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Ashwin
@drgrudge
Credit card points, airmiles, and hotel loyalty program enthusiast. Sharing tips & tricks to maximize rewards and travel like a pro • Subscribe for $1 ⤴️
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Oct 17, 2023 • 22 tweets • 7 min read
🚨 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? ⤵️ Image ✨ The offer:

🔸 Apply before 30th November

🔸 Rs 10k joining fee; 3X welcome bonus

Thus 45k LH miles for Rs 11800 😈 Image
Oct 12, 2023 • 21 tweets • 6 min read
🚨 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 ⤵️ Image Air Canada (AC) Aeroplan isn't talked about much since their awards don't show up online. Call wait times can be over 2 hours so was avoided.

But not anymore. 😀

Transfer partners:
👉 Axis
👉 HDFC (2:1 ratio)
Sep 28, 2023 • 10 tweets • 3 min read
🚨 Virgin Atlantic 25% off Award Sale!

Excellent offer and award flight to London from 7500 miles only!

Are you ready to stretch your miles to travel far? ⤵️ Image Save 25% on Reward Seats Offer

▶️ 25% off on all cabins!
▶️ Booking Period: September 28 - October 3
▶️ Travel by 31st December
▶️ Only for Virgin Atlantic operated flights and not on partner flight Image
Sep 26, 2023 • 20 tweets • 10 min read
🚨 [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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It was an award (using points) booking

🔸 Initially made booking for 5 nights for 92k points (5th night free)
🔸 Extended stay by a day 132k points just before the stay

👉 Total 224k points for 6 nights stay

See this thread for more details:
Aug 30, 2023 • 14 tweets • 6 min read
🚨 How to Transfer Points Between British Airways and Iberia Avios

This is important as:
✅ HDFC to British Airways Avios (in 1:1 ratio)
✅ Accor to Qatar or British Airways Avios
✅ Cheapest way to buy Avios 🔥

Step-by-step tutorial with screenshots 👇
💡 There is another reason to transfer between these Avios FFPs:

Lower taxes! 💥

For example, Delhi to Hong Kong with Cathay Pacific (economy):

▪️ BA charges 13k miles ➕ Rs 9,715
▪️ Iberia charges 13k miles ➕ Rs ~1,400 😈
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Aug 24, 2023 • 15 tweets • 6 min read
❤️ 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 👇 Image This is the story of our redemption. 😀

You may want to bookmark this thread for future reference. 🔖
Aug 9, 2023 • 10 tweets • 4 min read
🚨 What’s Next After Axis Magnus Devaluation?

Apply for an Amex card (my referral):

It’s first year free too!

How to maximize your rewards: 👇 https://t.co/PRjnRbcHsqdesipoints.com/go/amex-plat-t…
Image ⚠️ While I appreciate if you apply from my referral, remember:

▪️ Amex cards aren’t as rewarding as pre-deval Axis cards
▪️Acceptance is not so good

That said, I’m an Amex card holder since 2014 and it is rewarding enough to apply for three cards.
Jul 22, 2023 • 12 tweets • 4 min read
🚨 Axis Atlas Card Review

Is it better than Infinia or Magnus (after devaluation)?

Is Atlas the best credit card currently? Image 🔷 Welcome Benefits

5,000 Edge Miles 🟰 10,000 miles

So we get 10k miles on paying the fee of Rs 5k 🔥
Jul 18, 2023 • 13 tweets • 4 min read
🚨 Top 10 Sweetspot Award Redemption - Economy Edition

Travel wide and far with low mileage and taxes! 💥

Ready to stretch your points and miles? 👇 1️⃣ [United] USA to India for 31,200 miles

Taxes are Rs 450. This is as far as you could fly for 31k miles. 😀 Image
Jun 28, 2023 • 14 tweets • 4 min read
🚨 Where to transfer miles to de-risk from devaluation

Or how to protect ourselves from sudden devaluation 👇 Recently Axis temporarily stopped Accor and Vistara transfers

But...

😮 What if they permanently stop certain partners?
😱 Devaluate the transfer ratio
☹️ Stop the Magnus 25k bonus points for the monthly Rs 100k spends
Jun 23, 2023 • 11 tweets • 3 min read
🚨 Get up to 60% Discount by Booking Flights using Miles!

When you don't have the miles also! 🔥

Students: Particularly take note 😀 Some flights that we have booked for students travelling for the first time for Fall admissions or even during the Christmas/year-end holidays.

