current Atlas user, i wish to add here that atlas has to introduce smartbuy program apart from buying directly through airline site or hotel site. if Atlas allows Gyfter or something - it would be the most rewarding card.
Hey. I was thinking of getting Atlas as my Amex doesnt work most of the offline stores. One question I have after reading your comment is can’t I get vouchers like Amazon from a platform similar to gyfter???
@@AnkitJain-qc8fm you can buy from gyfter - but with absolute 0 benefits. Atlas is a pure travel card. it only give accelerated rewards when you spend on hotel and airline sites.
Make a video on rent payment strategy
Make video on rent payment strategy as there are many changes in cards recently.
There’s no strategy on rent payments and please if there’s any, stop it. We need to earn rewards from meaningful purchases!
Pay through phone pay is the best and secret strategy
@@amrit0501 😂😂it is
@@abhishek_gupta1990 uhh... why?
Very Helpful video guys, thanks for sharing insights
For those who plan to move points from ITC to Marriott - i recently learnt that now they allow only 10k points per quarter.
Well I wish I could move my Marriot points to Accor.
@@AnkitJain-qc8fm Might never happen - they are "competitors" in a sense.
@@SourabhSharma-kq6ed yeah. That’s why. I wish. 😝
Pranay you have really motivated me to pay attention to my credit cards and become a CC nerd myself! I would love to meet you some day!
If someone is unable to get the HDFC Infinia card, which primary credit card would you recommend instead?
I think you guys should show your spend strategy, trend etc. That will also be helpful. Thanks.
Accor ALL points definitely hold more value, but one drawback is the points cap-you can’t use them to cover an entire booking. During my recent trip to Istanbul, I could only use a maximum of 18k points for my Novotel reservation, and had to pay the rest in cash. In contrast, with Marriott’s Bonvoy points, I was able to fully cover my Sheraton booking using just points.
While paying the cash amount, just ask the receptionist to use the points, They will be able to deduct from that, I have done this multiple times. Only the amount < 1800/- (which is 1000 points) you have to pay because they can only redeem in multiples of 1000.
@@tsjoshi Do all hotels allow 100% redemption using Accor points?
@@rishabhsrivastava3847 Yes
Hi venkatesh. One question i as you have used both. which is better marriot bonvoy or Accor points in terms of return and availability . What i have e noticed its Accor does cover a lot of mid budget hotels too while marriott is mostly high end.
Hey Pranay, Which what app channel was Anmol talking ab8? 5:30
Another Video with Anmol
Looking forward to watching. Commenting before watching 😅😅😂
One thing that we have to remember during this process of 'over-optimisation' is that the price of the hotel is already super marked up. ITC Mementos is one hour away from the city centre, outside the city. Even in the city centre (which is the most prime location and has hotels with most premium tarriffs) per night rates start at 15-20k (Trident is available for 18k per night). I am sure ITC Mementos is a beautiful property. But the price of 45k per night is super-marked up. He did the booking at 17k per night which may be fair value. But you can't look at the over inflated rate of 45k and say it's a bargain.
One can’t control inflation or what hotels charge for rooms :)
The charm of atlas has now gone back to memory
This channel is incomplete without anmol
Hi Pranay, thank you for these videos. A question
Have to get 1 credit card mainly to use for international travel
Which one would you suggest?
Too confused with options
great video as always. If you can do a video where you showcase how the points get transferred it would really help. not much content out there.
Please show a live video on how the edge points are converted to bonvoy or ITC points please
AI 2 booking is already live. Booked a trip last week :)
I have a DCB metal. Should I get any amex and which? I want to maximise redemption on flights, domestic and international. Estimated spends 5-10 LPA per annum.
amex platinum travel is a must if u can reach 4L milestone. Let me know if u need a referral
I'm planning to buy a car for which I'm planning to do a downpayment of 6-7.5L through credit card, as per my calculation Atlas would be the best for the same. Please share your view?
Regarding Axis Magnus for Burgundy - Although rent is not included in annual fee waiver, you do get reward points for rents upto 50k. I was able to get M4B lifetime free (till I maintained the Burgundy status) because I got it before 31st Jan, so this works out for me.
Hey. Can I but Gyftr coupons using Atlas card? Asking as most of my shopping is on Amazon/Flipkart
Is there any special requirement for opening burgendy account?
