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Mar 1, 2020, 2:27 am
#556
Join Date: Jul 2017
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The YQ for a saver flight is actually going to be 30k. I just checked DEL-CDG rates.
So 60k miles + 30k INR - for J return to western EU. You won’t get a better deal than that.
Compare that to the absurdly ridiculous 360k miles that AI charges. Or even 110k miles UA charges... TK has a very sweet deal.
So 60k miles + 30k INR - for J return to western EU. You won’t get a better deal than that.
Compare that to the absurdly ridiculous 360k miles that AI charges. Or even 110k miles UA charges... TK has a very sweet deal.
Last edited by PiperAtGatesofDawn; Mar 1, 2020 at 2:39 am
Mar 1, 2020, 3:17 am
#557
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Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: India
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The YQ for a saver flight is actually going to be 30k. I just checked DEL-CDG rates.
So 60k miles + 30k INR - for J return to western EU. You won’t get a better deal than that.
Compare that to the absurdly ridiculous 360k miles that AI charges. Or even 110k miles UA charges... TK has a very sweet deal.
So 60k miles + 30k INR - for J return to western EU. You won’t get a better deal than that.
Compare that to the absurdly ridiculous 360k miles that AI charges. Or even 110k miles UA charges... TK has a very sweet deal.
if yq on tk is inr 30k then that's acceptable....inr 50k would be a bit on the higher side....
Mar 1, 2020, 6:22 am
#558
Join Date: Jul 2017
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Mar 2, 2020, 8:27 am
#560
Join Date: Jul 2017
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It's good to see AI becoming competitive here. The last time I checked though I needed to buy a 70 or 80k INR ticket to be able to upgrade with 50-60k miles. Glad they are improving.
Mar 3, 2020, 4:41 am
#561
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i guess it all depends on how low ticket prices are at the time of booking....the cheapest option was an inr 32k ticket & that would have cost me 90k miles to upgrade....
Apr 21, 2020, 7:18 am
#562
Join Date: Jul 2017
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So the Diners party is now officially completely over. And that’s such a shame.
They’ve dropped whatever was left of the 10x partners. So no more Zoom cars for you.
They could have increased the limit for Smartbuy to keep it inline with Infinia. Otherwise there is just zero reasons to stick with DCB.
Time to move over to Infinia I guess. Sigh.
They’ve dropped whatever was left of the 10x partners. So no more Zoom cars for you.
They could have increased the limit for Smartbuy to keep it inline with Infinia. Otherwise there is just zero reasons to stick with DCB.
Time to move over to Infinia I guess. Sigh.
Apr 23, 2020, 1:36 pm
#563
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: BOS
Programs: BA Gold, AA Platinum, SQ Gold, Marriott Titanium
Posts: 1,582
So the Diners party is now officially completely over. And that’s such a shame.
They’ve dropped whatever was left of the 10x partners. So no more Zoom cars for you.
They could have increased the limit for Smartbuy to keep it inline with Infinia. Otherwise there is just zero reasons to stick with DCB.
Time to move over to Infinia I guess. Sigh.
They’ve dropped whatever was left of the 10x partners. So no more Zoom cars for you.
They could have increased the limit for Smartbuy to keep it inline with Infinia. Otherwise there is just zero reasons to stick with DCB.
Time to move over to Infinia I guess. Sigh.
Apr 23, 2020, 3:57 pm
#564
Join Date: Jul 2017
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Maybe, but I still have 2 big issues with DCB today:
1. They should have increased the Smartbuy limit back to 25k points if they were even temporarily dropping Partners as a gesture of goodwill and practicality to prevent their customers from moving to Infinia.
2. The partner rewards have become crap. Between Zoom Car and the others... I don’t think I was spending anything there to begin with.
Unless the drastically redesign their Partners program, DCB is pretty much dead for me.
Oh and I was going over my transaction statements... it seems like they charged me the 200 bucks for international benefits... and now they’ve knocked it off their website. That’s just plain bad of them. I wouldn’t have noticed that charge in their for sure had I not had plenty of free time on my hand...
1. They should have increased the Smartbuy limit back to 25k points if they were even temporarily dropping Partners as a gesture of goodwill and practicality to prevent their customers from moving to Infinia.
2. The partner rewards have become crap. Between Zoom Car and the others... I don’t think I was spending anything there to begin with.
Unless the drastically redesign their Partners program, DCB is pretty much dead for me.
Oh and I was going over my transaction statements... it seems like they charged me the 200 bucks for international benefits... and now they’ve knocked it off their website. That’s just plain bad of them. I wouldn’t have noticed that charge in their for sure had I not had plenty of free time on my hand...
Apr 24, 2020, 1:56 am
#565
Join Date: Apr 2015
Location: Gurgaon
Posts: 47
Oh and I was going over my transaction statements... it seems like they charged me the 200 bucks for international benefits... and now they’ve knocked it off their website. That’s just plain bad of them. I wouldn’t have noticed that charge in their for sure had I not had plenty of free time on my hand...
Apr 24, 2020, 6:37 am
#566
Join Date: Jul 2017
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I can’t see this program on the website any longer so I guess it’s canceled. I will have to call them to find out.
Apr 24, 2020, 10:36 am
#567
Join Date: Apr 2015
Location: Gurgaon
Posts: 47
If global value program is active, is it valid for online non INR transactions?
I am yet to receive the Rs 2000 yatra milestone voucher even I have done non INR transactions worth more than 1.5L in Dec. I am curious since those transactions were done at POS and online.
I am yet to receive the Rs 2000 yatra milestone voucher even I have done non INR transactions worth more than 1.5L in Dec. I am curious since those transactions were done at POS and online.
Apr 25, 2020, 2:22 am
#568
Join Date: Jul 2017
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It was valid for online initially... I can’t remember if they changed that rule but I don’t think they did. Call support.
Last edited by PiperAtGatesofDawn; Apr 25, 2020 at 5:31 am
Apr 27, 2020, 9:15 pm
#569
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: BOS
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The only thing that has become better recently is the ability to buy Amazon Pay vouchers, which are extremely valuable but then that's smartbuy, not DCB
If they don't get any useful partners soon, I may also switch to Infinia.
Apr 28, 2020, 3:48 pm
#570
Join Date: Jul 2017
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I can’t complain too much about the AF because I don’t think I’ve ever paid it.... and therefore never got the 5k points so it’s never really mattered too much to me. Of course DCB can argue they’re giving you more than 5k in value in annual benefits nowadays. I’d rather have the miles though.
Amazon Pay benefit is nice... but when you can anyways get much more from Amazon through the inconvenient Smartbuy link... other than saving the money in your Amazon wallet - there is little benefit in that. I would much rather have the 25k 10x.
Separately - Has anyone got last month’s monthly benefits yet? HDFC sent me a mail saying that they will send it once the situation improves (whatever that means). Some of my other TataCliq vouchers are already expiring and I’ve already said farewell to my last BMS voucher... so being able to get some some extra vouchers quickly would help me make some larger purchases on TataCliq.
Amazon Pay benefit is nice... but when you can anyways get much more from Amazon through the inconvenient Smartbuy link... other than saving the money in your Amazon wallet - there is little benefit in that. I would much rather have the 25k 10x.
Separately - Has anyone got last month’s monthly benefits yet? HDFC sent me a mail saying that they will send it once the situation improves (whatever that means). Some of my other TataCliq vouchers are already expiring and I’ve already said farewell to my last BMS voucher... so being able to get some some extra vouchers quickly would help me make some larger purchases on TataCliq.