Credit Card Mileage Runs: How to Earn Loyalty Status
Hit high annual spend thresholds for hotel and airline elite status. The maths and the right card for each status.
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Point valuation, transfer partners, and breakeven analysis.
Hit high annual spend thresholds for hotel and airline elite status. The maths and the right card for each status.
Invest the credit-card float, redeem rewards for flights, optimise for tax. The strategy that pays 7%+ on every rupee.
The credit-card grace period is a free 18–25 day loan. Used well, it can earn interest on your own money.
Strategically increasing credit card spend to hit milestones and transfer bonuses. The art and the ethics.
Air Vistara, British Airways, Singapore KrisFlyer, Marriott Bonvoy, Hilton — where each transfer is worth the most.
HDFC Rewards points have a ₹1 floor on SmartBuy and up to ₹2+ via Air Vistara transfers. Here's the comparison.
Annual spends of ₹2L, ₹4L, ₹8L unlock bonus vouchers and accelerated rewards. Here's how to plan them.
HDFC points don't expire. Axis EDGE Miles expire in 24 months. Amex MR points expire in 36 months. Here's the rest.
Every rewards programme has three knobs: earn rate, cap, and burn value. Here's how banks tune them.
Most Indian cards quote '1 point = ₹X' but the real value depends on how you redeem. Here's the framework we use.
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