For atlas you have not mentioned about 5 edge miles benefit you get for booking directly the hotel or flight. I think this is a great benefit.
I have 27 cards, gets confused which one to use where!
Very informative. I used to listen to mostly videos at 1.5-2.0 speed but both people have different speeds of speaking. Please resolve it on your next video. Hope you can understand.
What is the validity of Edge Miles, and if they are transferred to Accor, will they also have a specific validity? For instance, can points be stored in Accor for a certain period?
Doesn't it make sense to use HDFC Infinia for hotel bookings, given the 33.33% reward rates with Smartbuy Hotel Bookings ?
It does. Smartbuy with infinia is better in most scenarios
So Atlas is easy to get and if you’re not getting Infinia easily, you should go for Atlas! I got Atlas despite holding Infinia and think it’s not worth it!
Not sure if someone can help me with my question. I'll be living out of India for next 1.5 years. The only expenses on credit cards I will have are my insurances and some investments totalling to around 4.75 lakhs. I want to maximize my airline partner miles. Considering gyftr, in conjunction with 2 supplementary cards, can be used to maximize the insurance spends, I wnated to know which is the best card to maximize airline miles. I already have a Amex plat travel and Diners Black, not sure I can keep both as I would be able to hit the yearly milestone on only one of them. I wonder if Gyftr can be used on Axis and that can help me as Axis points seem more valuable for Airline miles.
What would be the best way to use 75k edgemiles that i accumulated via Magnus before the deval? I’m looking at using them for domestic air India/ vistara travel or would transferring to a hotel program makes more sense? On a side note,my Magnus is ltf, but I do not do any spends. Does it still makes sense to keep it?
Any credit card which is better than infinia ?
I don’t have Axis atlas despite this still my edge miles converted in 1:1 Acore points?
So payment on Fuel and insurance won’t give us the edge miles benefits but they will be counted in the milestone benefits?
Hey Pranay, Magnus for Burgundy is 30k + GST not 12.5k + GST. The latter is for regular Magnus
Have already commented the correction in the video. Different people have been offered different rates on magnus burgundy
How to utilize infinia reward points in a best way as mile transfer program is not great !?
use hdfc points for flights where there is no reward system like indigo, etc. Basically treat it like cash
I think you should compare Atlas with Axis Horizon card and share your opinion.
After using Atlas for more than 4 months, I have realised that it is not worth it if you already have Infinia or Amex Trifecta!
Very hard to reach milestones with all the exclusions and then, you have to face issues like wrong merchant classification and poor Axis customer care.
Edge miles crediting is very sporadic, sometimes it comes in 7-8 days sometimes it takes ages. Axis positions it as premium card but hardly creates that experience!
Thanks for sharing your experience. This is primarily why I’m not getting it
is there any way ITC green points from any loyalty program?
Pranay- Can you please suggest me how to hit my diners black milestone.
I’m 1 lac away and the window shuts in October end.
No upcoming travels or big electronic/retail spends.
I heard you had told something about NPS in one of your older videos.
Can you please elaborate on that a bit?
Don't use it for nps. Doesn't count
So like how Amex has Marriots 30% bonus, is there any extra bonus that axis comes up with Accor points?
Pranay, what could be an alternative card if I can’t get Amex Platinum Travel due to non-serviceable area.
Atlas
@@pranayk37Thanks man
I am confused between axis atlas and hsbc premier credit card. I would be using these points for airline bookings - both domestic and international. I can shift to an hsbc premier account easily so that isn't a problem. Pls advise. P.S I already have an amex plat travel for using points on hotel bookings.
Any idea on when will axis launch Olympus for non Citi customers ?
No idea
Can you make video on how to utilise Amex points for fights only
what about the sbi air india siganture does that fall into consideration?
Please suggest credit card for salaried person fron tier 2/3cities. Who's reward points can be used for travel.
Hi author, please answer my question:
Does govt stamp duty gives any benefits on milestone apart from Amex card?
Not on axis, no
@@pranayk37 can you recommend a card for flight tickets related benefit? I will apply at end of this month
Hi, your amex referral links are not working, can you look into this?
americanexpress.com/en-in/referral/platinum-travel?ref=aNILaHwfz&XL=MNANS
Do you have any opinion on SBI Aurum CC? Has been offered with my sbi wealth acc. Don't know if its worth it..
