How this family turned reward points into a ‘Game of Thrones’ adventure

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While visiting a church in the middle of the lake, Gandhi fell down the stairs and suffered a minor swelling. A nearby hospital handed him a bill of €110. He filed an insurance claim but got just €10 back as the insurance only paid claims above €100. Fortunately, it was nothing serious and the family headed to Plitvice Lakes, a national park in Croatia and part of Unesco’s World Heritage List.

They drove to Split, the second largest city in Croatia, best known for the ruins of the Palace of Diocletian (built 295–305 CE). They stayed there for four days in Radisson hotel. (Hotel prices mentioned in infographics.)

They then drove 430 km to Dubrovnik, where the iconic Game of Thrones series was shot, and spent four nights there. They returned the car to the rental car company’s Dubrovnik station. In Dubrovnik, they splurged about Rs.1.6 lakh (€1,800) for their stay in a luxury hotel called Rixos.

From there, they took an Austrian Airlines flight for Vienna. They paid €326 for the ticket. Besides the luxury shopping experience, the other attraction was the world’s oldest salt mine Hallstatt.

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Can you plan your own trip like this?

While Axis had devalued the Axis Magnus card, few options are available, although it might not be as attractive. If one has to plan a trip now, using Axis Atlas is an option. Gandhi used 2.93 lakh Avios points for those flight tickets, and to get those many Avios points, he would need to have 1.46 lakh Edge miles.

“And to earn those edge miles, one needs to spend ₹65.75 lakh (without accelerated reward),” said Mandal, the credit card expert.“We have Magnus burgundy, but one should spend more than ₹1.5 lakh in a month to earn good reward… this is not beneficial for general users,” he said.

“We have HDFC Infinia for 2.93 lakh Avios, we need 5.86 lakh Infinia points, and for that, we need to spend ₹1.75 crore without any accelerated reward. If a person spends everything on 5x categories using Infinia, like flight and hotel booking, he needs to spend ₹35.16 lakh.”

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Publish date : 2024-10-31 18:42:00

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