Most of the flights are booked by buying miles and there was significant savings. 💥
Jun 22, 2023 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
🚨 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 👇 🔷 Terms:

🔸 Once a year
🔸 Maximum of 10k points can be purchased per card
🔸 Can purchase in all amex cards
🔸 Can purchase points equal to the MR point balance (for example if 6000 points are present, can purchase only 6000 points)
Jun 13, 2023 • 18 tweets • 6 min read
🚨 Avianca Lifemiles Selling Miles for up to 160% Bonus!

This is a good promotion and in line with the recent promotion.

Sometimes we can book business class for less than economy fares! All you need to know 👇 Image Registering through OMAAT gives a 10% additional bonus:
🔗 tinyurl.com/2a5pq9q5

This is their regular monthly offer to buy miles to use for Star Alliance flights.

Bonus: Upto 160% (previous months were 165% and 160%)
🗓️ Till 27th June Image
Jun 12, 2023 • 12 tweets • 4 min read
🚨 Buy Alaska Airlines Miles - Upto 50% Bonus

All about the offer and if you should take advantage.

Do you know that sometimes buying miles and booking could be cheaper than a cash ticket? (even economy) 🔥 Image Finally got a 50% bonus offer after a streak of 40% bonus offer. 😉

This is a tiered offer (could be targeted). If you buy 20k+ miles, we get a 50% bonus.

Cost per mile:
🔸 Rs 1.63

Tip: Cards like Axis Reserve/Citi Prestige give 2X points! Image
Jun 7, 2023 • 17 tweets • 7 min read
🚨 [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... 🍿 Image 🔷 Booking

This was a Cash ➕ Points redemption, but other options:
🔸Cash ➕ Points (Rs 5.5k & 50% of points requirement)
🔸Points (average 24k points; 5th night free)
🔸 Use Club Marriott 30% discount rate

I would generally prefer to book with Club Marriott or Cash & Points. Image
May 31, 2023 • 12 tweets • 5 min read
🚨 Japan Airlines Tips & Tricks

How to search for award availability (even if your account is not 60 days old), save on mileage requirements and more...

10 tips and hacks to navigate through Japan Airlines 💥 1⃣ Open an account right away

Japan Airlines (JL) has a 60 days blackout period.

Received that membership card? Successful delivery of the card may be essential for you to start booking award flights!

May 30, 2023 • 16 tweets • 5 min read
🚨 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! 🔥 JL Basics:

🔸 oneworld alliance (QF, AA, QR, BA, CX, etc.)
🔸 Partner airlines (EK, AF, UK) 💥

Currently takes about 14 days for the transfer from Axis to JL (we can expect this to go down in future) Image
May 29, 2023 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
🚨 United Reduces Mileage Requirement for North America - India Sector

Forget the "devaluation', they have now reduced the mileage requirement for India! 🔥 India to USA/Canada business class from 80k miles!

Was ~93k miles previously. Image
May 25, 2023 • 15 tweets • 5 min read
🚨 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 🔥 The cheapest way (mileage wise) would be by booking Virgin Atlantic (VS)

✔️ Only 10k miles for economy!
✔️ 17.5k miles for premium economy and 37.5k for business

🔸 Transfer partners: Citi, Amex
🔸 Decent availability Image
May 23, 2023 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
🚨 Subscribe to my Twitter Account!

The best $1 that you would spend! 😉

What can you expect?

🔸 Exclusive Spaces
Monthly, but can be even frequent based on subscribers. Your questions would be answered! Image 🔸 Award Space Openings
I do a lot of award searches and would post if I find anything interesting

🔸 Priority replies to DMs & notifications
"Subscribers" section so won't miss you

🔸 Exclusive content
Not sure what I'll do as this is an experiment but would be value accretive Image
May 5, 2023 • 14 tweets • 4 min read
🚨 Buy Marriott Bonvoy Points with up to 50% bonus

🔸 Till July 2
🔸 0.68p a point

🧵 on

➡️ Should you buy?
➡️ When it makes sense to use points
➡️ Some sweet spots in India 🔥 Image ⚠️ They come up with bonuses regularly. They have had 55% and 60% bonuses in past.

⚠️ This is a targetted offer and I was targetted for a 30% bonus

⚠️ As always, do not buy unless you have a clear redemption in mind

⚠️ Have eliminated award chart & points required are dynamic