Everybody should also have with this Zenith Plus card if they hold such cards. Fee plus gst 5.9k, 5k you get Amazon voucher and 900 fee can be taken care of very well as 16 buy one get movie ticket. Plus good access or meet and greet four in total and other offers au runs. Not for spending but saving money. And Amazon pay 5k is as good as 5k money
Congratulations on taking the oath as the new CM!
Hey Pranay, I've DCB LTF and have an upgrade offer for DCB Metal. The only reason I feel DCB Metal might be better is no capping of daily 2500 reward points when I'm trying to book international flights. Do you think it's worth an upgrade? My current annual spends is about 7-9L on an average.
Do a back of the envelope - how many times have you hit the daily limit on DCB plastic, and going forward, what's the estimated benefit of no daily limit for you? If that's more than the fee, get it otherwise skip.
I haven't gotten it for what it's worth
@@pranayk37dcb metal also has 10k benefit if you hit 4lakh spend in a quarter, and fees is refundable if u spend 8l in a year.
What to do if i have a LTF diners privilege card and now getting upgraded to diners black metal. First yr free...then 8lac spend based fee waiver.
My spends are lesser.
Is breakfast included in the Marriott booking if done via point redemptions? If not, how to enable that? Any pointers would be helpful.
Reward bookings don’t have breakfast. Have to be Platinum tier for free breakfast
Which credit card would be best for 5L insurance premium payment ?
Amex plat travel
Hello Pranay,
I am new to your channel, but I must stay I regret not knowing about it before.
I might have binged watched all your videos over this weekend instead of a Netflix series, and honestly it has been a much much more fruitful one than my usual weekends.
I am a doctor by profession
I can see lots of content about flight and hotel bookings, which definitely are essentials.
My request to you would be your comment about international transactions made overseas with an Indian card, as I need to travel across the globe for various conferences and end up paying high mark up fees, forex rates, etc. while shopping/dining/other expenses.
Thank you !
Thanks for your comment. You can consider:
A) Amex plat charge metal card which gives accelerated points for international spends. But the fee is 70k. You can see my video on this to know about its other benefits.
B) idfc first wow card. This is FD backed - so you'll have to open an FD with idfc but this has zero forex fee. Joining fee - nil
C) Indusind pioneer heritage (1L joining fee, not worth it)
D) IDFC mayura card (6K joining fee), zero forex charges.
Links below to apply 👇🏼
americanexpress.com/en-in/referral/platinum?ref=pRANAKm3OP&XL=MNANS
earningshub.co/Pranay-Kapoor-17300837022463171164
Hey Pranay can we used credit card to buy foreign currency and earn rewards points? Any CC with which it is possible?
Not that I'm aware
Not that I'm aware
Thoughts on HSBC Premier card?
Hi @Pranay, I'm really torn between Amex Platinum and Atlas. My rough spending is around 2-3 lakhs on travel and up to 2 lakhs on utilities, taxes, and NPS. I'm leaning towards Amex because it includes utilities and taxes in the net spend, but I've heard Amex isn’t widely accepted everywhere. Is that true?
I have both Amex Plat and Atlas. use amex plat for gyfter and Enjoy marriot when you travel and stay. Use Axis Atlas when booking (directly through airline or hotel) and Enjoy ITC/Accor.
Thanks @@SourabhSharma-kq6ed
One wuery, can AMEX be directly used on third-party online platforms for booking flights or hotels? (Like mmt, goibibo)
@@prasenjitshukla6957 I worked for MakeMyTrip from 2010 to 2013 - and i can assure you they do support it. in fact most sites do support amex. i only know of handful of sites that dont.
Pranay, great content as always. Quick question please - how do you escalate when it comes to issues with SmartBuy bookings? My money is stuck with them even after a month and Infinia concierge as well as SmartBuy escalation team are not giving me an eta for resolution. Apparently they are still awaiting response from the vendor
Sharing this here as atleast my experience would give some idea about the quality of the supposedly premium Infinia concierge to your viewers. You can only judge the quality once things go wrong. This was for a international resort booking made through SmartBuy with make my trip as the vendor. Would appreciate any input on this, thanks.
Thank you for sharing! I don't have an infinia so don't know how you can escalate, but this is helpful for others in the community!
Try escalating on Twitter?
@@pranayk37 thanks, will give that a try. Looking forward to your future videos, keep up the good work.
If I spend on insurance using atlas will that count for milestone spends?
Won't be counted
Hello pranay sir! Glad to see your video! I have axis atlas for both - travel and non travel spends!
Have hdfc millenia for 5% cashback on my select merchants which I utilise to the full every month!!
Amex aint servicable in my area yet!
I am looking for a good cc for my everyday spends and swiping at various stores and places!
Could you/kind people of the community please suggest!
Thankyou, keep growing!
Thank you! Any reason why you want to look beyond Atlas for stores and everyday spends? They are counted towards edge miles
@@pranayk37 Honestly, there is no specific reason sir! I just want to make atlas a travel centric card but after reading your comment, I realise it is better to stick to Atlas for now, provided in that way - I shall be able to hit those milestone benefits and get the accelerated points wrt travel spends!
See - one comment removed whatever clouding I had related to my question! XD
thankyou for the clarification and the reply, always is appreciated! :)
@@mahipdeva3543yes I'd say just spend more on atlas and hit milestone. Instead of spreading yourself too thin across multiple cards
@@pranayk37 definitely shall do that! As always, glad to be here and to get your views on my question! Much much appreciated 🙌🏻
I have an Atlas upgrade option but i feel that Atlas has way too many exclusions including jewellery. For my personal use, i can't think of any big payments that i can do with this. I have the Amex trifecta, HDFC reg gold that covers all my spends
Same. That's why I'm not getting atlas. Btw hdfc regalia gold is quite a low value card, try and get something else from hdfc
@@pranayk37 I have the Regalia Gold, and wish to upgrade to DCB Metal but LTF. Any hacks?
Can you make a video for best credit card for insurance payment
Plat travel is a good option
What are your thoughts on Axis Olympus
Love your videos as these answer quite a little of my queries. Need a suggestion / recommendation for a credit card that gives rewards on education spends . After Paytm shutdown , Amex isn't accepted at my son's school and the amount is almost 7.5 L per annum. I can do a trxn but at 3% + charge it is simply not worth. Hence looking for a suggestion. I have a Plat Reserve, DCB and Citi cards migrated to axis
Hdfc is a good option for education. You can get infinia or diners black if you can. If not get the HDFC swiggy card to begin with, link below 👇🏼
earningshub.co/Pranay-Kapoor-17298474518784221164
Hey Pranay, Any recommendations for credit cards with good rewards on spends in Tax, Utilities, NPS, education category?
Amex plat travel upto 4 Lacs.
You can apply using the link below 👇🏼 click on "view cards" and select platinum travel
americanexpress.com/en-in/referral/gold?ref=pRANAKBHvA&XL=MNMNS
Can you make a video on which card is better for insurance payments
Yes please
Hey Pranay. Can I pay my light bills with Amex without paying extra fee.
Sure go for it. You can upload amazon pay vouchers and pay it via amazon pay
Thank You
Axis gave me magnus for burgandy for ltf. So I'm good!
When did you get this? What month / year? Trying to find a pattern given how different people have different rates for Magnus Burgundy. From 0 to 12K to 30K
@@pranayk37 the day they launched Magnus for burgandy! If I remember right, 2023 September. Especially, when the downgrade started.
Honesty, it's been way profitable than any card for me.. I booked a business class trip to Australia (to and fro) for both me and my wife for 325k points on krisflyer.
Now my focus is to transfer all of it to Marriott because I have a plat charge card and the memberships just bump up the redemption values!
How about HDFC regalia..is it worth to use
If you can get a better card, get it. Regalia isn't the best
Could you please share invite link of broadcast which you were talking
Added the twitter handles in description
@@pranayk37 can we get WhatsApp too, it's okay if it's paid channels
Why dont you get HDFC biz black for your tax payments
It's only for businesses and we are salaried
Atlas best benefit is 10% reward on direct hotel and airline and traveledge spends. Great card but will be devalued again soon
Sir if you could please check as for a burgundy account holder the annual fees for magnus is not applicable as I am a burgundy account holder and I have never paid a penny on fees for magnus
It's a little confusing, you're right. Website says 30k, RM says 12K and now you're saying 0 🤐😅
@@pranayk37 Actually its 0 as I am holding magnus for 2 years and haven’t paid any fees for it
@@pranayk37for new burgundy magnus it is 30k, for new normal magnus it is 12k, for existing Magnus holders they offered burgundy Magnus for free. Hope it clarifies!
When does Atlas point expire? For how much time they are valid?
Edge Rewards expire after 3 years. Edge Miles (the points that Atlas gives) expire after 1 year. Caveat: it is not very clear in the T&Cs when Edge Miles expire but it looks like its 1 year.
What would be your strategy Pranay if you have to buy car worth 16 lacs? Would you get it on credit card?
Would probably use a magnus burgundy for this
How we can transfer AMEX point to Accor
Can't. There's no direct route and you'll lose value going indirect. Let me know if you find a way
Axis Bank is big lier , they says :- Maintenance of a minimum Total Relationship Value^(TRV) of ₹30 lakhs (Total Relationship Value (TRV) is required to be consistently maintained throughout the month to meet Burgundy program eligibility criteria.), : I did the same , but bank denied the upgrade , so be carefull they will lie to get fund , but they will deny after getting the fund. They are doing with crore of customer.
If I pay Rs 4lac advance tax using my AMEX Platinum credit card......I will not get any reward points but I will get the milestone benefit of 4 lac.........Am I correct ?
Correct
Ye burgundy account ke sath magnus burgundy free milta he ? my RM said i have to pay 30k per annum for magnus with burgundy
I've heard a few different versions of this so I'm not clear to be honest.
Website says it's 30K.
My RM says it's 12K (insists it's magnus burgundy).
Few folks on the comments have said they have it for free but that's cuz they got it before a certain date earlier in 2024.
So short answer is, not sure 😃
@@pranayk37yes I got the Magnus for Burgundy LTF
Unfortunately for new applicants they do charge 30K as it’s anual fee
Ohh..i also got the feedback that point redemption is not easy in axis bank. You have to call RM to redeem points.
@@nalinkanoongo1929and redeeming via the RM took more than 7 days when we were burgundy account holders
Hey Pranay drop in your referral link for Amex CC ... Looking to apply for Platinum Travel CC....
americanexpress.com/en-in/referral/platinum-travel?ref=sANAAVPezc&XLINK=MYCP
Magnus burgundy fees is not ₹12500 but 35400
The RM says 12.5K, I double checked with him. Irrespective, doesn't make sense for me
@@pranayk37 no man! thats for normal magnus. Magnus burgundy is 30k plus gst
@@pranayk37 No, the magnus burgundy is 35k including tax. I just got it 2 months back. It is there in TnC. They are not giving it LTF anymore and strictly based on salary criteria
Can we get WhatsApp broadcast links as well please
as most of us are not much active on Twitter.
whatsapp.com/channel/0029VaKaeqaBvvsjZpk8T33p
Bhaiya my dream card will always be american express centurion card as it is not just about rewards but that I want to be that worthy that american exprsss will consider me for that
Btw I have followed you bhaiya
No card is as good a card as AMEX.....
Twitter links?
Thanks for reminding me, will update soon :)
Updated
Thank you serrrr
All the best for Ironman!
Great content.. have a query .. if one of credit card gets declined before reaching me, does it impact the cibil score.
If your application is denied that doesn't reduce the score. However the score can be hit slightly everytime an enquiry is made by a credit card company
Bro do itc points expire
Yes, 12 months if there are no eligible spends
Google gives way to many holidays
It gives the same number of holidays as other companies :) it's on employees to avail the holidays and not let them go to waste
Pehle monthly 1 2L kharcha marne ki situation me aao fir ye sab dekho 😢
Just get sbi cashback and 5% back …
Can you share WhatsApp community that Anmol is talking about..
Following
whatsapp.com/channel/0029VaKaeqaBvvsjZpk8T33p
What is the validity of Edge Miles, and if they are transferred to Accor, will they also have a specific validity? For instance, can points be stored in Accor for a certain period?
Can we transfer amex points to air india or indigo as I want to travel to Kolkata & no amex air partners offer service to that location?
Transfer to krisflyer and use that to book air india flights
@pranayk37 thank you so much 😀